Re: PostgreSQL clustering VS MySQL clustering

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Hervé Piedvache <herve(at)elma(dot)fr>
Cc: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL clustering VS MySQL clustering
Date: 2005-01-20 15:07:37
Message-ID: 20050120150737.GP10437@ns.snowman.net
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* Herv? Piedvache (herve(at)elma(dot)fr) wrote:
> I know they are not using PostgreSQL ... but how a company like Google do to
> get an incredible database in size and so quick access ?

They segment their data across multiple machines and have an algorithm
which tells the application layer which machine to contact for what
data.

Stephen

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