We run mySQL here and created an application with PHP3/4 to interface with the SQL engine. I will tell you now, that we re-wrote all the php pages into ANSI C as the performance was PATHETIC. (p2 350 with 256 megs of ram) The performance was 10 times faster than php. Another thing that I notice about mySQL is that it's load can get rather high if you have a large database. (we have 5k records in a realestate database so there's a pile of fields too that we have broken into 50 different tables to optimize the searches).
If you plan on running a dynamic website, we aware of the following issues. 1) You will need more horsepower that you likely think. (true in my experience with this solution) 2) Search engines will NOT index php pages or asp pages and the like nearly as well as static pages. This is a big deal if you are looking for traffic to this site. 3) If you decided to go this way, offload the mySQL to a box on it's own, you will see marked improvement. We moved ours to a 700 with 512 megs of ram and it's almost acceptable. (we get a few searches a minute, not a lot, but definately busy) My 2 and a half cents.... Scott Thompson Programming & Server Admin Internet Brokers Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.internetbrokers.ab.ca Office: (403) 232-1032 Fax: (403) 265-2843 -----Original Message----- From: Arno Vije [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 9:35 AM To: debian-isp@lists.debian.org Subject: MySQL vs. Postgres Hi, where setting up some servers for a small ISP, they want to have a SQL database, but i`m in doubt. Which one would you recommend, mysql or postgres? The SQL database will be used in combination with PHP3 (or 4) to generate dynamic websites. greets, ::: (o 0) +--------------------|||_o_|||-+ | Arno Vije | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | www.linuxinfo.nl | +----------------------v---v---+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
