Re: SELECT queries on replicate DB server

2004-09-28 Thread Gerald Taylor
Thanks, that is a really good answer. Raises a bunch more questions but they're good ones. Jim Grill wrote: My question is: Why would they deem it necessary to use yet a third server? Could it be because the main server and the main slave are constantly being updated and they wouldn't want to ov

Re: SELECT queries on replicate DB server

2004-09-27 Thread Jim Grill
> > My question is: > Why would they deem it necessary to use yet a third server? Could it > be because the main server and the main slave are constantly being > updated and they wouldn't want to overload the main slave(which > is not on as high a horsepower of a box I know for a fact). Could it