Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:36:57 -0600 From: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> To: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running large DB's on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20061031233657.GA16540@FS.denninger.net> In-Reply-To: <453D49D2.1010705@rogers.com> References: <453D49D2.1010705@rogers.com>
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On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 07:01:38PM -0400, Mike Jakubik wrote: > Greetings, > > I am in the process of implementing a fairly large mysql server for > an even larger company, and naturally i want to use FreeBSD. The > hardware will be an HP DL385, 2 x dual-core Opterons, 16GB RAM, 7 x 15k > rpm disks in a RAID5 setup. I'm not exactly informed as to the specific > workload yet, however i know the database will have several million rows > and be larger than 10GB. > > So, first of all, am i crazy for choosing fbsd+mysql for this rather > than something like Solaris + Oracle? :) Secondly, i am just looking for > some suggestions, opinions, success/failure story's that may help me > out. Is anyone out there using FreeBSD for something of this size? I am > hoping that everything will work out well, and the client will be happy. > This would generate some good PR for FreeBSD, as it is a very large > international company and it would be the first FreeBSD server (that i > know of) of this type there. > > Thanks, any input will be appreciated. I ran a database of this general size on FreeBSD + Postgresql in 1998! Definitely not crazy to do this, but I'd run Raid10 instead of 5, as performance will be much better. I would not use mysql for this - but that's my personal preference coming through here. I believe Postgresql has far better data integrity in a corporate-style environment. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) Internet Consultant & Kids Rights Activist http://www.denninger.net My home on the net - links to everything I do! http://scubaforum.org Your UNCENSORED place to talk about DIVING! http://genesis3.blogspot.com Musings Of A Sentient Mind
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