Changes between Version 23 and Version 24 of MultipleDatabaseSupport

Timestamp:

Sep 19, 2008, 3:55:06 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

simon

Comment:

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MultipleDatabaseSupport

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  * '''Sharding''', where rows within a single model are spread across multiple databases for improved write performance.
  * '''Moving models between databases''' - e.g. for converting from MySQL to Postgres, or for shuffling items between shards.
+ * '''Transparently handling database failure''' - many large applications like to handle unavailable databases in their application code, switching to another slave if the first one is unavailable for example. See [http://blog.digg.com/?p=213 Digg Database Architecture] for a high profile example.
 
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