28 messages in com.mysql.lists.mysqlRe: MySQL slow as molasses
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Noah Silverman15 Dec 1999 07:41 
Tonu Samuel15 Dec 1999 12:14 
Craig Vincent15 Dec 1999 14:55 
sin...@mysql.com16 Dec 1999 06:21 
Orlando Andico16 Dec 1999 23:20 
Joshua Chamas16 Dec 1999 23:43 
Orlando Andico17 Dec 1999 00:15 
Ed Carp17 Dec 1999 00:35 
Orlando Andico17 Dec 1999 00:41 
Aaron17 Dec 1999 08:23 
Andy17 Dec 1999 11:33 
Aaron17 Dec 1999 12:14 
Maurice Aubrey17 Dec 1999 12:38 
Sasha Pachev17 Dec 1999 12:45 
Andy17 Dec 1999 13:31 
Dylan Neild17 Dec 1999 14:53 
Matthew Vanecek17 Dec 1999 16:22 
Aaron17 Dec 1999 16:40 
Sasha Pachev17 Dec 1999 20:37 
Sasha Pachev17 Dec 1999 20:50 
Tonu Samuel18 Dec 1999 01:37 
Andy18 Dec 1999 01:55 
Tonu Samuel18 Dec 1999 02:15 
sin...@mysql.com18 Dec 1999 06:04 
Orlando Andico19 Dec 1999 02:49 
Orlando Andico19 Dec 1999 02:51 
Sasha Pachev20 Dec 1999 08:52 
Andy21 Dec 1999 02:36 
Subject:Re: MySQL slow as molasses
From:Orlando Andico (or@mozcom.com)
Date:12/17/1999 12:41:00 AM
List:com.mysql.lists.mysql

On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Ed Carp wrote: ..

Rule #1: NEVER, NEVER, NEVER run ANYTHING on a production system or against production data unless it's been tested THOROUGHLY! You're lucky you didn't get fired.

Well, we _started_ with MySQL almost 2 years ago. Back then, we had 20% of the client base we have now. Back then, MySQL worked fine.. six months ago we began seeing that all was not well in paradise. But I thought that throwing more hardware at the problem would solve it.. and nobody questioned my decision because I built the system and nobody else knew much about it..

The best way to test MySQL in such an environment is to run it in parallel with a copy of production data. Don't roll something as critical as an app that is part of your main revenue stream into production without LOTS of testing. The last major production project I ran, we tested it for a

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Well, we had been using it for a long time without problems.. but now I tend to agree with my boss when he says the time has come to move off MySQL and go Oracle.

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