umapathi.b

 Profile Answers by umapathi.b 

• Jul 24th, 2010

 

MySQL has got a lot to do with..
It can perform very well..
It has got different storage engines like myisam, innodb, memory, federated for different purposes.
Like if the application requires mostly inserts, selects then myisam is fine or updates, inserts, selects then innodb is the best.  You can choose accordingly.

You can scale mysql to any level combining the different platforms accordingly.
Like LINUX 64 bit systems, quad-xion servers and latest MySQL Version from 5.1 with innodb plugin support etc ..

You can divide the server load drastically using the replicaton concept which is wonderful concept.