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That may be why MySQL is popular for small installations, but that's not why it's popular with companies like Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Pinterest who run r
by spudlyo 11y ago
That may be why MySQL is popular for small installations, but that's not why it's popular with companies like Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Pinterest who run replicated clusters that number in the thousands.
It's popular at scale because unlike Postgres, it has replication that is well understood, is reliable, and isn't a massive pain in the ass to operate.
- Jweb_Guru 11y agoPlease point me to the well-understood, reliable replication solution for MySQL (I'll agree about pain in the ass to operate re: Postgres, but you might want to check out aphyr's recent posts).