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Why hundreds of databases? One for each stackexchange site?

• aalear 11y ago
  Two per site - one for main Q&A, one for its meta.
  • nickpsecurity 11y ago
    You couldn't do one with some different tables? What was justification for both separate DB's and the Q&D/meta split? Just curious.
    • Nick-Craver 11y ago
      If you did different tables, that's even more complicated by making every query dynamic. It also makes backups, etc. far more complicated as well. Multiple databases is simply the simplest solution for multiple things that need a database with the same schema :)
      • nickpsecurity 11y ago
        Appreciate the tip.