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HipHop (later HHVM) was around 2010, so they scaled from 2004-2010 before that became needed. MyRocks was 2015. Wikipedia says FB was around 300 million users
by tyingq 3y ago
HipHop (later HHVM) was around 2010, so they scaled from 2004-2010 before that became needed. MyRocks was 2015. Wikipedia says FB was around 300 million users in 2009, then 400 million users in 2010.
- fauigerzigerk 3y agoYes, good point. But you have to wonder what kind of engineering effort went into scaling PHP and MySQL up to the point where they decided to build a compiler and a storage engine.
- rafark 3y agoWhen you have half a billion users that both read and write all day, you have to optimize, no matter the tech.
- fauigerzigerk 3y agoThat is undeniably true, but I do think the starting point still matters.
- disgruntledphd2 3y agoIt was much, much, much cheaper than a rewrite would have been, that's why they did it. Edit: also, in 2004 when they got started, what else could they have used?