Scaling MySQL
• Like Linux, MySQL scales up and down
• Can run many MySQL instances at once
• Can run one very big MySQL instance
• Can run with only a few MB of memory
– Suitable for small devices
– Will be disk-bound
• Can embed using libmysqld (MySQL 4.x)
• Can recompile to add/remove features
– Table types, query cache, etc.
Copyright 2002, Jeremy Zawodny (Jeremy@Zawodny.com)