06.02.2013, 20:45
Oh come on, people. It really makes practically no difference whether you use MySQL or any other SQL server to store your data. And it is surprising that when someone mentions terabytes of data, it suddenly becomes the most used phrase in these forums. I can agree that MySQL would be the best choice when you have a large scale application with literally tons of information, but does that automatically mean that it'll be slow when it has less data to handle? Besides, MySQL is a very popular database engine (which alone does not make it better than any other) and it is supported by a large amount of hosts, therefore a lot easier to use. Furthermore, it does not require you to come up with workarounds in many cases where SQLite would require (external accessing, etc).
Fact is, however, the more the people have to choose from, the better, so someone will hopefully indeed create a plugin for PostgreSQL.
// and I'm not exactly "pro-MySQL" myself, although I have decided to use it for my largest project, a server which peaked at 200k registered users and something like a 1,3 million rows stored in the database at peak months. It is just that I don't consider a "large project" to start from where someone has a BILLION of rows, I think a few hundred k-s will do to consider it that.
Fact is, however, the more the people have to choose from, the better, so someone will hopefully indeed create a plugin for PostgreSQL.
// and I'm not exactly "pro-MySQL" myself, although I have decided to use it for my largest project, a server which peaked at 200k registered users and something like a 1,3 million rows stored in the database at peak months. It is just that I don't consider a "large project" to start from where someone has a BILLION of rows, I think a few hundred k-s will do to consider it that.