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Ruby

Posted by Craig Booker
Craig Booker
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Multi VS One Database for Rails App Based on Treebook

I am working on a rails app which is largely based on the social functions in Treebook application used in the Ruby tutorials. Would adding it to another database add a lot of load? I would be adding it to a parts db with a lot of data.

1 Answer

Richard Crawford-Wilson
Richard Crawford-Wilson
6,094 Points
Richard Crawford-Wilson
Richard Crawford-Wilson
6,094 Points

Define a lot of data.. Raw MySQL queries can execute upwards of 5,000 queries per second (depending on the query) on my laptop. Odds are, unless you have a use case that would require multiple databases, it's best to stick with one.

Richard Crawford-Wilson
Richard Crawford-Wilson
6,094 Points

E.g. check out the twitter stats linked in this SO post.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/373098/whats-the-average-requests-per-second-for-a-production-web-application