Colwyn
05-17-2006, 12:46 PM
Second Life: Web 2.0 and Databases on O'Reilly (http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/04/web_20_and_databases_part_1_se.html)
I think the biggest lesson we learned is that databases need to be treated as a commodity. Standardized, interchangeable parts are far better in the long run than highly-optimized, special-purpose gear. Web 2.0 applications will require more horsepower with less money than One Database or his big brother One Cluster All Hail The Central Cluster will offer.
Source: Terra Nova (http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2006/05/loose_couplings.html)
I think the biggest lesson we learned is that databases need to be treated as a commodity. Standardized, interchangeable parts are far better in the long run than highly-optimized, special-purpose gear. Web 2.0 applications will require more horsepower with less money than One Database or his big brother One Cluster All Hail The Central Cluster will offer.
Source: Terra Nova (http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2006/05/loose_couplings.html)