… really make it work, considering how many bottlenecks remain in MySQL. What article really tells us ? First the number 256 – this… hardware threads which is not exactly the same thing. Each T2 Plus CPU has 8 cores, which with 8 threads each…. The multi-threading architecture Sun has is great for many applications… however it is NOT great for MySQL unless you really really…
Comment: A piece of Sun/MySQL Marketing
February 29, 2008 By 7 Comments
… sized for this workload. We realize that typical MySQL DB boxes may be running lighter workloads that … box. There are many benchmarks that a UltraSPARC T2 configuration can beat 4-socket quad-core Xeon…. Check this out for more details: http://www.sun.com/tryandbuy/rules.jsp. If availability of disk…
Comment: Scaling to 256-way the Sun way
November 12, 2008 By 13 Comments
… would not do so). In fact because of problem with MySQL single instance scalability and operational problems (backups, alter table etc…. People sharding on middle end will much rather have less MySQL instances. For example 5 shards is much easier to deal…. But what really is a show stopper for me on Sun T1/T2 architectures is the “single thread performance” – if I would…
Comment: A piece of Sun/MySQL Marketing
February 29, 2008 By 7 Comments
… title which says “MySQL Benchmark UltraSPARC T2 beats Xeon on Consolidation of OLTP & Web” – it does not Say Sun Open Source Stack beats…
