Current versions of MySQL has a finite limit of 2^64 records per table, but how many billion records you can shove into it before you start seeing performance issues depends on the RAM size, the RAM/CPU roundtrip speed, and the pure processing power of the CPUs, as well as the overall load of the server. Obviously dedicated DB servers/clusters will be able to handle alot higher record counts than mixed-purpose servers.
Rene
At 01:32 16-10-2004, ApexEleven wrote:
I tried a little research on the mysql list but didn't find what I was looking for.What is the limit of a MySQL database? How many hundreds of thousands of records can a database hold before it gets too sluggish to work on a production server?
thanks,
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