If it were Oracle I'd go with one database and separate schema for each blog. For Mysql I think I'd go for a database each blog. Jack 2008/9/28 Martin Zvarík <mzvarik@xxxxxxxxx> > Hi, > I am working on a blog system and I am currently thinking of what would be > the best DB approach. > > I have read lots about wordpress and other blog's optimizations and DB > structure, but I have not found any mention of having separate database for > each blog/user. > > So, my question is, which one is performance better (talking about 1000 > blogs): > > a) 1000 blogs * 5 (let's say we will have tables like comments, post... for > each blog) = 5000 tables in one database > ... this is Wordpress default > > b) 1000 databases (for each blog) each having 5 tables > > c) 5 databases by 1000 tables - in this case, won't this be an issue when > SELECTing like this: [db_comments].testblog, [db_posts].testblog ? > > > Is that a controversial topic? :-/ > > Thanks for ideas, > Martin > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- J.A. van Zanen
