On ĵaŭ, 2003-01-23 at 23:18, M Carling wrote:
On 23 Jan 2003, Brion Vibber wrote:
I tried lifting the ban on updating view counters
and the slow special
pages and load ballooned up like a, well, a balloon. I put it back.
Part of the problem might be MySQL.
We've heard this song before, and it's never yet been followed by "and
here's my patch which makes Wikipedia run on PostgreSQL, which I am an
expert with and that's how I know it's so damn fast, and here are some
precise and useful tips on optimising the setup and converting the
database."
Apologies if I sound a little rude, but it does get a little frustrating
after a few times. :)
If you would like to try adapting the software to PostgreSQL, I'd *love*
to see the results. Please sign up for the wikitech-l developers' list,
and check our source out of CVS:
http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_become_a_Wikipedia_hacker
-- brion vibber (brion @
pobox.com)