Tim Starling wrote:
There's a reason we are splitting our databases into lots of different indepdently replicating clusters, that's because our servers were having increasing difficulty keeping up with the write load while still performing a useful amount of read load. Zedler is experiencing that problem too, there are apparently times of the day or week when it can't keep up with the write rate, given its existing read rate.
I don't thnik Gregory disputed the need to keep the site running, and if makeing an en cluster is what it takes to do this, so be it. His point is the frustration from hearing "Hey, we made a new cluster. And by the way, the toolserver won't work with that, so everyone wo invested month of work into the tools there is s*****d. So what." Taking the wheels and engine from a car and then giving someone the keys isn't really helpful in such a situation.
Magnus (who keeps trying no matter the treatment ;-)