Re: Another question about using shmop!

From: Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 10:04:20 +0000
Subject: Re: Another question about using shmop!
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On Wednesday 28 February 2001 00:15, you wrote: > > Does it provide a faster performance, if I use these rather than > > store things in mysql DB, I know this might be stupid, but I have to > > make sure this. > > I belive shared memory is *much* faster than MySQL. Well, I'd say it depends. For only a bit of simple data it's fine. But for more the optimizations of a database (indices etc) may make the db faster (remember most of the DB will be in RAM as well). And a database is just *much* simpler and safer to use. > Shared memory is not for the faint of heart. > I can't think of any more, but that's mostly because I consider shared > memory "too tricky for me" and have never played with it... -- Christian Reiniger LGDC Webmaster (http://sunsite.dk/lgdc/) CPU not found. retry, abort, ignore?

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