High Availability Solutions for Databases? 83
An anonymous reader asks: "What would be the best high availability solution for databases? I don't have enough money to afford Oracle RAC or any architecture that require an expensive SAN. What about open source solutions? MySQL cluster seems to be more master/slave and you can lose data when the master dies. What about this Sequoia project that seems good for PostgreSQL and other databases? Has anyone tried it? What HA solution do you use for your database?"
Do your own (Score:1, Funny)
How about you have a few Access
Or just write down all of your data, photocopy it and give the copy to your Mum (that's Mom, to all you yanks.. (why are you called "yanks"?)). And let's face it, your Mum, oops sorry Mom, is always itching for your phone call. Maybe you should call her more often?
It's ok, I think I'm hilarious but know I'm not.
Oh that's easy... (Score:2, Funny)
MOM - Motherly Object Model (Score:3, Funny)
Phone: Ring Ring
Son: BEGIN TRANSACTION!
Mum: Oh, hi dear. How have you been? Did you know that
Son: *cough* Work, remember?
Mum: Yes, dear.
Son: WRITE_DOWN into notepad ADDRESSES. fname='John'. sname='Smith'
Mum: Wait, i have to look up the next identity number thingie. Oooh, that's a big number, I can't even recite it.
Son: Hush! address='12 Rover Roa..
Mum: Oh, dear. My pencil broke.
Son: Ok, Roll back!
Mum: That's fine for you to say. I don't have any erasers.
Re:MySQL Cluster != master/slave (Score:3, Funny)