alt Hacker News > 30 MySQL databases (248 GB of data)
> 34 Nginx virtual hosts across multiple domains
> GitLab EE (42 GB backup)
> Neo4J Graph DB (30 GB graph database)
> Supervisor managing dozens of background workers
> Gearman job queue
> Several live mobile apps serving hundreds of thousands of users
I'm not against vertical scaling and stuff, but 30 db instances in one server is just crazy.
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leetrout • today at 4:45 PM
> 30 db instances
They didn't say that and the article didn't allude to that. 1 instance with 30 databases.
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It's an average of 8GB per database, I guess he serves multiple clients and decided to "segregate" each client on its instance. If it's acceptable for the business it's nothing wrong with his setup.