[FX.php List] How much traffic can it take?

[Michael Layne]

I know I'm not offering a dissertation on WHY, but if it's something  
that is expecting a great deal of traffic and hits/bandwidth usage,  
I'd strongly consider MySQL.  It can be infinitely faster.

HTH


On Feb 4, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Jamie Adams wrote:

> Hello all-
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> My company is considering building an auction script (like a private  
> eBay) for some inventory in our FileMaker database.  One suggestion  
> from our team was to build PHP auction scripts that connect directly  
> to our FileMaker DB.  However, I’ve observed that the performance of  
> FileMaker with FX.php is not quite as good as MySQL in many  
> circumstances.  Near the end of an auction, we might have as many as  
> 40 bidders hitting the database with quick succession.  Can FX.php  
> take this kind of abuse?  Or do I need to look into exporting to  
> MySQL?  I’m going to try some tests myself, but I hoped to draw from  
> the collective wisdom first.  I’ve learned some tricks for  
> optimizing my FX.php code to load quicker, but I’ve never tested  
> under such a heavy load.
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> Jamie Adams
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