MySQL Primes Its Database for More Engines
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| In order to make its open source database compatible with a more
| diverse range of storage engines, MySQL has cut a deal to make the
| sofware available on IBM's System i server line.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/57327.html
Digg Delves Into Special LAMP Server Tools
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| In order to take on so many new users, said Digg engineer Elliot White
| III, IT staffers make frequent use of two features of their LAMP-based
| server cluster: sharding and an open source memory caching software
| called "Memcached."
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/57325.html
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Second Life Swapping Engines At 40,000 Feet
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| In order increase the capacity of the system from 100,000 concurrent
| users to tens of millions concurrent users, the company is looking
| to increase the number of servers to 10,000 while making sure the
| software remains responsive to all users. Joe Miller, VP of platform
| and technology development for Linden Lab, likens this operation to
| swapping engines at 40,000 feet.
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http://linux.about.com/b/a/257654.htm
Linden Lab To Open-Source Second Life Servers
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| Linden Lab plans to open up the source code for Second Life's servers,
| allowing anyone to run their own version of Second Life, a company
| spokesman said today, confirming the widespread belief among many
| in the 3D community that open-sourcing the servers was inevitable.
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/04/linden_lab_to_o.html
Inside Second Life's Data Centers
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| Second Life runs on 2,000 Intel and AMD servers in two co-location
| facilities in San Francisco and Dallas. The company has a commitment
| to open source, with servers running Debian Linux and the MySQL
| database. Linden Lab chose Debian Linux because the software is
| suited to scaling massively with a small IT staff, said Linden
| Lab CTO Cory Ondrejka.
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http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197800179
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