[wp-hackers] Allow Wordpress to use a Slave Database

[Matt Mullenweg]

Eric Marden wrote:
>> You could do this without modifying code using mysql_proxy and master 
>> slave env. The problem comes in with replication times (seeing a 
>> record one second then, not another) and all only one master!

Doesn't the proxy then become a single point of failure?

WordPress.com does more than 9 billion queries every month through 
HyperDB -- it works. :)

This is a solved problem. If HyperDB is behind on anything, I'd happily 
accept patches.

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