[wp-hackers] Alternative DB lib for load balancing

Mark E mark at simplercomputing.net
Fri Sep 5 17:20:24 UTC 2014


Doh - found it!

https://wordpress.org/plugins/hyperdb/


On 09/05/2014 11:14 AM, Mark E wrote:
> Looking for some specific code:
>
> There is, or was, a drop-in database lib tool for WordPress that can 
> allow a site to have multiple read/write database servers.
> If I recall correctly this was developed years ago in the earlier days 
> of WP.org and I believe this was built and made available as open 
> source to by Automattic.
>
> Basically what it does is the you configure the site so the any number 
> of database servers can be used for ultra high traffic scenarios, and 
> each DB server in the config can be set for reads or writes. Then when 
> WP needs to do a query it determines which server to send the request 
> to. Something like that.
>
> Anyone know where that code is located?
>
> Mark
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