I think currently the biggest problem I'm going to face is the database rather than any code problems. I'm currently using MySQL but I've heard that it doesn't scale particularly well, hence the reason for the existence of NoSQL and the like.

The problem with MySQL isn't that it's slow. In my opinion it's just not a full, modern database. YMMV, though, depending on your needs. NoSQL stuff has some good and bad points. If you more or less have a big haystack of data to find your needle in, NoSQL databases are a good choice as any. If you need to have things like transaction, referential integrity and similar stuff (to have a certain confidence that your data is consistent...) you'll want to look into ACID complaint databases like PostgreSQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server,...

In the case of your MMORPG, you could have the world data in some NoSQL database but put the essential user data (account, payment, billing) into PostgreSQL, for example.

Perl Nights there was pretty much fully functional after just a few days work

Don't have a link for that, so i can't talk about that. But for comparison, took me about 12 hours to develop, set up and insert the content of my Diplomatic Cables Database project, including setting up the virtual machine and installing the database.

Don't use '#ff0000':
use Acme::AutoColor; my $redcolor = RED();
All colors subject to change without notice.

In reply to Re^7: Can your site handle this? by cavac
in thread Can your site handle this? by Logicus

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