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Wikipedia's MySQL databases handle over 25,000 SQL queries per second

Topics: Performance & Scalability

Wikipedia is the multilingual, Web-based, free encyclopedia that is produced collaboratively by volunteers. Phenomenal growth has put constant technical pressure on the performance and scalability of the system. Wikipedia relies upon MySQL replication to scale-out their database infrastructure and accommodate more visitors, more articles and more contributors.

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