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Re:Chartio develops non-blocking MySQL queries using Tornado by jbooth on Friday June 10, 2011 @05:30PM (#2642495)
Why would you use anything else?

Mysql:

- Never crashes

- Has more tested/reliable replication than anything else, possibly including Oracle (haven't tried the wacky 3rd party replication things like Goldengate or whatever, and don't believe in spending 6 figures on software licenses in general).

- Supports SELECT, INSERT and UPDATE

Why would I get anything else for a database? For more complicated stuff I have another approach that I employ called "programming".

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Re:Chartio develops non-blocking MySQL queries using Tornado by CoffeeDregs on Friday June 10, 2011 @09:39PM (#2642967)
We're a bit off-topic, but... Transactions on DDL, a lack of tons of gotchas, good replication, partial indexes, document orientation and querying, a pretty query language, ripping speed, horizontal scalability, a history of good architecture, consistent hashing, etc are reasons to select something other than MySQL.
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