Lots of data!
Allow me to introduce myself: I’m Isaac. Today, the database, a few back-end systems, and the website are my focus. Let me tell you a little about what makes this pretty darn interesting from a DBA perspective:
The Syncplicity database is pretty incredible. Most website databases perform a lot of read operations and a few writes, mainly to maintain a little state information about the user. I think 10 - 100 KB is more than enough state information per user for almost any web database. However, the Syncplicity database is nothing like that. Our databases have quickly grown to triple digit GBs in size as we synchronize your files across all your computers. That’s a lot of state and a lot of writing. Pretty incredible! And, we’re scaling very well to handle the load. So, keep it coming!
Feel free to contact me thru the comments, forums, or Contact page if there’s something you’d like to know. We’ve got some exciting information in the works… stay tuned!
Cheers,
Isaac - VP of Technology