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I am debating on whether I should have three separate wordpress installs with three separate databases, or whether it would be okay to use multisite (which only uses one central db). I am concerned that after having my site (blog, photo portfolio, development forum) up for a few years it will start to lag (since mySQL is supposedly not that scalable). Is this a concern at all? Or should I just go to with multisite? |
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In the case of Wordpress I doubt you would see any serious difference in database performance between either setup. A wordpress multisite setup creates separate tables for each blog. There are only a few shared tables, and those mostly have to do with user accounts, and supporting the network. The difference between a separate table in the same database, and a separate table in a different database is almost certainly minuscule. It should be easier to maintain a single instance of Wordpress, and easier to keep it updated. This should almost certainly be a bigger concern. |
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