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Abhi324's avatar

Scalability - multiple databases using Cloud ?

Hi ,

I read a lot about how to make my laravel application scalable , and many recommended using multiple databases (on different servers if possible)

I intend to use cloud services with nginx + auto load balancing . (Azure or Digital Ocean + Forge)

I was wondering if i still needed multiple databases or would it be enough just to have multiple tables within a single database ?

  • I plan to use the Azure Cloud + Sql
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d3xt3r's avatar

You clearly don't know what you are talking about?

multiple databases or would it be enough just to have multiple tables within a single database

Leave the job of scaling to a good system/db architect or use SaaS providers. Its not a trivial task.

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