[development] D7 side effect

[Karyn Cassio]

"Chuffed to mint balls"! LOL Such a Jeff phrase. :-)

Karyn
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On Dec 6, 2010, at 1:08 PM, jeff at ayendesigns.com wrote:

> Don't get me wrong, I'm chuffed to mint balls about the D7 effort and the result, for many reasons, not least of which is the amazing talent represented by it.
> 
> That said, I received a letter today from the hoster stating that my account was a performance problem because it had over 1000 tables. Eight Drupal sites coud be over 1000 tables.
> 
> I have a hosting account with 'unlimited domains' and up to 25 databases. I use the account both for hosting several live domains, most multi site, as well as a test area that clients can access for testing changes to existing domains. 8 Drupal sites could be over 1000 tables with the typical array of add-on modules, let alone that most of these sites are doing e-commerce.
> 
> I've let them know that they might want to consider a more meaningful indicator of performance issues than a script that counts tables, since probably none of these sites does more than 100 transactions per day. If they hold firm, I'll blog (and post here) their name.
> 
> Jeff
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