the Twitter whale

by Aziz Poonawalla on May 24, 2008

Twitter is down for “database replication catchup” (a phrase I assume has meaning to someone fluent in mysql-ese). I found the associated graphic rather amusing:

Twitter whale - database replication catchup

Maybe Twitter would be more reliable if all the birdies were pulling the whale in the same direction?

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