Database insert performance

Question

We are planning to implement a system for logging a high frequency of market ticks into a DB for further analysis. To simply get a little what kind of storage performance we can

Answer 1

The purpose of this testing is simply to get a little indication of what kind of "raw performance" can be expected of the systems in the bottom. When actually implementing a solution we would of course do buffering, bulk inserts etc.

You could at least share the details of your tests. Omitting such crucial information as what MySQL engine you try is unpardonable. And the "raw performance" of a non-batched insert on a buffer-pooled based DB (like SQL Server or InnoDB) is non-sense, is like measuring the "raw performance" of a Ferrari in first-gear and then publishing that "it only goes to 50mph".

But anyway, if you want a highly scalable write optimized DB, look at Cassandra from Apache Incubation. The rumor mill says Twitter will adopt it soon.