Max Tables & Design Pattern

Question

I am working on an app right now which has the potential to grow quite large. The whole application runs through a single domain, with customers being given sub-domains, wh

Answer 1

Multiple Databases.

Different customers will have different needs, and it will allow you to serve them better.

Furthermore, if a particular customer is hammering the database, you don't want that to negatively affect the site performance for all your other customers. If everything is on one database, you have no damage control mechanism.