My project is a HTTP chat using some Jquery, PHP and Mysql.
Jquery infact polls the database every N seconds to check if I have receieved new messages (polling form a mysql table).
Since chat has now >100 connections, mysql gets now 100 requests within N seconds.
What are the best practices, database choice to optimize it ? (it must remain an HTTP chat without using some server sockets)
regards
PS. Maybe MYSQL is not the good choice