Counterservice - text-based or with MySQL?

[Kaischum]

Hello,

I'm planning to start a counterservice, of which people can add a counter to their website. It should be able to handle about 200 000 requests per day without slowing down.
Should I better save the counter-data in textfiles or in a MySQL database? I would rather prefer the database as it is more comfortable to handle with PHP, but I'm not sure if MySQL can deal with that many requests.
Can you help me out?

Thanks,

Kai

[bpat1434]

MySQL can handle that many requests. Many bulletin board systems that are huge get a large amount of requests. It shouldn't be a problem. You may want to look at PostgreSQL as it may better suit your needs with the load.

It is also possible to balance the load with multiple mySQL servers...

~Brett