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Fix a couple typos in "why so many databases?" document

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Summary: One missing word, one `0` that should be a `)`, simplify a couple of mega-clauses to improve readability?

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Reviewers: michaeljs1990, chad

Reviewed By: chad

Differential Revision: https://secure.phabricator.com/D15252
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@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ Operating at Scale
This storage design is aimed at large installs that may need more than one
physical database server to handle the load the install generates.
The primary reason we a database per application is to allow large installs to
scale up by spreading database load across more hardware. A large organization
with many thousands of active users may find themselves limited by the capacity
of a single database backend.
The primary reason we use a separate database for each application is to allow
large installs to scale up by spreading database load across more hardware. A
large organization with many thousands of active users may find themselves
limited by the capacity of a single database backend.
If so, they can launch a second backend, move some applications over to it, and
continue piling on more users.
@ -80,30 +80,29 @@ Ease of Development
===================
This design is also easier for us to work with, and easier for users who
want to work with the raw database data to understand and interact with.
want to work with the raw data in the database.
We have a large number of tables (more than 400) and we can not reasonably
reduce the number of tables very much (each table generally represents some
meaningful type of object in some application0. It's easier to develop with
meaningful type of object in some application). It's easier to develop with
tables which are organized into separate application databases, just like it's
easier to work with a large project if you organize source files into
directories.
If you aren't developing Phabricator and never look at the data in the
database, you probably don't benefit from this organization. However, if you
database, you probably won't benefit from this organization. However, if you
are a developer or want to extend Phabricator or look under the hood, it's
easier to find what you're looking for and work with the tables and data when
they're organized by application.
easier to find what you're looking for and work with the tables when they're
organized by application.
Databases Have No Cost
======================
More Databases Cost Nothing
===========================
In almost all cases, creating databases has zero cost, just like organizing
source code into directories has zero cost.
Even if we didn't derive enormous benefits from this approach at scale, there
is little reason //not// to organize storage like this.
In almost all cases, creating more databases has zero cost, just like
organizing source code into directories has zero cost. Even if we didn't derive
enormous benefits from this approach at scale, there is little reason //not//
to organize storage like this.
There are a handful of administrative tasks which are very slightly more
complex to perform on multiple databases, but these are all either automated