[Techtalk] mySql or saving files to disk, which is faster?

[Mr. Hardy]

Hello everyone,
I have a little problem and I would like your opinion before I continue.
I am writing a game server script.
clients will connect directly to the server at my website.
my website host has a Unix/Linux system.

thousands of clients could potentially connect at once.
each group of ten clients would be using the same database table or flat file for game state.

which would be faster:
-using mySql database tables or...
-using flat files which I will load and save from directories at my website.

please help.

Thanks, Mr. Sal Hardy
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