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The best advice I've ever heard regarding scaling is to only worry about one level of magnitude. If you have 20 users, make sure you can scale to 200 - any far
by mrduncan 16y ago
The best advice I've ever heard regarding scaling is to only worry about one level of magnitude. If you have 20 users, make sure you can scale to 200 - any farther than that and you're likely wasting your time.
- Retric 16y agoBest advice I ever got on the topic was "Just don't be stupid, reasonable solutions tend to scale idiotic ones don't." Which basically boils down to don't worry about performance in the +/- 50% range, worry about performance when you are going to see x^3 or +/- 5,000%.
- harscoat 16y agoGood point. Would have just said 2 order of magnitudes instead (20 users, scaling to 2000).
- rythie 16y agoScaling from 10 to 1000 is quite likely early on, though above 1000 I'd say the rule would apply.