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Lesson #0: scalability is not a problem that can be solved exclusively in software. Hire a sysadmin. And take his advice.
by mmt 16y ago
Lesson #0: scalability is not a problem that can be solved exclusively in software.
Hire a sysadmin. And take his advice.
- seven 16y agoLesson #0.1 make sure she has experience with high load situations.
- vegai 16y agoEveryone has to learn at some point.
- flojo 16y agoI could not agree more. But I have learnt, not many clients have the money for a hardware solution. But one thing I too have learnt .. stay away from pound etc, just stick to LVS.
- mmt 16y agoI'd like to clarify: A solution that involves other-than-software is not automatically buy-vs-build, nor an appliance. Broadly, to me, it's usually about choosing the right hardware and assembling/configuring it in a "custom"[1] way. This is usually significantly cheaper than trying to get anything off-the-shelf to scale. stay away from pound etc, just stick to LVS I've learned to stay away from anything with heavy dependency on kernel code. My preference is HApoxy. [1] Optimized for the problem at hand, which, usually, is remarkably commonplace, just nowhere near as commonplace as a lowest common denominator web server.