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One database server for the whole of basecamp? Edit: I found this: > With that in mind, we went looking for an option to host the Basecamp database, which is
by jules 16y ago
One database server for the whole of basecamp?
Edit: I found this:
> With that in mind, we went looking for an option to host the Basecamp database, which is becoming a monster. As of this writing, the database is 325GB and handles several thousand queries per second at peak times.
325GB RAM?! But now they have multiple servers. Read more: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2479-nuts-bolts-database-servers http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2479-nuts-bolts-database-serv...
- die_sekte 16y agoHP sells servers with up to 64 cores and 2 TB of memory. Considering the car that DHH just bought himself, they should be able to buy/lease several of them.
- jules 16y agoAre these x86 servers? Or do you mean a single chip with 64 cores?
- die_sekte 16y agoThis thing: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF04a/15351-15351-3328412-241644-4222584 http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF04a/15351-15351-33...
- whatusername 16y agohttp://www-03.ibm.com/systems/x/hardware/enterprise/x3850x5/features.html http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/x/hardware/enterprise/x3850x5/...
- aaronblohowiak 16y agoYou can get servers that can house 512GB or 1TB of RAM from HP/Sun/Dell. Scaling out your app servers and scaling up your DB is common in systems that don't need to be truly "web scale".