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Let's see, 12 of the machines are database and web server machines. Here's a hint--ruby doesn't make you need particularly more or less web servers or mysql mac
by ericb 18y ago
Let's see, 12 of the machines are database and web server machines. Here's a hint--ruby doesn't make you need particularly more or less web servers or mysql machines. The fact that the author bemoans this betrays that he doesn't especially understand what he's talking about.
They are serving around 3/4 of a billion page views a month. That's billion with a B. So yeah, I'd give them a slap on the back for that. Would it be cooler if they needed 9 app servers instead of 13--sure, but come on.
- tptacek 18y agoMost of us would definitely trade 3 servers for any appreciable shortening of time-to-market.
- tx 18y agoInstead of hundreds per second I see you've switched to billions with a "B" per month? No shit, Sherlock. How about Trillions with a "T" per year? You should also try measuring shit in football fields just to make your arguments more impressive.
- ericb 18y agoBacking into per-second transactions from larger numbers is far more suspect, Holmes. Those transactions could be spread out perfectly evenly over the course of a day (hint: not likely), or 80% of that traffic might come in a 6 hour window in a pattern shaped like a bell.