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I agree. My advice on the sysadmin problem is to get a hosted development machine. Use it for email accounts and backup or source control. It's cheap and you
by russell 18y ago
I agree. My advice on the sysadmin problem is to get a hosted development machine. Use it for email accounts and backup or source control. It's cheap and you have solved a bunch of sysadmin tasks in an hour or so.
I do think scaling should be a consideration from the beginning, but it is sufficient to have someone on the team who has actually worked on a high volume web site. If your team doesnt have a developer with the experience, ask around. Most developers are willing to contribute a few hours of advice.
- aristus 18y agoI agree -- a 20X jump in traffic or data is almost a different country. If you have someone on the team who's been to that country before, everything goes much more smoothly. Mostly because they can give you earlier warning, suggest solutions that have worked, what not to say in front of the locals, etc. If anyone has questions about architecture or scaling I have built some pretty large (>500 million queries/month) sites and I like helping out. You can find my email in my profile.