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But doesn't the same logic apply to the database? Is the webserver / application layer really so much more CPU intensive (and/or prone to failure) than the dat

by gwd 2y ago

But doesn't the same logic apply to the database? Is the webserver / application layer really so much more CPU intensive (and/or prone to failure) than the database in sites "designed for business", such that you can't get away with not designing the webservers for load balancing, but you can get away with not designing the databases for sharding?

crazygringo 2y ago
No to your first question. And yes to your second, unless you're basically at Facebook scale. That's exactly the difference. Databases are astonishingly more optimized and predictable and reliable than web servers.