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Questions tagged [scalability]

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Why do big sites use multiple servers instead of one server with better specifications?

I read that Stack Overflow uses 10 or more servers for serving the Stack Overflow site. Different servers have different functions such as reverse proxy, database server, or HTTP server. I have seen a powerful standalone single server with these…
user43396
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Is there a course I can learn that'll allow me to build sites that can handle heavy traffic?

A programmer friend is forever telling me that when I begin to use Drupal, Joomla or WordPress that I will only create sites that will crash as soon as the site begins to receive more attention / traffic. This is very discouraging as my concern is…
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CDN for authenticated sites

We have a site that requires users to sign into. Typical stuff. Today, all the content (dynamic and static) is behind the login process, and you cannot access any of the pages or files via a URL unless you are logged in. This even applies for…
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How to handle Database Latency in Cross Region? AWS

I am working on a project with below setup The users from USA are receiving much faster response, but for the users from INDIA/China, it takes more time to Load. How can this issue be addressed? Based on my search, some suggest it was due to…
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How many production servers should I start with?

I'm building a site that I plan to grow to the size of SO. I'm only planning to have one prodcuction server to start off with. This will host everything including the database. I know it's very hard to say but am I likely to run into trouble quickly…
elfintar
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Optimizing large scale e-commerce sites

I have a few questions regarding optimizing large scale e-commerce sites with getting indexed. Over 1 million pages. Should you optimize images for e-stores with over 1 million product images? Should anything be automated for e-stores with over 1…
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1and1 Cloud hosting scaling of DB and Instances

do have anyone experience with 1and1 hosting? I've tried to read over their "transparent pricing". They have a configuration panel, that allows to select amount of CPU/RAM/SSD storage. (Configuration Panel) What is that configuration about? And how…
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Slashdotted web site seeks new home

Possible Duplicate: How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I am maintaining a website that contains mostly simple html (just a little php). Normally the site receives only 4000 hits per month, but it was recently slashdotted by the…
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Scaleable way to host PHP web service?

This is my first time working on a project like this, and i'm not sure where to turn next or how i should go about launching. Currently the site consists of PHP and html files in a "/public_html" directory with godaddy hosting. I don't know much…
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Can't get an image to scale to browser size!

If anyone has any insight on why this background image is not scaling properly on this page to browser size, that would be really helpful. I am stumped! I'm fairly new to CSS and HTML and could use some assistance. Whoever can help me figure this…
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Advice scaling website

We could use advice on a scaling/ops issue. We have a simple website that runs on Rails 3.2.12 and uses MongoMapper instead of ActiveRecord. There is one database call that sporadically performs poorly, causing users to write in and complain. It…
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