CBrown
01-02-2008, 07:00 PM
I know there is no perfect blueprint to building a server to handle large loads...
But could people share their experiences with how they got to where they are and what pitfalls to look out for?
I don't have a large site... 260,000+ posts and only 4100 members, but it's only been a bit over a year really, and it's really starting to grow faster now every day.
I'm a speed freak, so I've tweaked my site to run fast. Doing all the right things, xcache, etc.
Or so I think.
At what points in your growth did you make major changes?
Go from a single server, to a server with a separate database server?
Then go from a two server setup (one being the database server) to a shared load setup?
And even before all that... did you have to shut off searching? What extra tweaks did you make that many of us might not think of, but you found to be the saving grace of the community.
Knock on wood... so far so good... But I know those next steps will eventually be coming. I don't exactly know when... but when it does happen, I want to be ready for it. Or even better, beat it so it doesn't happen.
But could people share their experiences with how they got to where they are and what pitfalls to look out for?
I don't have a large site... 260,000+ posts and only 4100 members, but it's only been a bit over a year really, and it's really starting to grow faster now every day.
I'm a speed freak, so I've tweaked my site to run fast. Doing all the right things, xcache, etc.
Or so I think.
At what points in your growth did you make major changes?
Go from a single server, to a server with a separate database server?
Then go from a two server setup (one being the database server) to a shared load setup?
And even before all that... did you have to shut off searching? What extra tweaks did you make that many of us might not think of, but you found to be the saving grace of the community.
Knock on wood... so far so good... But I know those next steps will eventually be coming. I don't exactly know when... but when it does happen, I want to be ready for it. Or even better, beat it so it doesn't happen.