Quoting Dave Hall <dave-slg@dnh.sk.ca>:
> On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 11:36:40PM -0600, chris@fazekas.net wrote:
>> Thanks for the comments Jeff. I should explain a touch more why I was
>> looking
>> to "overkill" my clients setup. He often gets hit by / . which is good for
>> business... when the server stays up and alive... :)
>
> How dynamic is the content? Is it really interactive and a pile of database
> hits are justified for each request? Could some of the resulting pages be
> cached? If so, rather than all the replication and stuff, perhaps putting a
> caching server such as squid out front as a reverse proxy could provide an
> easy win without another box to maintain.
>
The content is very heavy in Flash Navigation, Videos, Movie files, and an
online store (Miva Merchant) for purchasing products. Good thought
re: squid.
Chris
Received on Thu Jul 27 10:25:36 2006
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