Posted by faulkes on 01/06/08 19:17

On Jan 6, 1:39 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> And programs won't fail if they've been properly designed and tested.
> I'm not saying they're going to be perfect. There's no such thing.
> However, a proper development process will keep them from dying.

Apparently you've never given something to a user to play with.

>
> > You can design an app perfectly to support 1 million users but if you
> > only have
> > a dialup connection, it won't do you much good. Scalability covers
> > everything
> > not only from the code perspective but down to your network
> > perspective (lb's,
> > reverse caching, memcache, redundant bandwidth, redundant servers,
> > etc)
>
> But the app is the hardest to change. It's much easier to change from a
> dialup connection to a T-3, for instance.

Nobody is saying don't code well or don't follow best practices or
have
procedures in place. As stated, scalability is not single faceted and
the dirth of apps dying on Black Friday or any given successful launch
are
proof positive of it isn't.

> >http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-tune-lamp-1/#resources
> >http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-tune-lamp-2.html?ca...
> >http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-php-fastapps2/
>
>
> Those are good for what they say. But they're by no means complete.
> There is a lot more to scaling, even on a single server.
>

As stated, they are a start, which is far better than you offered. So
apart
from snide remarks and a complete failure to actually provide
something useful,
do you actually have anything to add?

> So your answer is telling him to google? Gee, can't you do better than
> that?

Yes, I refer you to the almighty fact that you didn't give him a
nickels
worth of url he could so much as peruse.

Added that given how trivial it is once you get started to google for
the rest,
he shouldn't have too much of a problem and even be able to come back
here and
ask questions if he needs.

Or he could hire me.

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