Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:21 am
OK so question here... 
Obviously, I'm new to having my own server, how servers work, and all that good hoopla. Back in the beginning I thought learning PHP code was everything! Now, I feel so newb again. But that's OK, I'm learning. So onto my question.
How do the major sites IE: msn google yahoo handle their TREMENDOUS load of users? Obvsiously they have more than one server, but then that begs the question, if they have more than one server, is the actual site on all of those servers? Is it on just one server? If it is on just one server, how does the "internet" know where to find their site amongst their crapload of servers?
utterly confused,
-the scrot-
Obviously, I'm new to having my own server, how servers work, and all that good hoopla. Back in the beginning I thought learning PHP code was everything! Now, I feel so newb again. But that's OK, I'm learning. So onto my question.
How do the major sites IE: msn google yahoo handle their TREMENDOUS load of users? Obvsiously they have more than one server, but then that begs the question, if they have more than one server, is the actual site on all of those servers? Is it on just one server? If it is on just one server, how does the "internet" know where to find their site amongst their crapload of servers?
utterly confused,
-the scrot-