How many servers do you think this would need?
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How many servers do you think this would need?
I know someone who owns a site and is all hyped up about running it on 49 servers... Hey sure if it was a massive site and you actually need that many then go ahead. But what if I told you that this site had an average of probably 200-600 users online.
Now take into affect that these servers are all apparently "cutting edge" and one of the fee's alone cost 17000 USD. BTW I will add that the main server is running windows and all others are on linux. There are a lot of mysql queries constantly being sent but nothing major.
I figure the site could be run on 3 truely cutting edge servers. (15000 RPM hd's, 2-4 gigs ram each, dual opterons or xeons) What do you guys think? What is better? 49 servers or 3?
BTW, that one master windows server they are running on is a quad xeon. I imagine that aint to cheap to pay bills on...
Whats your opinion on this?
Now take into affect that these servers are all apparently "cutting edge" and one of the fee's alone cost 17000 USD. BTW I will add that the main server is running windows and all others are on linux. There are a lot of mysql queries constantly being sent but nothing major.
I figure the site could be run on 3 truely cutting edge servers. (15000 RPM hd's, 2-4 gigs ram each, dual opterons or xeons) What do you guys think? What is better? 49 servers or 3?
BTW, that one master windows server they are running on is a quad xeon. I imagine that aint to cheap to pay bills on...
Whats your opinion on this?
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I can't really say.. depending on how much processing power each user needs, the volume of users expected among other things, it could need that many with that much power. However, quad proc Xeon is hardly cutting edge...
I have spec'd blades costing $18K, $10K of which was a 40U rack for them to sit in. Each additional blade would be another $8K. All of which would be dual proc dual-core Opteron's or better. None would run Windows
Overall, I'll call <span style='color:blue' title='I'm naughty, are you naughty?'>smurf</span>.
I have spec'd blades costing $18K, $10K of which was a 40U rack for them to sit in. Each additional blade would be another $8K. All of which would be dual proc dual-core Opteron's or better. None would run Windows
Overall, I'll call <span style='color:blue' title='I'm naughty, are you naughty?'>smurf</span>.
This site runs on PHP and MySQL. The domain is http://www.marapets.com
What would you guys choose to run the site? 49 servers or 3 servers(3 that are actualy high specs).
From the information given I would personally take the 3 servers. http://www.nukezone.nu runs on 2 high spec'd servers and they have way more users and way more database queries going off all the time. What do you guys think?
What would you guys choose to run the site? 49 servers or 3 servers(3 that are actualy high specs).
From the information given I would personally take the 3 servers. http://www.nukezone.nu runs on 2 high spec'd servers and they have way more users and way more database queries going off all the time. What do you guys think?
Not really a friend. Just a retard who figured I was dumb because I told him he could run the site on 3 servers.pilau wrote:Marapets looks like a banner portal.
Anyway, 49 servers? What a waste of money. They could have donated it to my fund.
Now, seriously, that site does not look heavy t me. Maybe heavy on design, but on queries? I don't think so.
I'd suggest to tel your friend to sell 46 servers off.
Nukezone is also mainly text though, whereas this Neopets clone has a lot of graphics.
I'd say cutting it down to ~5 is better.. I honestly can't imagine how 49 separate servers are all being used in an effective way for a single website. Just the number alone hints at a bad overall system design and too much overkill in general.
I'd say cutting it down to ~5 is better.. I honestly can't imagine how 49 separate servers are all being used in an effective way for a single website. Just the number alone hints at a bad overall system design and too much overkill in general.
49 is overkill, plain and simple. For a site with 600 people online max at one time, 3 servers with high spec's would do the job. Chances are this Neopets clone isnt constantly doing querys. Dedicate a server or 2 to mysql you dont need to have that many. Plus, where is this guy hosting 49 servers from?
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Because he could use the money for much better things, such as advertising, paying his programmers more, etc.Bill H wrote:Well, if it makes the guy feel good to say "Hey, I've got 49 servers running my site" and he can afford it, what's wrong with that? Why should he turn any of them off?
Or ya know.. donating money to charities.