On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Jonathan Vanasco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On May 21, 4:09 am, "Mike Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 11:54 PM, Jonathan Vanasco >> Well, for a Pylons site with Postgres that wants to be scalable up >> front, a three-server setup makes sense. One for the Pylons app, one >> for the static content, and one for the database. > > I'd disagree. You generally shouldn't need to do a dedicated box for > static content - just use a lightweight static server like nginx or > lighttpd.
He did say scalable and video, which I took to mean ultra-heavy use of very large files, and overkill didn't matter. The disk space alone is one reason why static content might want to be on a separate box, so it can be plugged into a large disk array or replicated easier, etc. >> A second database server is usually the hardest part; you'd need a >> database engine that propagates changes from any server to all the >> others > I always spec apps to be replication-ready: separate handles for read > & write, and maintaining strict documentation and code reviews as to > which handles are used where. Usually a 'write' should only be used > in account management situations. I even go so far as to make sure > all logging functionality is on a different handle (sometimes even to > a different DB). Approaches like this at the start make clustering > and replication simple. By handle you mean a database connection? So how do you handle writes? You direct them all to one master server and let it propagate the changes to the slaves? Have you found a good replicable database among the free ones that work with SQLAlchemy? > Most file-access isssues can be handled with an 'authticket' style > approach across servers. If you're dealing with a specific per-file > per-access approach, then yeah - you're likely better to have your > pylons appserver handle that ( though you might be able speed things > up with some custom plugins or hooks in nginx/lighttpd) What do you mean by authticket? -- Mike Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to pylons-discuss@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
