On 10/29/07, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > For example how would you guys approach a project where you needed to > create > > a site like a myspace.com or similar with 0 current users but could > surpass > > 1 million users in 1 month then 100 million in 1 year. > > Here's how ebay handle these sort of numbers: > http://www.infoq.com/interviews/dan-pritchett-ebay-architecture > > They do some unexpected (to me) things to manage their data, with no > transactions and no referential integrity in the db in order to permit > scale across multiple dbs. > > - Chris
Well, keep in mind that a site built 10 years ago and implemented their massive scale out plan back then is going to have wildly different architectures than a site that is scaling out now. Clustering and other technologies are available now that simply weren't in existence back then. -J -- J. Shirley :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: Killing two stones with one bird... http://www.toeat.com
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