They are talking about being I/O bound, which means the code is working faster than the hardware can deliver. If you get to a point where I/O is the problem, it usually means you have very efficient code.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:39 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Via Slashdot - Inside MySpace.com > > Heh - I liked how they were like... "Yeah we did it this way and that > worked till we hit 1 million users, then it busted, so then we decided > to do it this way instead and that worked for awhile, but when we hit > 5 million that one busted too.... on and on..." > > I also find it interesting that most of the article talks about how > they tried and tried to solve the problem with hardware and new > systems, but very little about understanding how the code, SQL > statements, and other programmer type things could improve their > situation. The article is definitely very infrastructure oriented. > > -Cameron > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224851 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
