Yes, alot of the problem wasn't related to code directly, and from the sounds of it, they think most of their "unexpected errors" are from DB, network, or disk IO problems, not from the code itself.
However - the article does say the code is also sometimes to blame, for the very reason Sandra gave about not ever wanting to work there: "Similarly, Benedetto's developers still often go through the whole process of idea, coding, testing and deployment in a matter of hours, he says. That raises the risk of introducing software bugs, but it allows them to introduce new features quickly. And because it's virtually impossible to do realistic load testing on this scale, the testing that they do perform is typically targeted at a subset of live users on the Web site who become unwitting guinea pigs for a new feature or tweak to the software, he explains." That's "seat of the pants" code on an unimaginable scale, and that methodology clearly is destined to be constantly introducing bad code and bad software architecture into the mix. -Cameron On 1/17/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:224939 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
