Your assessment is essentially correct. In my opinion, every serious e-commerce site needs to be on at least two servers for fail-over. However, many people put their database on one of their two clustered servers, effectively defeating the purpose of the cluster if the server with SQL on it fails. And if you have just one SQL server, where's the failover for that? I have a presentation at http://www.sccfug.org on Scalability that might show you some of the 'growing pains' most companies go through and how you might address them. -----Original Message----- From: Gregory Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 10:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Slightly OT:Single Server vs. Cluster Comparison Hello everyone, right now I've been assigned to do a comparison of a single server vs. a multiple server configuration, this is what I've thought of so far, can anyone help further? Need a few more brainstorms. Single: Advantages: Easier maintenance Simpler setup Cheaper Disadvantages: Less reliable (no fail-over) Slower Multiple Server: Advantages: Faster throughput Fail-over reliability Disadvantages: More complicated setup Harder to maintain Gregory Harris Los Angeles ITA Dept. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
