On 22 Apr 2008, at 14:34, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > SteveC wrote: > >> Really, the existing boxes should be throwing out as many tiles and >> API calls as possible. We should buy a new box for export and it >> shouldn't be a priority in terms of memory, disk, uptime etc. > > I think I'd trust Tom more than anyone else in OSM to understand the > load which a given feature is going to place on the servers,
Thats not the point, its not about x number of CPU seconds per request - its that the statistics are fundamentally different for, say, running a WMS and running a tile server. One scales, one doesn't. > and the > repercussions for anything else we do. But, yay, more boxes for more > services is always good. > > cheers > Richard > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev > Best Steve _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev

