2009/1/24 mguthrie <[email protected]>: > > I'm working on a project that I would like to make available as a > subscription service. I've worked in other frameworks and have asked this > question but I thought I would see what would be a good route for doing this > in ZF. > > My question is: What would be the best design for hosting, scalability, and > reducing development overhead for a web application? Would it be better to > have 1.) a single installed instance per customer each with its own separate > db/files OR 2.) design the application so that the whole application works > under one installation with each customer having a username, password, and > some type of organization ID to limit access to just their data? > > The second solution would need some way to extend Auth to provide checking > the organization ID (possible?). > > I'd be interested in hearing the different opinions on which would be > better. It seems to me like my overhead would be less just to manage one > big application but upfront design would be more complex. To go the other > route would make it easier to design but I would have to manage each > installation separately which would be a lot of work. The ability to grab a > copy of just one customer's database seems like it would be nice though. > > Other projects like Wordpress-mu have argued that one big single app is the > way to go as it is more scalable but others have argued that it's easier > working with many installations. > > Thanks in advance for any feedback and I apologize if this was asked > somewhere else on this list. I couldn't find anything easily. > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Design-Question-tp21644511p21644511.html > Sent from the Zend Framework mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >
I think it's impossible to choose one way or the other without knowing a little more about the application and what it does. What kind of information those companies you write about are going to work with, how many users has each organization, etc. I need a vehicle. What should I buy - a family car, a bike or a truk? :) -- Regards, Martin Martinov http://mmartinov.com/
