I think all the points are good.. they just lack context.. and so not all of them are going to fit..
Kirk On 2012-01-06, at 3:18 PM, Robert Casto wrote: > All these technology ideas are great but what is the task that all these > people will be doing in such a short time frame? > > Can you avoid some work during this time period? Batch it up for later, put > it in a queue, or have a process come by later and do cleanup when the > systems are less busy. Do as little as possible while accomplishing just what > is needed during this time. Doing less means you can get more done in the > same time period without having to add more machines or make drastic changes. > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Fabrizio Giudici > <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:03:59 +0100, Kirk Pepperdine > <[email protected]> wrote: > > All nice points. > > I would add.. avoid transactions like the plague. > Single threaded will be easier to scale out.. (think http) > +1 on keep things in memory.. in fact I've customers that no longer put disks > in their machines.. which surprisingly increases reliability.. (which really > shouldn't be surprising). > > +1 on everything, including the last point, but you can have a hard time to > persuade customers acquainted to the database for decades. It's possible to > use a hybrid approach: for instance Coherence (but AFAIK other similar > products) has got a "write behind" mode in which you basically commit to > memory, and then an async task pushes stuff to the database. I'm trying to > persuade a customer to go that way, but I still see raised eyebrows. But > perhaps we'll be able to start some serious prototyping in the next months. > > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > [email protected] > http://tidalwave.it - http://fabriziogiudici.it > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > > > -- > Robert Casto > www.robertcasto.com > www.sellerstoolbox.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
