If I were in your shoes (and had at least some money to spend, which it sounds like you do) I would get some consulting from http://www.engineyard.com/ and/or http://www.rightscale.com/, at the least.
(Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with either company, and in fact have never done business with them. Just know them by reputation.) dwh Robert Matei wrote: > I'd love to pay someone who has serious scaling experience to talk with > me about how to plan for scaling. > > I'm developing a network of applications in Rails that could see tens of > millions of users. I'm in way over my head, so I'd like to talk to > someone who's been through it before. I want to know: > - how to architect applications to scale smoothly > - how to manage the growth in hardware > - whether it's a bad idea to go with Rails at all. > > I'm not really sure where to start looking though. Are there people or > companies in the community who consult on these topics? > > And while we're on it, are there companies that offer part-time sysadmin > services for Rails stacks? > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

