I wouldn't worry about scaling till you have to do it. But, going from a 1 server setup (app and db on the same server) to a 2 server setup (1 app and 1 db) is pretty easy. All you'd have to really do to your app is change your database.yml to point to your new db server.
On Aug 26, 2:04 pm, "tashfeen.ekram" <[email protected]> wrote: > I am getting ready deploy my app and trying to figure its > configuration to allow for scaling if needed. I am looking at > deploying on Amazon. I do not expect high traffic in the beginning > (though that is completely a conjecture), i was thinking of deploying > the whole app including a MySQL on the single instance. I am trying to > figure out how difficult would it be if I had to separate the > components with having the db on its own instance with balance loading > and front end servers all running on their own instances. Is it easy > to make that transition or is it difficult enough that one should just > setup the more redundant setup now to avoid the difficulty. > > thanks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
