Subject: Re: architecting large sites
From: Vic C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Vic C wrote:
> I have done stress testing to 1000 users with a 2 cpu box quite nicely.
> So 2 boxes (each with 2 CPUs) and 1.5 gig ram at least would be a start.
> 
> Also... JRockit VM and Tower J VM and IBM VM (in that order) should be 
> used instead of the SUN VM.
> I assUme that you will stress test (I use MS stress test tool with 5 PCs 
> w/ 512 meg each), so you can see which VM works for you and what tweaks 
> to VM you need. GC could slow you down.
> 
> V.
> 
> J Doe wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm looking for pointers to docs/books on how to scale
>> Tomcat.  For simplicity, let's assume that there is a
>> single webapp that is basically on the order of a
>> Cocoon/Jetspeed application, with no DB connections
>> per se, but pulling information from some other web
>> sources (e.g. syndication).
>>
>> Suppose that a site needs to support 1500+
>> simultaneous users. (Quite large, yes).
>>
>> I'm no expert in web-site architecture, but it strikes
>> me that there are 2 or 3 possibilities to this
>> problem: (a) multiple machines, using a load-balancer,
>>  (b) multiple instances of Apache/Tomcat on a given
>> machine(s), and (c) beefing up each machine with max
>> memory and possibly more CPUs.
>>
>> Is there a ballpark estimate for the max number of
>> simultaneous users for a single machine with
>> Apache/Tomcat?  I'm guessing this will be far less
>> than 1500.  Given that, what's the "next-best" way to
>> boost that number?   Would having multiple CPUs be
>> effective?  Can there actually be multiple instances
>> of Tomcat on a single machine?  If so, does that help
>> address this issue?
>>
>> I realize these questions are vague and deal with a
>> huge scope, but I'm looking for doc sources or "best
>> practices", rather than concrete answers.
>>
>> thanks,
>> Mike
>>
>> ps. Does anyone know of some "large" sites that use
>> Apache/Tomcat?  I'm trying to get a sense if 1500+ is
>> even possible, or if it has been attempted.
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