On Dec 1, 2006, at 8:08 PM, a wrote: > I am building a web app backed by database postgresql and currently > the > site is under a humongous torrent of hits. I have a question regarding > the database backend config. > > The database folder has a file called postgresql.cons where we can > specify no of active connections to the database -N which is currently > 1024 and also specify the shared buffers. Is there any thumbrule in > deciding the -N and also the no of shared buffers for my config of 4 > frontend servers and 1 database backend server. There is no global or > memcached mechanisms in use.
The o3 magazine linked to from the front of turbogears.org has a good article about scalability. Generally speaking, front-end caching is a huge win (and so is backend caching as appropriate.) Kevin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" 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/turbogears?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
