Re: hardware/optimizations for a download-webserver
On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 10:39, Nate Duehr <nate@natetech.com> wrote:
> On Jul 16, 2004, at 1:43 PM, Markus Oswald wrote:
> > Summary: Don't bother with tuning the server and don't even think about
> > setting up a cluster for something like this - definitely overkill. ;o)
>
> Unless there's a business requirement that it be available 24/7 with no
> maintenance downtime - that adds a level of complexity (and other
> questions that would need to be asked like "do we need a second machine
> at another data center?") to the equation.
That's a good point. But keep in mind that when done wrong clusters decrease
reliability and increase down-time.
I have never been involved in running a cluster where it worked as well as a
single machine would have. Clusters need good cluster software (which does
not exist for Solaris, there's probably something good for linux), they need
a lot of testing (most people don't test properly), and they need careful
planning.
Installing a single machine and hoping for the best often gives better
results.
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