Comments on: Scaling Up: Picking The Right Setup http://www.brandonsavage.net/scaling-up-picking-the-right-setup/ The personal blog of Brandon Savage. Contains entries of a personal and professional nature focusing on PHP, Apple, LAMP, MySQL and Washington, DC. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:36:33 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeremy Glover http://www.brandonsavage.net/scaling-up-picking-the-right-setup/#comment-411 Jeremy Glover Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:27:32 +0000 http://www.brandonsavage.net/?p=277#comment-411 Great summary! About 2 years ago I did a ton of research about CDNs and it's shocking how many more options for scaling exist today than did then. Great summary! About 2 years ago I did a ton of research about CDNs and it’s shocking how many more options for scaling exist today than did then.

]]> By: Brandon Savage http://www.brandonsavage.net/scaling-up-picking-the-right-setup/#comment-409 Brandon Savage Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:12:24 +0000 http://www.brandonsavage.net/?p=277#comment-409 You're absolutely right. I did forget that. I'll update the post to include that and credit you. You’re absolutely right. I did forget that. I’ll update the post to include that and credit you.

]]> By: Joseph Scott http://www.brandonsavage.net/scaling-up-picking-the-right-setup/#comment-408 Joseph Scott Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:59:33 +0000 http://www.brandonsavage.net/?p=277#comment-408 You skipped a section between owning your own hardware and EC2, renting dedicated servers. There are lots of places that do this, like theplanet.com, layeredtech.com and cari.net (small sample of a long list). Like buying your own servers, you have dedicated hardware, but without the capital expense that comes with outright purchasing. You skipped a section between owning your own hardware and EC2, renting dedicated servers. There are lots of places that do this, like theplanet.com, layeredtech.com and cari.net (small sample of a long list).

Like buying your own servers, you have dedicated hardware, but without the capital expense that comes with outright purchasing.

]]> By: Brandon Savage http://www.brandonsavage.net/scaling-up-picking-the-right-setup/#comment-400 Brandon Savage Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:54:50 +0000 http://www.brandonsavage.net/?p=277#comment-400 Sebs you make a great point, and that would be a business decision that would need to be made. I'm not focusing on the business case here, but on the various options that exist. Each situation is going to be different and for that, you have to figure out the expenses yourself. In some cases, the addition of an Amazon web service (say, S3) might be a fantastic option for some people. If you host your images and large files on S3 you reduce the amount of processing the server has to do (and file read times), so that the web server can focus on things like processing PHP code and making database connections. I've seen graphs that show when you move images off your server, the load can drop dramatically. Each situation will be different. The above is a collection of the various options, but by no means advice or specific information that can be applied to each business case. Sebs you make a great point, and that would be a business decision that would need to be made. I’m not focusing on the business case here, but on the various options that exist. Each situation is going to be different and for that, you have to figure out the expenses yourself.

In some cases, the addition of an Amazon web service (say, S3) might be a fantastic option for some people. If you host your images and large files on S3 you reduce the amount of processing the server has to do (and file read times), so that the web server can focus on things like processing PHP code and making database connections. I’ve seen graphs that show when you move images off your server, the load can drop dramatically.

Each situation will be different. The above is a collection of the various options, but by no means advice or specific information that can be applied to each business case.

]]> By: Sebs http://www.brandonsavage.net/scaling-up-picking-the-right-setup/#comment-399 Sebs Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:49:50 +0000 http://www.brandonsavage.net/?p=277#comment-399 Hmm, did you ever calculate hosting stuff yourself vs. Amazon vs. CDN? It's better to know the break even (Amazon) or the max bandwidth you are using (CDN) to get to a point where you can decide whats the better solution. From my point of vew the addition of amazon servers is a good thing if you are adding hardware for peaks (christmas business for example). Sorry, it's not that simple. I need some numbers that proove your point ;) Hmm, did you ever calculate hosting stuff yourself vs. Amazon vs. CDN?

It’s better to know the break even (Amazon) or the max bandwidth you are using (CDN) to get to a point where you can decide whats the better solution.

From my point of vew the addition of amazon servers is a good thing if you are adding hardware for peaks (christmas business for example).

Sorry, it’s not that simple. I need some numbers that proove your point ;)

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