Posts Tagged ‘Load Balancing’

Do I need a dedicated database server?

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Well not always, but typically, yes. If you just want to sort your wedding or vacation pictures for family viewing, then probably not. Otherwise, three very good reasons why you should consider it are Security, Performance, Scalability. (more…)

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What is load balancing and why do I need it?

Friday, May 1st, 2009

We have many customers who as their sites, applications, or services become more popular outgrow the capacity and performance that a single server can provide. I could write a book on the evolution of a website or application, and how the architecture needs to evolve as its traffic doubles, triples, and quadruples exponentially, but for the purposes of this article I’ll use my unmatched Microsoft Paint skills to outline the load balancing concept in a simple manner. (more…)

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