Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 04:11:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> To: Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> Cc: FreeBSd Chat list <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Will Ebay ever learn? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990723040756.27774L-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <3797F5DB.E6B72A21@airnet.net>
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On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Kris Kirby wrote: > Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > It's called stupid design syndrome, they have a super powerful > > sparc system running the entire database. > > > > The (multi?) million dollar machine is at capacity and one > > burp from it and they die for hours at a time. > > > > Large central points of failure tend to do just that, fail. > > > > This is why clustering many, many machines is the right way > > to do things (ie. hotmail) > > And the only way that Mickysoft thinks they have a chance to compete > against a _single_ UN*X server. hotmail is unix, I meant clustering any servers, unix _or_ NT to provide failover. NT can't beat unix, however 20 NT boxes will most likely give more total uptime than a single unix box. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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