Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 03:44:40 -0500 From: Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> Cc: FreeBSd Chat list <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Will Ebay ever learn? Message-ID: <37982B78.665CD80B@airnet.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990723040756.27774L-100000@cygnus.rush.net>
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Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > 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. I meant the recommendations my Microsoft to be able to put out X bandwidth. -- Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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