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Scaling a web server

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  • JoeCMama

    1) Find bottleneck. 1 server at $20/month should be enough for 1 million visitors. Try to optimize for 1 server first. 2) To direct users to which of the multiple database servers to use.Posted 2 years ago

    • mohamed

      1- Find the bottleneck and optimize the system by solving it before increasing the resources. 2- Distributing a set of tasks to set of resources and it's used to direct each request to appropriate server.Posted 2 years ago

      • Roby Anne Galo

        1. Identify the bottleneck. Optimize current system before buying more servers. 2. Distribute/direct traffic to serversPosted 7 days ago

        • Jownsu

          1. Find the bottleneck so you can have solution on the right problem. 2. To distribute the number of request to multiple server to not overwhelm the single server.Posted 7 days ago

          • Paul_Samuel_Lacap

            1.) Find the bottleneck first before doing any optimizations 2.) Load balancer is used for multiple servers. They act as receptionistss that directs users where to go.Posted 8 days ago

            • shoudini

              1) Find Bottlenecs 2) Load balancer - 2 type --> One for receptionists, one for DB. (I listened the video 2 days ago, as I remember there are 2 type load balancers)Posted 2 months ago

              • MacDevin

                1) Listen and understand what is happening with the system, find the bottleneck, maximize optimization of a single server before buying more servers. 2) Analogous to a receptionist, which will redirect users to multiple database / warehouse or web servers / workers.Posted 3 months ago

                • Hamo

                  1. We should find bottlenecks in our system and optimize them before opting out for changes to the architecture itself 2. A load balancer as its named helps balance requests to our multiple databases/web servers instead of trafficking all the request to one big server/databasePosted 4 months ago

                  • Fidel

                    1. First is to listen or analyze how the problem works. Next is to understand to create or come up with a better solution. 2. The role of a load balancer is to have a more organize and faster way of dealing with the users requests.Posted 7 months ago

                    • Dekstur

                      1. Before deciding to multiply any components of your system, you need to first make sure that they are optimized. A 20$ domain can accommodate around 1 million visitors. 2. Load balancer balances the load of the components, so as to prevent overload or underload. Aside from that, it may also decide if a component should be increased, a database, for example, I call this load manager.Posted 9 months ago

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