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[edward potter]

hmmm,  wow, i can do it all for you for 25G a month.  (off course I'd
just put it all on dreamhost for $9.95 a month) and U would never
know!   :-)

ummmm, doesn't google use MySQL INSTEAD of Oracle for all their Ad
serving, that's what I heard, and how much bigger can u get then
google?

We're reaching the point where bandwidth is going to zero $ and
software is going to zero $ and phone calls are just about zero $. 
Yipes, lets hope us coders don't go to zero $/hr too __  as the boss
moves a robot into my cubicle!

In the words of Mark Cuban, who is a billionaire WHO GETS it (great
blog by the way):  "Anyone with $500 bucks and a $10 server can take
on google".  And he has an amazing track record!

http://www.blogmaverick.com



:-)  -ed

On 1/19/06, Cliff Hirsch <cliff at pinestream.com> wrote:
>
> Ok, so this may be a bit off topic, but I am trying to determine a cost
> effective architecture for a classic PHP/MySQL site that is fault tolerant
> and can scale-out if needed.
>
> At one extreme I view the minimum configuration as a simple dedicated
> server.
>
> But being a bit paranoid, at the other extreme, I have been getting quotes
> for a configuration that uses a Firewall, load balancer, two web servers,
> and two database servers (one master, one slave for backups). Of course with
> additional backups (local & offsite), RAID, hot swap power supplies, etc. I
> skipped the armed guards, tasers, and off planet options. And so far, I am
> ignoring the people that are telling me that if I want to be really serious,
> I should use Oracle, not MySQL.
>
> If I could stick this in my basement, the price wouldn't even be so bad. But
> that's not realistic. With a managed service provider, the charge is
> thousands per month. With co-location -- don't know. Haven't priced it and
> then I need a sysadmin anyway. Co-lo isn't cheap either.
>
> I would be funding this out of my own pocket. Am I nuts? What are other
> people doing to ensure availability at a reasonable price point?
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