[FX.php List] How much traffic can it take?

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

Depends alot on whether or not you do apache separate from FileMaker Sever.

ggt

2008/2/4, Jamie Adams <jamie at liquis.com>:
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> My company is considering building an auction script (like a private eBay)
> for some inventory in our FileMaker database.  One suggestion from our team
> was to build PHP auction scripts that connect directly to our FileMaker DB.
> However, I've observed that the performance of FileMaker with FX.php is not
> quite as good as MySQL in many circumstances.  Near the end of an auction,
> we might have as many as 40 bidders hitting the database with quick
> succession.  Can FX.php take this kind of abuse?  Or do I need to look into
> exporting to MySQL?  I'm going to try some tests myself, but I hoped to draw
> from the collective wisdom first.  I've learned some tricks for optimizing
> my FX.php code to load quicker, but I've never tested under such a heavy
> load.
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> Jamie Adams
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