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

[Leo R. Lundgren]

But an auction site with the mentioned requirements shouldn't require  
two or three nodes with separated webserver and database, gigabit  
interfaces and other network specifics, except for redundancy and  
high availability.

But sure, if you throw enough resources at it, Filemaker will be  
enough :)

Well, it's just my personal feeling/opinion that if I'd build a  
sensitive site, I'd something designed in another way than Filemaker  
is. If someone wants to go through all that setup to feel confident  
it'll run OK, no problem. But I do know that other setups will  
perform far better even on less hardware and less work. However I do  
recognize the fact that sometimes it's also important not to split a  
system in two parts, for example if it's a lot more convenient to  
keep all the information in the FM database.

5 feb 2008 kl. 09.58 skrev Gjermund Gusland Thorsen:

> I have this type of systems running in FileMaker, MySQL and
> PostgreSQL, I can not think of any absolute definition of FileMaker
> not being the one, if you have configured FileMaker correctly; 2 or 3
> nodes with separate 1 Gbit NICs for local interchange; direct cables
> not through hubs, I do also use this strategy for SQL servers as well
> this way webservers and appservers have direct access to their
> respective databases, without any potential noise.
>
> ggt
>
> 2008/2/5, Leo R. Lundgren <leo at finalresort.org>:
>>  I would never use Filemaker for a serious production system where  
>> timing is
>> of importance. And this I don't say because I'm not very fond of  
>> Filemaker
>> in general, I'm saying it from an objective perspektive.
>>
>>
>> 4 feb 2008 kl. 18.56 skrev Jamie Adams:
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello all-
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Jamie Adams
>>
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