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

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

And sometimes hobby should remain hobby, not making optimal
infrastructure is a lack of effort in my opinion.

2008/2/5, Leo R. Lundgren <leo at finalresort.org>:
> 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
> >>
> >> ________________________________________________________
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Liquis, Inc.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 400 Parker Drive, Suite 1110, Austin, TX 78728
> >>
> >> phone 512.299.9634, ext 103 -- fax 512.873.0575
> >>
> >> ________________________________________________________
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> www.liquis.com
> >>
> >> www.auctionpartner.com
> >>
> >> www.furniture-partner.com
> >>
> >> eBay Store:
> >> http://stores.ebay.com/Auction-Partner-High-Tech-Equipment?
> >> refid=store
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