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What is the standard system architecture for MongoDB

I know this question is too vague, so I would like to add some key numbers to give insights about what the scenario is Size of each document size - 360KB Total documents - 1.5 million Document created/day - 2k read intensive - YES Availability…
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Reverse Proxy Server and Webserver architecture

I'm very confused. If I setup a Reverse Proxy Server, does this mean that I need a second computer? Or can both Server (e.g. nginx as reverse proxy server and apache as webserver) run on the same computer and different port!? For example this pic!…
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Hyper-V and Fail over cluster 2 nodes Virtualizing DC and Secondery DC

I am building a new network for a company from scratch (50 user/Computer) They need 1-Domain Controler ( Only one Domain at the moment ) 2-MS Exechange Server 3-File Server 4-SQL/Database Server "Not Too Much load" I am planning the following: Two…
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How does Amazon handle all that email for their Kindle personal document service?

Amazon basically gives every Kindle owner an email address to which they can email documents that will be converted to .mobi format and synced to their Kindle. I thought this was pretty interesting, so I started trying to think my way through how I…
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Switches and the amount of load

Out of curiosity does anyone know whether it would be more beneficial to have more switches with less terminals on each leading to your main switch OR load up each switch fully before having any terminals added onto another switch?
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Is it possible to set up multiple named instances running on a SQl Server 2008 R2 Active/Passive Cluster?

I'm trying to plan a SQL Server 2008 R2 2 node Active/Passive failover cluster. Is it possible to set up multiple named instances running on the cluster? e.g. sqlcluster sqlcluster\demo sqlcluster\dev And could demo and dev share the same SAN…
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Memcached and Mysql architecture

Right now we have 2 servers. webserver + memcached mysql server the mysql server is a new and a strong server and it is not being utilized fully. I was debating if I should migrate the memcached to the mysql server or If I should order a seperate…
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Server architecture for statistical analysis

I am currently standing before a decision on how to design a system that would handle computing of statistical data on the cloud. I would like to know what server structure should I use to be able to easily scale computing with the cloud. To be…
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How would an eight-core Pentium 4 compare with a Core 2 Duo?

Specifically, an eight-core "Paxville" Xeon system clocked at 3 GHz versus the Core 2 Duo system clocked at 2 GHz, ceteris paribus. This is assuming that the workload is effectively distributed across all cores in both systems. Whicb of the two…
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CDN architecture - best practises and designs

I am a developer for a website which is heavily reliant on static content such a pictures, videos etc. Our current setup is very simple, we basically have one server acting as our cdn which in turn gets updated by the web servers through rsync. The…
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Optimal hosting of website and platform api on EC2

We intend to deploy a web site (based on Drupal) and the associated platform api on Amazon EC2. Would like to know what would be a better way to architect this solution w.r.t to instances (meaning shall we deploy these on separate instances or can…
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network architecture: inbound/outbound traffic from local to internet and vice versa

ive been reading about network architecture a bit, found an interesting paper from Sun Microsystems that, even though uses their hardware/software, gives a good idea about the basics of data center architecture...…
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multiple webapps in tomcat -- what is the optimal architecture?

I am maintaining a growing base of mainly Cocoon-2.1-based web applications [http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/], deployed in a Tomcat servlet container [http://tomcat.apache.org/], and proxied with an Apache http server…
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What is the maximum number of rails instances a single 256 MB RAM rackspace cloud server can support?

I know it is a vague and ambiguous question. I want to know just out of curiosity. How many instances of a rails app can I host on server with 256 MB RAM [Cheapest option on Rackspace]? Assumptions - The app is very simple with 100-200 CRUD…
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What type of security problems are mitigated by this .NET architecture?

Given the following physical layout for a .NET web application: DB (sql server, windows) - No public route (no table access, only stored procs) Web Service DAL (iis, windows) - No public route (can be accessed by web server via port 80 and 443) Web…
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