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What kind of scaling method is it, when you add new software to a single server to handle more users?

I have read about scaling (in terms of terminology and methods). This got me confused about the following: On a single computer, running a web server (say apache), if the system administrator adds a front, caching, reverse-proxy such as Varnish,…
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What ports to open in aws security group for aws?

I am building the backend for a turn based gamed. My experience is mostly with a lamp stack; I've dabbled in nginx on a node side project. I just read Scaling PHP Applications by Stephen Corona of Twit Pic. He recommends an nginx server over…
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Book on Modern System Architecture for Web applications

I'm looking for some reading material on architecting and system admin tools etc for building web applications from small to large detailing the recommended and appropriate steps as you grow? In my case the environment is a LAMP.
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understanding Openstack physical architecture

So, please correct me if I am wrong: I want to build my own cloud computing platform using openstack. I buy a rack server- https://www.serverstack.in/ I install say 1TB of Hard disk. 30 GB of RAM and the processor is already built in. I install…
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What is going on when multiple requests are made to a host?

This is a very basic question about the mechanics of computers. What are some of the common ways that a host handles multiple requests during the code execution phase for applications with millions of requests per second? For example, suppose two…
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Should I scale vertically or horizontally assuming equal pricing?

AWS instances usually have a linear pricing model: i.e. 2 small instances are the same price as one medium instance (which has exactly 2x the performance specs). So what would be the better choice? Double the machine performance, or double the…
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How many servers or what specs do I need to handle 100000 users?

I was just wondering how many servers or what specs should have my server (or servers) if I want to handle 100000 users considering that each user will login every three days. (10 times a month) EDIT: The users will mainly browse pages, post forms,…
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