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Scaling up an apache server

I have an Ubuntu server running apache2 which i expect to be hit by around 500-1000 (concurent) users for a limited amount of time. The server serves a mixture of custom (rather light) php pages connected to a postgresql db (around 20 Mb in size)…
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Legacy non-dpi-aware application resolution scaling?

Our environment prominently featuers an outdated but absolutely mission-critical Win32 application that is not dpi-aware. It is optimized for an 800x600 display. Most of our users now have 17"-20" displays with native resolutions ranging from…
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MySQL : table organisation for very large sets with high update frequency

I'm facing a dilemma in the choice of my MySQL schema application. So before I start here is a picture extremely simplified of my database : Schema here : http://i43.tinypic.com/2wp5lxz.png In one sentence : for each customer, the application…
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Best way to scale up an IIS/SQL Server application

We have an application that we developed in ASP and SQL Server. We use Rackspace to host it. Each of our "customers" has their own IIS site and SQL database. Each customer could have a dozen or several hundred users hitting the application. We…
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Is there a such thing as vertical scaling without having to shutdown the machine?

I've never come across a hosting company/cloud company that provides true vertical scaling without having to turn off the machine and/or copy the website or VM on to another machine. I've only seen services/dashboards that say they do vertical…
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Can aws vertical scaling of ec2 instance support 100,000 users per day?

I have a link sharing site (think reddit). It is hosted on godaddy deluxe shared hosting now. I am planning to migrate it to aws. I have seen an aws webinar on scaling till 10 million users. But basically it just says beyond an extent you can't…
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Which is easier scaled - LAMP, or LAP + MySQL on seperate VM's?

Which is easier to scale later on - 1 server with a full LAMP stack directly on the OS, or 1 server running VMWare Server 2 with 2 VM's - one running apache and PHP, and the other MySQL. The applications I will be running off of this are written…
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AWS Horizontaly Scaling application

I have a NodeJS program that has 50 workers ready to process requests. The script maintains connections to the service that distributes requests. I want to autoscale this script so that when 45 workers are busy (I can determine this…
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How many simultaneous requests would you expect a webserver to handle

I know there is no straight answer to this question - depends on specs etc. But what is the order of magnitude of simultaneous requests you'd expect a server to handle? Currently, our server starts to really slow down after more than 10 threads…
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Distributed image processing on AWS: how to know the address of master node?

Context: I am building a mobile application that will let users apply advanced filters to their pictures. Since the processing can't be done on the phone, it will be offloaded to EC2 instances. I plan on having one "master" node which will receive…
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Best practices for scaling and capacity planning : VM only ? VM+Container ? Container only ? Cluster ? Something else?

(I can't find a similar question which has been already answered but maybe I do not use the good words as I'm a french student ;)) The closest answer to what I'm looking for is : Scalable Web Application Hardware Topology Best Practice but it…
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Troubleshooting/Scaling massive load issues in a LAMP stack?

We're running a LAMP stack (Perl, MySQL) and have recently experienced roughly a tripling of our database load due to increased usage and shifting user behavior... which has overloaded our system. Using a fairly standard 3-tier architecture, lots of…
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Using Azure Traffic Manager for an immediate increase in capacity

I have a REST web-service on Azure which has very high but variable load, it's all set-up to auto scale using Paraleap so that it can handle the peak periods but keep costs down when things are quieter. I have never been able to figure out a way,…
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pushing apache2 past 1500 concurrent connections

I am trying to scale to 4000 concurrent connections on a ubuntu/apache box. It is 8 core / 64gb ram, so it is not hitting memory or cpu, or any resources for that matter. The problem is with configuration. running on aws. Serving a static file that…
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Load Balancing MongoDB

I have an application written in java with tomcat that I am ready to start scaling for production. As I understand it, i shouldn't use a load balancer with mongodb router instances as it can cause issues. However, I understand that at some point I…
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