Re: How big can WebCat go?

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 24006
interpreted = N
texte = Thomas,I am currently converting over to WebCatalog from Tango / FileMaker. I can ell you that while I do get some timeouts from the Tango system, I am currently serving approximately 22,000 pages per day (more on the weekends, fewer weekdays). This is on an ISDN line on a beefed up PM7100. I am also using FireSite which offloads my images to another server with a faster data pipe. I fully expect my capacity to more than double once I am fully converted to WebCatalog. I hope this helps.>We're about to embark on a large commerce site, and I'm trying to get an >idea of how much of a load a single WebCat server can handle, so we know >how many servers to buy. > >How many WebCat-served database pages can your server handle per >day/minute/second/whatever? How does Mac/WebStar compare with NT/IIS? >What other options are there? When will WebCat for OS X Server be >available? > >Can I do a million pages a day on a Mac? If not, what should I use? > >And can anyone see anything wrong with using a bank of iMacs, each >running WebCat, as servers? > > > >Thomas Wedderburn-Bisshop >Technical Director >Woomera Net Solutions www.woomeranet.com.au >Sydney, Australia Phone +61 2 9746 0700 fax +61 2 9751 6941 > > > Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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  3. How big can WebCat go? (Thomas Wedderburn-Bisshop 1999)
Thomas,I am currently converting over to WebCatalog from Tango / FileMaker. I can ell you that while I do get some timeouts from the Tango system, I am currently serving approximately 22,000 pages per day (more on the weekends, fewer weekdays). This is on an ISDN line on a beefed up PM7100. I am also using FireSite which offloads my images to another server with a faster data pipe. I fully expect my capacity to more than double once I am fully converted to WebCatalog. I hope this helps.>We're about to embark on a large commerce site, and I'm trying to get an >idea of how much of a load a single WebCat server can handle, so we know >how many servers to buy. > >How many WebCat-served database pages can your server handle per >day/minute/second/whatever? How does Mac/WebStar compare with NT/IIS? >What other options are there? When will WebCat for OS X Server be >available? > >Can I do a million pages a day on a Mac? If not, what should I use? > >And can anyone see anything wrong with using a bank of iMacs, each >running WebCat, as servers? > > > >Thomas Wedderburn-Bisshop >Technical Director >Woomera Net Solutions www.woomeranet.com.au >Sydney, Australia Phone +61 2 9746 0700 fax +61 2 9751 6941 > > > webcat

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