Re: How big can WebCat go?
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numero = 24005
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>>>
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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>>>
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