Could you be refering to distributed systems? On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Tim McDonough <tmcdono...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm asking this question to find out what keywords to search for, not > really looking for a specific answer here. > > When there is a huge database involved with a lot of users and lots of data > it isn't done all with one computer and a fast connection. I'm generally > interested in how requests directed to a particular database are divided up > among several servers which run the queries and return the results (Google, > Wikipedia, eBay, etc.) > > What are the general terms that describe that sort of architecture? My > searching isn't getting too far and I believe it's because I don't know the > right questions to ask. > > Thank you in advance. > > Tim > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > >
