DL Neil wrote: >>>Even with straight HTML, a server's load capacity is not infinite. If >>>my own server, an old Pentium with 4 GB of hard drive space, and which >>>serves nothing but static HTML pages, got hit with more than a couple >>>hundred hits in a short period of time, it would bomb. >>> >>>I must be misunderstanding your question. I've re-read your original >>>post, and it seems to me that what you're trying to do is save >>>webpage-bound database data in a way which will seriously reduce the >>>load on a webserver; creating static HTML pages from database data >>>instead of building pages dynamically when the user calls them would >>>accomplish that goal, and that is what I was suggesting. >>> >>You are right ;) >> > > > er, yes and no! > > Jeff's original post mentioned reducing load on the db server - are the db and web >servers on the same physical > device - and thus his concern? > - or perhaps if there are other apps needing to 'compete' with the web server to >gain access to the db > concurrently? > > =dn
In which case, it seems to me that my solution would still be a good one. Reducing the number of hits on the database server by building static pages as needed to be served up by a web server would still reduce the load on the database server. -- Sliante, Richard S. Crawford mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mossroot.com AIM: Buffalo2K ICQ: 11646404 Yahoo!: rscrawford MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "It is only with the heart that we see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupery "Push the button, Max!" -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
