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Is your SOLR installation running slower than you think it should? Performance, throughput and scalability not what you are expecting or hoping? Do you constantly see that others have much higher SOLR query performance and scalability than you do? All it might take to fix your woes is a simple schema or query change.
The following scenario I am about to ...more»
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Limitations of EC2 as a web platform:
Price- An m1.xlarge instance will run you ~$600 with data transfer costs. Managed hosting solutions run cheaper especially if you plan on purchasing in bulk. The grid is designed for on-demand computation and not as a cost efficient web services.
Configuration- There are a limited number of options and you will not be ...more»
Just as with any platform you choose, EC2 has its own limitations as well. These limitations are often different and harder to overcome than what you might find while running your own hardware. Without the proper planning and development, these limitations can wind up being extremely detrimental to the well being and scalability of your website or service.
There are quite ...more»
This week I've been reminded of a very important lesson... No matter how abstracted you are from your hardware, you still inherently rely on its smooth and consistent operation.
This past week CitySquares' NFS server went down for the count and was completely unresponsive to any type of communication. In fact, the EC2 instance was so FUBAR we couldn't even terminate ...more»
A couple weeks ago I began working with EC2 and RightScale in preparation of our big IT infrastructure change over. Ill start by giving a brief overview of our hardware infrastructure. Currently we're running the CitySquares' website on our own hardware in a Somerville co-location not too far from our headquarters in Boston's trendy South End neighborhood.
From the very beginning ...more»
