Ya like when some crack crazed jigaboo steals one of the servers and runs towards the nearest pawn shop that's not a denial of service?
Re:Isnt this a redundant concept but ?
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nettdata
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There is a secure need for co-lo facilites etc but why not just build a mirrored system with 4-5 sites carrying the data - a sort of broadband raid, this would cut down the need for these facilites
How about cost, performance, and design restrictions?
I think you're assuming that such a site would be serving basic, somewhat static html, in which case that may be an option. But I don't think that it would work out for a more complex application.
I design/develop/administrate a lot of Oracle-specific system architectures, specifically for sites with large numbers of financial transactions *cough - gambling - cough*, and let me tell you that such physically distributed systems can be EXPENSIVE, both in cash (eg: network/storage infrastructure is almost duplicated) and performance (latency involved in a physically distributed 2-phase commit will kill performance on the client side). Lets not even talk about the logistics involved in running/managing/designing a large physically distributed Oracle cluster!
Sometimes it is WAY cheaper to put all of your eggs into one cushy, bomb-proof basket.
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Ya like when some crack crazed jigaboo steals one of the servers and runs towards the nearest pawn shop that's not a denial of service?
How about cost, performance, and design restrictions?
I think you're assuming that such a site would be serving basic, somewhat static html, in which case that may be an option. But I don't think that it would work out for a more complex application.
I design/develop/administrate a lot of Oracle-specific system architectures, specifically for sites with large numbers of financial transactions *cough - gambling - cough*, and let me tell you that such physically distributed systems can be EXPENSIVE, both in cash (eg: network/storage infrastructure is almost duplicated) and performance (latency involved in a physically distributed 2-phase commit will kill performance on the client side). Lets not even talk about the logistics involved in running/managing/designing a large physically distributed Oracle cluster!
Sometimes it is WAY cheaper to put all of your eggs into one cushy, bomb-proof basket.
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