Robert Collins wrote:
> Clustering of machines is certainly possible. From a sales perspective
> though, many organisations will choose a single install rather than a
> cluster. Why? Cost. If the smallest cache is X dollars, having two costs
> 2X no matter the topology. If they are forking out for distributed
> caches, their easiest answer is to have no end users on the centralised
> site, only child caches, and they will handle failure gracefully.
Yes, but one reason for that is that nobody has tried to point out
that centralized servers have costs, too.
I see no reason why we can't start pointing that out.
-- Jon Kay pushcache.com jkay@pushcache.com http://www.pushcache.com/ (512) 420-9025 Squid installation, maintenance, and coding 'push done right.'Received on Tue Dec 25 2001 - 00:29:21 MST
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