Hi,
> Because of various political issues during the development of our web
> site, it has been suggested that the web server and php scripts should
> be connected to the database server via a shared 2Meg WAN connection. As
> I am rather green when it comes to setting up internet sites which use
> databases I would welcome the comments of some "power" users who have
> experience of setting up large web database sites. For example:
Connecting your web servers to their lifeblood (the database) via a WAN
connection (especially shared!) is not a good idea. The speed of the
frontend (the part the customer sees..) is totally dependant on the rate
at which the results can be returned from the database server.
> * I presume it is essential to have as fast links as possible
> (100meg) between the two servers
Definately. Depending on traffic it may even be a good idea to go up to
gigabit.
> * It is normal design philosophy to have the php scripts on the web
> server which talk to the database server or is there some other way
> in which it could be done. What do Amazon do?
It is normal to have your PHP scripts on a server connected to your
database server, yes.
> Sorry if these are rather basic questions, but I would like the view of
> as many users as possible, and if possible the names of the sites which
> work on that principle.
Almost all sites that I know of work with this principle.
Regards,
Jeremy
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