On 10/26/07, James Hare < messedrocker@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not talking about a dedicated database server, but a dedicated *query* server where the only thing done on that server is handling queries, allowing maximum processor capacity to be dedicated to it.

On 10/26/07, Bryan Tong Minh <bryan.tongminh@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/26/07, James Hare <messedrocker@gmail.com> wrote:
> So let's see... my idea is a duplicate of the toolserver, and we want a
> public query service, but it would prove too tempting for people to use it
> for a denial of service attack, not to mention the fact that it would bog
> down the server.
>
> Does this *have* to be on the toolserver, or can we take the databases and
> put it on its own server dedicated for querying? Maybe we could have a sexy
> *multi-server* layout featuring a distributed computing scheme.
>
We do have dedicated database servers. The toolserver is not one server.

Bryan

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