Edward Kirton wrote:

Hello, could I please get some more information on running multiple web server processes? I'd like to set up our local installation on a web server farm. I'm currently using SGE for all the heavy lifting, but am wary of having a single server on the front end. Any guidance would be appreciated. I'm currently using MySql for the db but am not adverse to switching to PostgreSQL if there was a reason to do so.

Hi Ed, I'll write up the wiki page for this and send the link to the list once it's finished.

And anything you'd like to share from your experience regarding hardware selection would be appreciated as well; I'm currently thinking of ordering several "inexpensive" servers. Have you noticed an "optimal" number of web servers, before traffic jams at the db server start to affect performance?

It depends on how much traffic you have - we have a single system for the main public site, with 8 cores and 32GB of ram. It runs our web threads, job runner, and database without running into resource limits. If you can save the money on quantity to get better disk for the database and faster cores, that would probably be beneficial. --nate

Thanks, Ed Kirton US DOE JGI

------------------------------------------------------------------------

_______________________________________________ galaxy-dev mailing list galaxy-dev@lists.bx.psu.edu http://lists.bx.psu.edu/listinfo/galaxy-dev