On 05/01/2012 08:23, V G wrote:
> Looks like I'll go for something similar to a single "routing" box
> which handles the database/logins/requests and 2 file servers with
> identical data.

In my opinion you are making this far more complicated than it needs to=20
be.  Any modern 1U server with a decent amount of RAM, proper network=20
card and hardware RAID will do what you want.

Hosting companies use single machines like this to run thousands of=20
sites at once in mass virtual hosting setups, that's how they can offer=20
it for crazy prices.

When you outgrow that first server, you'll be able to think of crazy=20
schemes to get multiple servers doing the work.  If you really just=20
needs high throughput downloads then something like Akamai or EC2 are=20
going to be far more efficient.

David
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