Re: how to do cloud computing with php

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Rene Veerman <rene7705@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi.. > > As a way to take a few steps back from the kinda heated "when will php > grow up and support threading" thread, i'm requesting you people list > how you scale from 1 server to many servers; what's called cloud > computing. > Interesting definition of cloud computing. There is a book called "Building Scalable Web Sites" by Cal Henderson. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wIWU94zKEtYC&dq=Building+Scalable+Web+Sites&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=zg2qS7m1G9WO_AbL7_x1&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=&f=false I recommend you take a look at Chapter 9: Scaling Web Applications, particularly the following sections: The Scaling Myth (particularly the subsection "What is Scalability?") Scaling PHP I quote "As PHP has gained more acceptance as a serious language, there's still been a significant camp of people claiming that it can't scale. Clearly, this isn't the case." page 212. It would be very helpful if you tell us what you've read, tried or considered?