Check out http://www.evolt.org/article/Scalability_s_New_Meaning/21/23896/index.ht ml. Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901 > -----Original Message----- > From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org] > On Behalf Of Frank > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 9:45 PM > To: thelist at lists.evolt.org > Subject: [thelist] What is "scalability"? > > > My business partner asked me an interesting question: > > "What does 'scalable' mean? > > I referred to an indicator of scalability as being the ability to handle > traffic loads based on the hardware, not the software. In other words, the > app can handle 100 or 100 million hits a day. The database might be served > from several machines, the web pages from several more, with one or more > parcelling out the commands; the ability to cluster. Scalability is the > ability spread your app across an a growing number of machines. > > Now comes a couple other subjective questions: > > What makes a an solution "Enterprise Level"? > > What are some metrics that one could use to prove such a level? > > > > > -- > Frank Marion <frank at frankmarion.com> Tel: 416 825 7488 > > -- > For unsubscribe and other options, including > the Tip Harvester and archive of thelist go to: > http://lists.evolt.org Workers of the Web, evolt !