Hi all DNN pros

We are looking into rolling out sites that can become very loaded and is trying to figure out in what way to do things. We are currently looking into rolling out sites in Dotnetnuke and then if they get very loaded (+100.000 visitors per day) go towards clustered servers. Does anyone here know if anyone have done a DotNetNuke installation with clustered servers (database) or so? How many visitors does DotNetNuke have today? We don't know if the timeframe DotnetNuke is serving its visitors is fast enough. We would like to know if there is something that can be done to a DotNetNuke installation to serv its content just as fast as Google is servering its search ansvwers?

/Johan nätdejting.nu

Hi Tony Valenti

This is good info, though http://www.afl.com.au/ is not very impressive in speed. We'd like even quicker response than that. But I guess it is a matter of money like it allways is. How is these 60 servers put in place.... Are there a majority of database servers or are there more of web servers? I'd like to understand this to make some estimates of costs. How and exactly where do they put in the new servers into the previous existing ones?

/Johan    www.nätdejting.nu

Hey Johan,
For technical details on the AFL, it would be best to talk to the cfour guys.  Also, in terms of speed, keep in mind that they are located in australia as well.  (I'm not sure where .nu hails out of - sorry.  :( ).  AFL loads really quick for me most the time, but sometimes it seems to take a little bit.  I think that's normal though since I'm in the US and they're in AU.

Anyway, in most designs that we've done, you can usually put 3-4 web servers per SQL server and approximately every 4 or 5 SQL servers, you'll want a cacheing server.  One thing I will stress to you is that if you're wanting to build a large scale DotNetNuke website, you definately want to enlist either cfour or PowerDNN to help you out with that.  A lot of the official documentation on the matter is either lacking or wrong.  Additionally, with the complexities of configuring the hosting environment, it isn't easy.  Of course, if you want to do it yourself, go for it, but I hear that leads to early balding.  :D

-Tony V.