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Silicon Investor, under the hood

An SI Board Since December 2004

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Introduction Compact

An interesting dialogue is going on in the AMD thread about some of the technical aspects of Silicon Investor, but I'd like to move and continue that discussion here so I don't continue to encourage what's really an off-topic discussion there.

Especially since we're a strictly DELL/INTC/MSFT shop. ;)

Keep in mind that as of this writing, the system runs amazingly well. The database server typically runs at 2% utilization and has occasional spikes to 10% so it usually averages about 6% utilization. Pages come up quickly and the equipment isn't being overworked.

With that in mind, currently a lot of the discussion is mostly academic. And I just like talking shop with people who are well-versed in this part of my world. The whole programming/database thing. If one of the hats you wear is a propeller beanie, welcome!

I also see this thread as a way for the curious to get a glimpse into how the site works. After all, this was at one time the largest SQL Server-supporting-a-website installation in the world. Yes. Largest. Or was it busiest. I don't remember which, but it did hold one of those distinctions for a long time.

I don't know whether Brad had this vision of a use for SQL Server first or if MSFT did, but Brad saw the light and did it this way. And it still must be one of the larger such online public-access db's around at about 50 gig. Definitely 99th percentile in the whole internet universe. So it's working on a scale few people are ever exposed to and it's kinda fun to see how it works.

I'd also appreciate it if the database and ASP/ASPX savvy among our users would bookmark and participate here, as you never know when these academic discussions might suddenly turn into "Help! I made the database fall and can't get up!".

I'll try to post some pictures here later of the hardware currently running the site and the hardware that used to run it. And give some specs on the equipment we're using.

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81	Dave, Thanks. I am using MSFT ISA server. I will get back to you if I see thi	Joe NYC	-	12/12/2008
80	Intermittent errors like that are almost always caused by a firewall. Here'	SI Dave	-	12/12/2008
79	Dave, If I post 20 posts, I get like 5 of the identical error messages. Someti	Joe NYC	-	12/12/2008
78	Send me a note the next time it occurs and I'll investigate. Yours is the on	SI Dave	-	12/12/2008
77	Dave, I am not sure if you are aware of this, but I get the following message a	Joe NYC	-	12/12/2008
76	Dave, I noticed one thing - not exactly a disaster but a minor inconvenience.	Joe NYC	-	11/27/2007
75	squeaky wheel <g>	Stan	-	8/16/2007
74	Looks like we are back to normal. Good.	Joe NYC	-	8/15/2007
73	Yeah I think I'm just more sensitive to smaller versions of the same probl	TimF	-	8/15/2007
72	Tim, Yahoo has always (or for a very long time) had a fixed width. And sometim	Joe NYC	-	8/15/2007
71	Funny, I am experiencing a similar problem, but it doesn't seem to just be c	TimF	-	8/15/2007
70	Are you guys fiddling with the user interface? Suddenly it has become a fixed w	Joe NYC	-	8/15/2007
69	its nice and its looks nice	Green Receipt	-	12/1/2005
68	I am planning on putting up a tableless website up in the near future. Currentl	Cisco	-	11/30/2005
67	(the other dave here) i've started finally using css more for styles...	Green Receipt	-	11/30/2005
66	<i>The non-compliant html is another issue.</i> <i>The first	Tom C	-	11/30/2005
65	Dave, couldn't you control positioning of the various page elements through	Cisco	-	11/28/2005
64	I should have mentioned that I'm already looking at TidyLib (HTML Tidy) to s	SI Dave	-	11/27/2005
63	re: Message 21921472 Okay, as you know the "butted up" link is becaus	SI Dave	-	11/27/2005
62	kinda weird. i'm sure they are working on this one.	Green Receipt	-	9/18/2005
61	I meant that I deleted that record fron yor Inbox. The post is still there.	SI Dave	-	9/18/2005
60	Davem <i>I deleted the record from the DB.</i> I am pretty sure no	Joe NYC	-	9/18/2005
59	I deleted the record from the DB. I'm sure it was unrelated to you having a	SI Dave	-	9/18/2005
58	Dave, Nothing seems to clear it. I even removed the subject from favorites. J	Joe NYC	-	9/18/2005
57	Click on Remove and it should clear. Occasionally a corrupted folder_link recor	SI Dave	-	9/17/2005

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