The need for more space, whether in the office or on the Web, brings up issues beyond hardware purchases. Underlying the act of adding servers, observers say, should be a strategy for designing and implementing a hardware architecture that can keep up with rapid growth. Calif. Although servers may have similar hardware specifications, the ways they are used also matter in planning expansion and management. Observers suggest a division of labor that segments commerce servers and related devices by functions. It's a misconception that most of the work is done at the front end.
People underestimate the work that goes into the back end.
Initially we were surprised at the infrastructure needed to support our entire system. A number of factors make E-commerce hardware considerations different from those for generic content serving. For starters, as online shoppers request information unique to their interests, the site must churn out a variety of dynamic contents. In managing order processing, inventory, and payments, site administrators face exponentially more elaborate configuration decisions for the machines behind the scenes. The risks are too high.