Chapter 62
Hardware Considerations
Bradley D. Brown
With the exploding growth of the Internet, choosing the right hardware for a Web-based application is critical to successful deployment. The hardware you choose will need to balance cost, reliability, service support, uptime, and performance requirements with the capability to scale with your user base.
Selecting A Vendor
The first step in selecting hardware is choosing your vendor. Many factors should be considered as part of this decision. Your choice should be based on the combination of these factors and the production environment in which your system will operate.
Support Priority
One often-overlooked consideration when selecting hardware is how widely the platform is supported. Groups ...
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