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lepouttret

Posted: Sunday, July 20, 2008 9:47:11 AM

Rank: Newbie

Joined: 7/20/2008
Posts: 2
Location: Belgium

Hi,

I'm fairly new to Umbraco, and haven't installed it for a real site yet. But still have some questions before taking the jump for a production site.

I was wondering if Umbraco (the current version, or the upcoming version) is capable of:
- install on multiple servers behind loadbalancers
- store its data on a NAS, instead of the webservers
- handling lots of pages (10.000+) and simultaneous visitors (1000+) without loosing stability & speed

Furthermore,
- does Umbraco needs extra specific modules to be installed on the server, or is IIS enough? What version of IIS is prefered?
- idem for MSSQL server, just the regular installation is enough?

Yesterday I've heard that Umbraco v4 can connect to multiple databases (MS SQL, mySQL, ...). Is it also possible to use multiple connections at the same time? For instance you have on page with on the top data coming from a SQL database, on the bottom data coming for a mySQL database.

Also:
- Does Umbraco (by default) gather statistics (how many times has this page been viewed) and can we directly use them (for instance: top 10 most viewed pages)?

Maybe I better split this post in multiple posts, since not all of it is related to hosting. If so, let me know and I'll split it up.

Thank you in advance for any feedback!

Regards,
Thomas Lepouttre

Dirk

Posted: Sunday, July 20, 2008 6:16:38 PM

Rank: Umbracoholic

Joined: 9/27/2007
Posts: 1,022
Location: Belgium

Hi Thomas,

I'll try to answer as many questions as possible:

-Installing on multiple servers using loadbalancing: yes, umbraco supports loadbalancing. I guess 3.0.x already supports it. There was an issue that got resolved in 3.0.5.
Here's some extra info in case you'd like to work in a load balanced environment.

-Store data on NAS: Don't know. Umbraco only needs to be installed at the root of the web, so I *guess* a NAS shouldn't be a problem.

-Handling lots of pages and visitors: Should do fine, as already some large sites with lots of traffic are built with umbraco. Good question that can be best answered by the umbraco team itself. I guess hardware is the key issue here.

-Modules. Hmm, didn't Niels mentioned he didn't like that word :) No, umbraco runs fine on any platform, supporting .net framework 2.0. Just make sure ajax extensions 1.0 for asp.net 2.0 is also installed. I've worked with IIS6 and IIS7, and currently had no issues related to IIS
-SQL Server: Yep, no problem. Regular installation is enough. Here's another resource on installing SQL Server for umbraco

Yes, umbraco supports data coming from multiple connections. As umbraco fully supports asp.net development (including masterpages (as from v4), user controls, custom data types), there shouldn't be a problem querying data from multiple sources.

Umbraco and statistics: Try searching here for umbracoStats. You'll get lots of pointers.

Hope that helps.

Good luck on the umbraco journey.

Regards.
/Dirk

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lepouttret

Posted: Monday, July 21, 2008 8:23:47 AM

Rank: Newbie

Joined: 7/20/2008
Posts: 2
Location: Belgium

Hi Dirk,

Thanks for the quick reply. Very interesting response.

Thomas

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