A recent conversation stream on grails’s user list:
And indeed, 10k hits a day is just one hit every 10 seconds. The server will be pretty much idle, even if you don't optimize anything :-) [...snip...] >> Also is there anything that I have to take into account when building >> such an enterprise level web site that will probably have high >> traffic. >> >> Note: We may expect 10K daily hit. > > 10k a day and he's worrying about scalability? Sorry, but this is > ridiculous (you can quote me on that). I know this might not be what > you expected but I think it's important to set common misconceptions > about scalability right whenever possible. > > Scalability has become one of those 'enterprise' catchall terms that > effectively mean nothing but are commonly used for justifying overly > complex solutions (or avoiding new approaches) nonetheless. > > Most companies worrying about scalability actually shouldn't because > their products will most likely never reach an audience big enough for > scalability issues to crop up. These companies had better invest their > precious time in developing better products than dealing with > non-existent problems like scalability.
Indeed.
