On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:36:53 -0700 (PDT), Peter Michaux
<petermichaux@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Mar 14, 2:13 pm, Geoff Cox <g...@freeuk.notcom> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am involved in a project which might have large numbers of people
>> accessing the web site at the same time.
>>
>> The pages have javascipt code and also involve adidng/taking data
>> to/from a MySQL database.
>>
>> Is it possible to load test the site in any way?
>>
>> Is it necessary to move the web site onto a non-host-sharing server?
>> These are much more expensive but may be required?
>>
>> Are there any precautions required with accessing the database? Do you
>> have to lock tables/records to prevent corruption?
>>
>> Any advice will be appreciated.
>
>You may find the following books from O'Reilly helpful.
>
>"Building Scalable Web Sites"
>"High Performance Web Sites"
>"High Performance MySQL"
>
>I haven't read them they might get you on the right path.
>
>Peter

Thanks Peter - will check up on these.

Cheers

Geoff