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Under the Covers: Architecture at AnandTech and the Performance of ASP.NET
Under the Covers: Architecture at AnandTech and the Performance of ASP.NET
Date: November 27th, 2004
Topic: IT Computing
Manufacturer: None
Author: Jason Clark
 
 


Ever since the inception of AnandTech, we've given our readers an inside look at what makes AnandTech.com tick. We think that by exposing what we did, both right and wrong, it might help similar organizations make better decisions about their hardware and software infrastructures. Unlike those commercials that you see on TV, and in some written IT publications, architecting and operating a site of this size is not as easy as throwing some software in and flipping a switch.

Our evolution has had both success and some failure, no different than most any successful IT organization. From our failures come experience in architecting a site that has better up-time, and a very scalable back-end, which also costs less to operate. The latest architecture shift to an ASP.NET based AnandTech has been extremely successful for us. So, we thought that we'd share with you what we've gained thus far after running the new platform for over 6 months. We'll also talk a bit about our architecture, on the software side of the house, to keep you up to date.

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26 Comments - Last by everman, 1816 days ago
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No Subject by JustAnAverageGuy, 1819 days ago
Nice summary :)

Might be worth mentioning what kind of hardware you had for the scalability test.

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No Subject by Marlin1975, 1819 days ago
I think its Opterons, Quad maybe?

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No Subject by msva124, 1819 days ago
Thankfully, not many other websites dedicate so much time to kissing their own asses.

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No Subject by msva124, 1819 days ago
And I love the way you call yourself an "architect".

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No Subject by michaelpatrick33, 1819 days ago
Gee msva124 I didn't realize that website creator(s) weren't allowed to talk about their own process. I guess you don't believe in people having their own personal websites and sharing anything about their own websites either. Great info and great job Jason and please keep informing us of your "architect" process for we know you are using the English language in a symbolic manner to rightly show your pride in your accomplishments

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No Subject by overclockingoodness, 1819 days ago
msva124 (#3 and #4): Are you stupid or something? What's wrong with telling us about the back-end of AnandTech? I guess you would call it "kissing your own ass" when AnandTech gets exclusive products, months before they are released in the market. You read the whole article, didn't you? You knew what the article was going to be about? Why in the hell did you read it you moron?


By the way, Jason didn't call himself an architect. He meant that he will have new functionality to build into the website (which also means architect). It seems like you dropped out of school a little bit early. Why don't you go ahead and get your diploma and once you are educated, you can come discuss things with us.


I can't believe where these trolls come from. Are you just jealous that you can't even dream about some of the stuff AnandTech has? It's okay, go cry to your mommy.






Seriously, awesome work Jason. And please do another article soon as we call as see msva124 die of jealousy.

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No Subject by Ardan, 1819 days ago
Whoa, easy there tiger (#6). He's stupid, we know, and probably a troll too. No need to get so feisty about it. I'm sure Jason knows we appreciate the articles, since we are always curious just what keeps this site running consistently well :).

I was surprised that you have used 64Mbit/second of throughput for a few hours once...wow!

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No Subject by msva124, 1819 days ago
Without at least one good troll, the comments section for this article would be very boring.

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No Subject by overclockingoodness, 1819 days ago
#7: Sorry about that. It just annoyed me that people can't appreciate the work AnandTech puts into their articles and all their hard work gets labeled as "kissing your own ass". :)

#8: Are you saying that you were intentionally trying to be a troll? I don't think it would be boring. People could discuss some things in the comments section without having to read through your and my posts bickering back and forth.

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No Subject by Reflex, 1819 days ago
I am curious as to what they were using beforehand. I would love to see a 'real world' site such as this compare .NET to some of the competition, although it may be more work than they would be willing to undertake.

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