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This assumes that when scaling up a Rails application, Rails itself is the bottleneck rather than, say, the database.

Honestly, I just find that hard to believe.

If the author wants to write another "gosh, relational databases aren't always perfect for every situation" article, get in line.



Well, the 13 app servers aren't bottlenecking on the 4 database servers. If the database was the problem, you wouldn't need 13 app servers.


Yeah, but as stated elsewhere, image generation is CPU intensive and there's no indication what drives the need for the app servers. Armchair quarterbacking is fun for the whole family. Let little johnny tell you why your app doesn't scale!




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