Question about increasing site capacity/scaling
web server (apache + php5)
db server (mysql)
outgoing mailer (postfix, NO INBOUND)
All other services, i'm offloading them to externals (DNS on linode, inbound mail on gmail, stat counting on w3counter, etc).
The app accepts classifieds, images, image resizing and thumb generation, full-text sql searches, periodic stamp checking for expired ads, etc.
The site does quite a lot and is starting to pick up in traffic. I'm now thinking of getting another linode account (maybe 360?) but not sure which one. I want to move the webserver to that new linode but not sure if 360 will be enough.
Can you guys give me pointers on how to assess my requirements and what performance aspects i need to look into before getting a new node?
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Here are some success stories:
If you poke around my Delicious bookmark page (http://delicious.com/dmuth/nginx
Then set up your webserver so that /munin on your site points to /var/www/munin/ so you can view the graphs over the web.