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Offline franksolich

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magnolia primitive demands to know
« on: August 24, 2011, 03:58:41 PM »
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=437x4087

Oh my.

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AlabamaLibrul  (1000+ posts)      Sun Aug-21-11 04:37 AM
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I demand to know the meaning of this!

A permalink went to betterment.democraticunderground.com.

What's that about?

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Skinner ADMIN  (1000+ posts)        Mon Aug-22-11 11:57 AM
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1. It's just the name of one of our front-end servers.

We have five. They each have different names.

Okay, franksolich noticed this a long time ago, and asked about it.

I dunno how long ago it was; it was a real long time ago, as I notice little things right away that primitives couldn't possibly notice.

Anyway, I was told the same thing, "front-end" server.

I'm curious to know, however, what a "front-end" server is.
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Re: magnolia primitive demands to know
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2011, 04:05:54 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on August 24, 2011, 03:58:41 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=437x4087

Oh my.

Okay, franksolich noticed this a long time ago, and asked about it.

I dunno how long ago it was; it was a real long time ago, as I notice little things right away that primitives couldn't possibly notice.

Anyway, I was told the same thing, "front-end" server.

I'm curious to know, however, what a "front-end" server is.

Knowing that the DUmp has a large queer population of "tops" and "bottoms"...I don't think I'd ask what a "front-end" server is.

But since you asked, maybe we'll find out.... :lmao:
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Re: magnolia primitive demands to know
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2011, 04:41:26 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on August 24, 2011, 03:58:41 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=437x4087

Oh my.

Okay, franksolich noticed this a long time ago, and asked about it.

I dunno how long ago it was; it was a real long time ago, as I notice little things right away that primitives couldn't possibly notice.

Anyway, I was told the same thing, "front-end" server.

I'm curious to know, however, what a "front-end" server is.




Why was the magnolia primitive sounding so angry, almost suspicious of the intentions of DU?   He almost sounded as if he were asking Skins tom open up the books.   
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Re: magnolia primitive demands to know
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2011, 04:43:22 PM »
Quote from: Traveshamockery on August 24, 2011, 04:41:26 PM



Why was the magnolia primitive sounding so angry, almost suspicious of the intentions of DU?   He almost sounded as if he were asking Skins tom open up the books.   

Sometimes when one links to Skins's island, rather than getting "www.democraticunderground.com," one gets something like "www.demopedia.democraticunderground.com," that sort of thing.
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Re: magnolia primitive demands to know
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2011, 04:47:57 PM »
More than likely a front end server is the user interface portion of their web site. I suspect they have one or more database servers that the front end servers talk to to retrieve and save messages. There is probably some load balancing software involved that manages the number of concurrent users and keeps them spread across multiple web servers so that the system doesn't crash under heavy loads.
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Re: magnolia primitive demands to know
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2011, 09:33:37 PM »
Quote from: FlaGator on August 24, 2011, 04:47:57 PM

Once more, in english this time, please.
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Re: magnolia primitive demands to know
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2011, 08:04:26 AM »
Quote from: FlaGator on August 24, 2011, 04:47:57 PM
More than likely a front end server is the user interface portion of their web site. I suspect they have one or more database servers that the front end servers talk to to retrieve and save messages. There is probably some load balancing software involved that manages the number of concurrent users and keeps them spread across multiple web servers so that the system doesn't crash under heavy loads.

I was thinking that as well.  Similar to Splitting a database in Access.  Front and back end.  The front-end handles the user input, and the back-end stores and manipulates the data.
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Re: magnolia primitive demands to know
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2011, 08:23:35 AM »
Quote from: Mike B the Cajun on August 24, 2011, 09:33:37 PM
Once more, in english this time, please.

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Re: magnolia primitive demands to know
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2011, 08:27:19 AM »
Quote from: franksolich on August 24, 2011, 03:58:41 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=437x4087

Oh my.

Okay, franksolich noticed this a long time ago, and asked about it.

I dunno how long ago it was; it was a real long time ago, as I notice little things right away that primitives couldn't possibly notice.

Anyway, I was told the same thing, "front-end" server.

I'm curious to know, however, what a "front-end" server is.

Many large sites have several dedicated servers to perform various functions. You can have a database server, an access server, a web server, etc. A front end server is what you connect to when you get onto the site. When you're using any database functions, searching, posting, etc., you're piping through to the db server, but from the front end server.
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