Comment Re:Interesting points (Score 2) 258
- Number of websites are increasing exponentially. So your number of computers or required CPU cycles are increasing exponentially. On the other hand prices per CPU Mhz also decreases exponentially (Moore's law ???). That is the key solution for the scalabbility. At least the problem is not exponential.
That depends on the actual size of the exponents:
Say total website size is increasing with time t like exp(a*t) and CPU computing power like exp(b*t) then your CPU number has to develop like exp(a*t)/exp(b*t) = exp((a-b)*t) to keep up.
So if a>b (i.e. websites grow faster than computer power) you still have an exponential problem, just with a smaller exponent (a-b). Only for a<=b, you win.
That depends on the actual size of the exponents:
Say total website size is increasing with time t like exp(a*t) and CPU computing power like exp(b*t) then your CPU number has to develop like exp(a*t)/exp(b*t) = exp((a-b)*t) to keep up.
So if a>b (i.e. websites grow faster than computer power) you still have an exponential problem, just with a smaller exponent (a-b). Only for a<=b, you win.
