In the past few years I’ve been playing with and occasionally preaching virtualization but is it really worth it. Companies like VMWare would have you believe so, I get the feeling they stand to profit from your decision though. In my personal opinion it’s a mixed bag. There are several reasons to virtualize and there are several reasons not to. In this post I will explore some of the benefits and shortcomings of virtualization.
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So I’m setting up a low-budget production use web based application. This means web servers, database servers, file servers with the smallest possible footprint, the lowest possible cost, and the greatest level of reliability. These can be tricky things to manage and while there are plenty of solutions available finding one that fits your needs may prove to be difficult.
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The art of web design is a process that changes from company to company and person to person but no matter how the final product is produced there are always three factors that come into play: cost, time and quality. As a project manager of a major design firm or an individual creating a web presence you must carefully weigh these three elements; in the end you only get to pick two of them, the third is going to suffer. If you, for instance, want a high quality website developed at a low cost it is going to take longer, and if you want a low cost website produced quickly it is going to be a lower quality. As web development becomes a larger market developers are finding ways to mitigate these factors. One of the most popular ways to accomplish this goal within the development community has been web application framework development.
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