Aptify

A large percentage of web sites these days are driven by database content. As the impact of dynamic content continues to increase, it is important to have a high-availability strategy for your web site. A good first step to improving availability of your dynamic site is to use a replicated database server rather than connecting your production web site directly to a production database. This is second nature to some organizations that have been deploying web sites this way for years. For many groups, however, it is not something they have yet deployed. Setting up a replicated database server will bring several benefits to your organization. First, it eliminates the dependency on the network link between your web site (assuming it is hosted) and your production database. The model establishes redundancy as well since the production web server will not be directly accessed. This also leads to an improved security level as you can choose to replicate a sub-set of data to the replicated database server. Last, but certainly not least, the replicated server will take on the load from web requests and reduce load on your production database which should improve performance. If you haven't considered deploying a replicated database for your web site, consider the benefits of such a strategy in 2009.