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What server architecture is appropriate for a multiplayer online game?

For an online, multiplayer roleplaying game that should be able to support at least 1000 players per server instance, what sort of architecture should I use? I'd like to use Java or PHP as the server programming language (I know PHP is probably a…
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Why/When to have a separate media server for images, mp3s, flvs etc?

I worked on some websites where they have two servers: one dedicated for serving php web pages, and another dedicated for serving media such as images, flvs, mp3s etc..When you do a view source of a page on http://www.mysite.com, you will see code…
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Never losing data techniques

I asked this question on SO and it was suggested I ask it here, which makes sense. I'm curious about techniques used to build a system where ensuring that no data is lost is of the utmost priority. For a simplistic example, what does a financial…
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Enterprise Service Bus architecture

Quick architecture question. I am needing to set up a portal/website with a database This is easy but now I want to add on functionality for apps, and other clients to interact through an API. My first thought was put an ESB in the architecture. The…
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architectual issue: few requests from client to server

I'm developing web application (javascript + php) and I have architectual issue. I have to send 4 requests to server. First will gather basic information (effectivity is OK), then after receiving data from server, I have to do 3 one-by-one requests…
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Redundant server with internet access

First sorry for the noob question, but I am kind of lost here. Here is what I have: An N number of workstations that are communicating with private servers. Server 1 is production and server 2 is backup. Usually none of them will need internet…
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