Amazon Interview Question
Software Engineer / DevelopersI assume this question is about the increasing the number of application servers. If so then it depends on what kind of processing is the App servers are doing. If they are connecting to some backend datastore, then it comes down to how does the backend db scales compared to the increased number of App servers. Will they be able to handle more open database connections ?
Data distribution/replication, cost of the new physical servers and network components, the load on connected softwares (database) and their scalability and replication, scalability of the (web)apps running in those servers.
- janedoe August 21, 2012