hopefully I can get some help here, even though I have a pretty vague issue.
We created a startup that is starting to get quite a bit of traffic. We set up a load balancer to 2 pretty large servers. One server handles our database, but it load balances between the 2 servers. LAMP stack.
However, it seems that we’re having constant scaling issues. Now we’re not very familiar with devops and our hosting bill is already quite large. Not sure where to go from here to solve our issues. We use a managed server service.
1 – Do we hire a devops guy to look into our problem? If so, where’s the best place to look?
2 – What else can we do? We have very little knowledge of devops (created by coders) so it’s a bit difficult to know how to even get started with this.
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Do we hire a devops guy to look into our problem? If so, where’s the best place to look?
No, DevOps isn’t a job, it’s a way of working. You need to hire someone who is competent in system administration. He can use DevOps techniques, or he may not, 2 servers isn’t that big of a set up. DevOps isn’t only about System Administration anyway, as the name imply.
What else can we do? We have very little knowledge of devops (created by coders) so it’s a bit difficult to know how to even get started with this.
The right way to get a system that has some value up and running and keeping it running is to have a person who has been trained and ideally has experience in the subject of system administration.
In your case, it would be Web System Administration, and LAMP stack. Ideally, the person is familiar also with the cloud hosting company you are using.
Ideal, the person has training and hopefully experience in Site Reliability Engineering, or whatever other titles have been given to that type of function. That will get you further.
But you can start with someone with good training/background in web system administration.
There is no way around it, if you want a professional set up.
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