Submitted by jersu (not verified) on Tue, 12/30/2008 - 15:47.
I would agree that successfully serving a mission-critical website with really high traffic means having well managed server/cache architecture more than it means a perfectly tweaked application (drupal).
However, for the majority of websites out there, served from a single LAMP box, there is something to your original argument: Drupal caching NEEDS to be turned on, or as I learned earlier this year, the backlog of requests may eventually bring down your box.
I would also strongly argue that PHP needs an accelerator like APC installed, but that obviously goes beyond what Drupal can provide out of the box.
I would agree that successfully serving a mission-critical website with really high traffic means having well managed server/cache architecture more than it means a perfectly tweaked application (drupal).
However, for the majority of websites out there, served from a single LAMP box, there is something to your original argument: Drupal caching NEEDS to be turned on, or as I learned earlier this year, the backlog of requests may eventually bring down your box.
I would also strongly argue that PHP needs an accelerator like APC installed, but that obviously goes beyond what Drupal can provide out of the box.