MovieGuide 1.0 Issues
While it provided a convenient data model, the SQL-based MovieGuide was a disaster:
- Threads would quickly backup waiting for database handles
- Squid caching proxy servers rushed into production reduced the load, but broke the 100% dynamic page model
- Direct Top-10 updates from the front ends caused locking problems with concurrent backend publishing
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A more dynamic model which could handle direct traffic was required...