Things to consider before launching a BIG website?

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I’m about to launch a classifieds website like gumtree and OLX in South Africa…., but it’s not gonna be as big as Gumtree or OLX obviously. It’s going to operate in one province…planning to expand it over time.

The site works like a charm on my local machine, but I’m concerned coz I’ve never launched a big website before. Plus, I just graduated from University this year – no work experience. But I’m positive that if Facebook and Twitter were built by students, I too can build my own thing and run it successfully.

Are there any key issues to take into consideration before launching a big website ?

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Are there any key issues to take into consideration before launching a big website ?

Posted 1-Aug-17 10:55am

Khusela Mphokeli

Updated 2-Aug-17 1:34am

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Graeme_Grant 1-Aug-17 19:36pm

ASP.Net, php, etc? Database system? Are you running in the cloud on AWS, Azure, etc? CDNs? Have you considered scalability to multiple load-balanced servers in a farm? Please provide more information...

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter · Answer 1 · 2017-08-02T01:34:00

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First understand the types of and triggers for scaling a web site...
Overview - Scaling Out vs Scaling Up - mojoPortal[^]
Scaling Your Web App 101: Lessons in Architecture Under Load[^]
After that you can go and Google the relevant documentation for the web server you use...

Posted 2-Aug-17 1:34am

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

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