1 Million users.. I can't Scale!!

[Paul Boddie]

yoda wrote:
> 2)The content is sent through an SMS gateway (currently we only send
> text messages).

[...]

> 4)The users need to get the data a minimum of 5 seconds after it's
> generated. (not considering any bottlenecks external to my code).

You surely mean a "maximum of 5 seconds"! Unfortunately, I only have a
passing familiarity with SMS-related messaging, but I imagine you'd
have to switch on any and all quality-of-service features to get that
kind of guarantee (if it's even possible).

Paul