This is the current version of the SHNS infrastructure: digraph Shns { subgraph clusterDC { ShnsDC[shape=plaintext]; Editor -> LocalDropZone -> SyndicationMultiplexor ; SHNSWebSite ; } edge[style=dashed] ; SyndicationMultiplexor -> LexusNexus ; subgraph clusterKnoxville { KnoxvilleHosting[shape=plaintext]; SyndicationMultiplexor -> KnoxvilleStoryDrop ; edge[style=solid] ; KnoxvilleStoryDrop -> SHNSDB ; SHNSDB -> LegacyColdFusionPages[color=red label="needs caching"] ; XMLScripts[color=blue style=filled fillcolor=red] ; SHNSDB -> XMLScripts ; //edge[style=dashed color=red label=SOAP] ; XMLScripts -> SHNSWebSite[style=dashed color=red label=SOAP] ; edge[style=solid] ; ContextCartridge[style=filled fillcolor=red] SHNSDB -> ContextCartridge -> EditorSearch -> Editors ; SHNSDB -> FFFeeds -> FFCore -> FFCMA -> OtherFFSites; //edge[style=dashed weight=1] ; //EditorSearch -> SHNSWebSite ; //EditorSearch -> XMLScripts ; } // node[shape=box] ; // CoreNote[label="Each of these\nsteps occurs\nin VGNP"] ; // CoreNote -> FFCore ; } And here is the proposed architecture: digraph Shns { subgraph clusterDC { ShnsDC[shape=plaintext]; Editor -> LocalDropZone ; } LexusNexus ; subgraph clusterKnoxville { KnoxvilleHosting[shape=plaintext]; edge[style=dashed] ; LocalDropZone -> KnoxvilleStoryDrop ; edge[style=solid] ; KnoxvilleStoryDrop -> SHNSDB ; KnoxvilleStoryDrop -> Verity ; SHNSDB -> LegacyColdFusionPages[color=green label="with caching"] ; SHNSDB -> SHNSWebSite ; SHNSDB -> EditorSearch ; Verity[fillcolor=green style=filled] ; Verity -> EditorSearch[color=green] -> Editors ; Verity -> SHNSWebSite ; ShnsFFQueue[fillcolor=green style=filled] ; SHNSDB -> ShnsFFQueue -> FFFeeds -> FFCore -> FFCMA -> OtherFFSites; } edge[style=dashed dir=back color=green]; LexusNexus ->KnoxvilleStoryDrop; } After talking to DavidJohnson we decided the plan for attach is: * First, use verity to speed up the editors search * Audit and enforce CF caching on legacy sites. * Introduce a feed queue for the FF system to poll for new content without hitting the SHNSDB * Look at feeding LexusNexus out of the Knoxville. ( How do cancellations get sent to LN? ) * Then they will be prepped to move the rest of the site to knoxville. I've been talking to CraigHubbs about verity for this.