In article <6thaou$rhd@gizmo.dimension.net> you write:
I'd like to chat someday with the webserver managers at some of
the large media web farms someday, not necessarily with a reporter
listening in, about what they were seeing. But at the moment there
isn't a real good way for us to communicate in real-time about what
is going on.
Well, it's not quite talking to them, but CNN's web site
does have an interested tidbit in it. See
http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9809/11/internet.congestion/index.html
for the whole story, here's the interesting paragraph:
At CNN's Web site, CNN Interactive, the number of hits
peaked at an estimated 340,000 per minute, eclipsing all
previous traffic volumes. To ease the crush, CNN.com
stripped out pictures and graphics to present a text-only
version.
That's 5600 hits a second, for those who don't want to
fire up bc. Not bad.
Spread over 15 servers, of course.
-Dan
OK, thats 373 hits per second per server.
Not bad.
> At CNN's Web site, CNN Interactive, the number of hits
> peaked at an estimated 340,000 per minute, eclipsing all
> previous traffic volumes. To ease the crush, CNN.com
> stripped out pictures and graphics to present a text-only
> version.
> That's 5600 hits a second, for those who don't want to
> fire up bc. Not bad.
Spread over 15 servers, of course.
-Dan
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