Re: Flash crowds and network management

On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Leo Bicknell wrote:

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