Re: Flash crowds and network management
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. -- Leo Bicknell - bicknell@dimension.net Network Engineer (CCIE #3440) - Dimension Enterprises 1-703-709-7500, fax, 1-703-709-7699
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
OK, thats 373 hits per second per server. Not bad. On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Dan Hollis wrote:
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
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According to alex@tempest.nac.net:
OK, thats 373 hits per second per server.
Not bad.
What kind of machines were these? --curtis
On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Dan Hollis wrote:
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
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