[19460] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Flash crowds and network management
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Hollis)
Mon Sep 14 00:21:44 1998
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 17:53:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net>
To: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@dimension.net>
cc: nanog@merit.edu, SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM
In-Reply-To: <199809132127.RAA00940@gizmo.dimension.net>
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
