[19463] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Flash crowds and network management
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (alex@nac.net)
Mon Sep 14 01:14:18 1998
From: alex@nac.net
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 01:02:40 -0400 (EDT)
To: Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net>
cc: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@dimension.net>, nanog@merit.edu, SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980913175228.30587D-100000@sasami.anime.net>
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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