[19468] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Flash crowds and network management
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Curtis Generous)
Mon Sep 14 10:53:28 1998
From: Curtis Generous <generous@uucom.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980914010217.28033Q-100000@iago.nac.net> from "alex@tempest.nac.net" at "Sep 14, 98 01:02:40 am"
To: alex@tempest.nac.net
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 07:43:51 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: goemon@sasami.anime.net, bicknell@dimension.net, nanog@merit.edu,
SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM
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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