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Re: Flash crowds and network management
From: Dan Hollis <goemon () sasami anime net>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 17:53:19 -0700 (PDT)
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
Current thread:
- Flash crowds and network management Sean Donelan (Sep 13)
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- Re: Flash crowds and network management Leo Bicknell (Sep 13)
- Re: Flash crowds and network management Dan Hollis (Sep 13)
- Re: Flash crowds and network management alex (Sep 13)
- Re: Flash crowds and network management Curtis Generous (Sep 14)
- Re: Flash crowds and network management Dan Hollis (Sep 13)
- Re: Flash crowds and network management Sean Donelan (Sep 14)
- Re: Flash crowds and network management Perry E. Metzger (Sep 14)
- Re: Flash crowds and network management Studded (Sep 15)
- Re: Flash crowds and network management Sean Donelan (Sep 14)