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Re: Flash crowds and network management
- From: Dan Hollis
- Date: Mon Sep 14 00:18:02 1998
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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