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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Flash crowds and network management
In article <[email protected]> you write: >I'd like to chat someday with the webserver managers at some of >the large media web farms someday, not necessarily with a reporter >listening in, about what they were seeing. But at the moment there >isn't a real good way for us to communicate in real-time about what >is going on. Well, it's not quite talking to them, but CNN's web site does have an interested tidbit in it. See http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9809/11/internet.congestion/index.html for the whole story, here's the interesting paragraph: 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. -- Leo Bicknell - [email protected] Network Engineer (CCIE #3440) - Dimension Enterprises 1-703-709-7500, fax, 1-703-709-7699
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