oc plans & traffic handling

codergent · July 29th, 2005, 2:09 AM

Can an oc5 and oc10 plans handle a slashdot (not speaking in general, but having one's site exposed to actual traffic from slashdot.org)?

Thanks--

**Travis** · July 29th, 2005, 2:14 AM

They should be able to depending upon what the topic is, If you think your going to get slashdot'ed i'd recommend a dedicated though because its really easy to go though 100GB if you have the right topic

**removed** · July 29th, 2005, 6:39 AM

I'd be more worried about maxing server resources than your bandwidth limits.

**Kickersny.com** · July 29th, 2005, 1:00 PM

When one gets slashdotted what could you expect in terms of hits vs. unique visitors?

July 29th, 2005, 2:43 PM

removed - clearly, you have no idea what your talking about. on my system the load never went over 1.3 (for non-Unix-geeks, that mean it never came close to breaking a sweat).

Kicker - any where from 2 to 3.5K visitors & about 22K hits with about 200-500 comments on average for being slashdotted

see my image it was fetched 27,000 or so times

So, why is it that when most sites get "featured" on Slashdot, they crumble?

They generally have two fatal flaws: (1) not enough bandwidth, and (2) dynamic content. I was fortunate enough to have some excellent network connectivity, so it handle a lot of traffic. The fact that mysite was serving static files, no PHP or anything fancy, meant that the CPU had time to spare.

Running a tail -f against the apache log was quite amusing. It was scrolling really, really fast.

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MAYBE Surpass should test a webserver, and post the results.
http://builder.com.com/5100-6371-5171727.html

July 29th, 2005, 2:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
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Travis ubuntu Fan Super #1 Joined in Nov 2003 Lives in Calgary Alberta Canada 2,724 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	They should be able to depending upon what the topic is, If you think your going to get slashdot'ed i'd recommend a dedicated though because its really easy to go though 100GB if you have the right topic __________________ "A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back -- but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you." — Marian Wright Edelman

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Kickersny.com Surpass Fan Super #1 Joined in Aug 2004 Hosted on SH58 1,688 posts Gave thanks: 6 Thanked 7 times	When one gets slashdotted what could you expect in terms of hits vs. unique visitors? __________________ - Evan Charlton \| [site] \| Server - SH58

July 29th, 2005, 2:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
Dark Matter Guest n/a posts	removed - clearly, you have no idea what your talking about. on my system the load never went over 1.3 (for non-Unix-geeks, that mean it never came close to breaking a sweat). Kicker - any where from 2 to 3.5K visitors & about 22K hits with about 200-500 comments on average for being slashdotted see my image it was fetched 27,000 or so times So, why is it that when most sites get "featured" on Slashdot, they crumble? They generally have two fatal flaws: (1) not enough bandwidth, and (2) dynamic content. I was fortunate enough to have some excellent network connectivity, so it handle a lot of traffic. The fact that mysite was serving static files, no PHP or anything fancy, meant that the CPU had time to spare. Running a tail -f against the apache log was quite amusing. It was scrolling really, really fast. --- MAYBE Surpass should test a webserver, and post the results. http://builder.com.com/5100-6371-5171727.html Attached Thumbnails

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