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Scaling xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de to 13k req/s on one server

https://github.com/dividuum/xkcd-1110#readme

by dividuum • 14 years ago

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silvestrov• 14 years ago

Also known as: how to serve static images using Varnish.

WestCoastJustin• 14 years ago

Wow, those are some large numbers. 500m requests received and ~300k visits. 500m/330k ~ 1.6k requests per visit. He is right that 500m requests via AWS cloudfront (even S3) would cost around $500-600 [1]. With so many requests you get dinged pretty hard. The main issue was probably bandwidth saturation. Good job, it was fun to explore the map!

[1] http://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/calc5.html

TheHippo• 14 years ago

Have you heard of https://www.cloudflare.com? The provide a simple CDN for free.

dividuum• 14 years ago

I have, but totally forgot about them. Thanks for reminding me. I'll try them next time.

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