Re: Can webcat 3.0/4.0 handle 1,000,000 hits a day?

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texte = Thanx Mike, I totally agree about the key being the programming. I have been finding alternate ways of performing required functions with less impact to the mass of processes on our system.adam----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Davis To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 11:57 AM Subject: Re: Can webcat 3.0/4.0 handle 1,000,000 hits a day? > We are currently servicing a quarter of all Amway customers using a dual > PIII box, with peak traffic reaching 1.5 M Hits/Day regularly. At the point > where the limits of your hardware start coming into play, your programming > techniques become a key factor. If every page has a complex search, such as > a summary with nested searching, you may need to re-think your programming > techniques and/or your database schema. We had to do a bit of tweaking to > make the system as efficient as possible. One challenge we faced was the > performance impact of protecting every page with a user/login database of > approx. 1.5 million accounts. The system would grind to a halt using a > standard [protect] type system. The standard [protect] method uses two > database lookups per page hit. Instead, we set an encrypted session cookie > and use a quick math algorhythm to check the validity of the user. This > method makes looking up the user data through the [SQL] context only > necessary once per session, which works well under heavy load. On the > up-side, pages that don't include database queries may actually serve up > faster using Webcat, due to the RAM caching of templates, than if they were > served directly through IIS. (at least that's been our perception) > > Mike > > > Im debating wether to to use a linux redhat/apache setup instead of NT. Only > > problem is, we are more familiar w/NT. Sounds like linux is more suited for > > heavy loads than NT. > > > > Adam > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Doug Hardman > > To: WebCatalog Talk > > Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 8:01 AM > > Subject: Re: Can webcat 3.0/4.0 handle 1,000,000 hits a day? > > > > > >> I'm getting that on a WebTen G3/300 box with 256MB ram. > >> > >> If your doing it on an NT box you may need more than 4 processors tho... > > =) > >> (just kidding) > >> > >> -doug > >> -- > >> Douglas Hardman : Silver Creek, Ltd. > >> e.doug@silvercreek.net : w.silvercreek.net > >> v.330-630-4487 : f.330-630-5786 > >> > >> % ^What is saccharine? > >> Bad substitute. > >> > >>> From: adam@inos.com (Adam O'Connor) > >>> Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk) > >>> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:36:31 > >>> To: (WebCatalog Talk) > >>> Subject: Can webcat 3.0/4.0 handle 1,000,000 hits a day? > >>> > >>> On a quad zeon, 1 gig ram, nt box? > >>> The site being served is 50% static, 50% dynamic. It will be receiving > >>> 1,000,000+ pageviews a day. > >>> > >>> Any help is > >>> appreciated, > >>> Adam O'Connor > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > >>> the mailing list . > >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >>> > >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------- > >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > >> the mailing list . > >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Can webcat 3.0/4.0 handle 1,000,000 hits a day? (adam@inos.com (Adam O'Connor) 2000)
  2. Re: Can webcat 3.0/4.0 handle 1,000,000 hits a day? (adam@inos.com (Adam O'Connor) 2000)
  3. Re: Can webcat 3.0/4.0 handle 1,000,000 hits a day? (Mike Davis 2000)
  4. Can webcat 3.0/4.0 handle 1,000,000 hits a day? (adam@inos.com (Adam O'Connor) 2000)
  5. Re: Can webcat 3.0/4.0 handle 1,000,000 hits a day? (Nicolas Verhaeghe 2000)
  6. Re: Can webcat 3.0/4.0 handle 1,000,000 hits a day? (Doug Hardman 2000)
Thanx Mike, I totally agree about the key being the programming. I have been finding alternate ways of performing required functions with less impact to the mass of processes on our system.adam----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Davis To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 11:57 AM Subject: Re: Can webcat 3.0/4.0 handle 1,000,000 hits a day? > We are currently servicing a quarter of all Amway customers using a dual > PIII box, with peak traffic reaching 1.5 M Hits/Day regularly. At the point > where the limits of your hardware start coming into play, your programming > techniques become a key factor. If every page has a complex search, such as > a summary with nested searching, you may need to re-think your programming > techniques and/or your database schema. We had to do a bit of tweaking to > make the system as efficient as possible. One challenge we faced was the > performance impact of protecting every page with a user/login database of > approx. 1.5 million accounts. The system would grind to a halt using a > standard [protect] type system. The standard [protect] method uses two > database lookups per page hit. Instead, we set an encrypted session cookie > and use a quick math algorhythm to check the validity of the user. This > method makes looking up the user data through the [SQL] context only > necessary once per session, which works well under heavy load. On the > up-side, pages that don't include database queries may actually serve up > faster using Webcat, due to the RAM caching of templates, than if they were > served directly through IIS. (at least that's been our perception) > > Mike > > > Im debating wether to to use a linux redhat/apache setup instead of NT. Only > > problem is, we are more familiar w/NT. Sounds like linux is more suited for > > heavy loads than NT. > > > > Adam > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Doug Hardman > > To: WebCatalog Talk > > Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 8:01 AM > > Subject: Re: Can webcat 3.0/4.0 handle 1,000,000 hits a day? > > > > > >> I'm getting that on a WebTen G3/300 box with 256MB ram. > >> > >> If your doing it on an NT box you may need more than 4 processors tho... > > =) > >> (just kidding) > >> > >> -doug > >> -- > >> Douglas Hardman : Silver Creek, Ltd. > >> e.doug@silvercreek.net : w.silvercreek.net > >> v.330-630-4487 : f.330-630-5786 > >> > >> % ^What is saccharine? > >> Bad substitute. > >> > >>> From: adam@inos.com (Adam O'Connor) > >>> Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk) > >>> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:36:31 > >>> To: (WebCatalog Talk) > >>> Subject: Can webcat 3.0/4.0 handle 1,000,000 hits a day? > >>> > >>> On a quad zeon, 1 gig ram, nt box? > >>> The site being served is 50% static, 50% dynamic. It will be receiving > >>> 1,000,000+ pageviews a day. > >>> > >>> Any help is > >>> appreciated, > >>> Adam O'Connor > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > >>> the mailing list . > >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >>> > >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------- > >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > >> the mailing list . > >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > the mailing list . > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ adam@inos.com (Adam O'Connor)

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