Here's another unsolicited +1 for Chris & Co. JK
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Jeffrey Pellin <jeff...@px2co.net> wrote: > > Robert > > I would be happy to recommend a big 'ole Texan dedicated server to fix this > issue. > > I'm sure Chris could help you, even though he wouldn't use this list to > sell his services. > > Regards > > Jeffrey > > On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:53:00 -0600, Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet > <cobaltfa...@virtbiz.com> wrote: > > Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: > >> I have a customer with a BlueOnyx VPS that produces tons of httpd > >> processes and the load goes above 100, yes 100+, and of course brings > >> the server to a halt when it is hit by tons of requests at one time. > >> There is a tweet sent out by someone who has 2 million followers to got > >> to the site to buy a book and it takes down this VPS. After we block > >> traffic, restart Apache to purge existing connections and open all back > >> again, everything is fine, until the next tweet. It just cannot handle > >> the initial hit. We are working on optimizing MySQL and Apache now. Has > >> anyone dealt with this or have any recommendations for handling such a > >> hit? > > > > We have a bit of experience with this sort of thing. For instance, one > > of our customers handles all the social media for major recording > > artists, the largest being the "Lady" who wears the meat dress. So you > > can imagine they get fairly heavily loaded whenever "she" sends a tweet. > > > > Go ahead and optimize your MySQL and Apache, but the answer is likely to > > be "more power". > _______________________________________________ > Blueonyx mailing list > Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it > http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx >
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