The ability to handle a certain load and scalability are two different things entirely. Let's not mix arguments here. Achieving 100 requests per second does not mean you application is scalable.
Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Brandon Purcell > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 10:54 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Macromedia.com scalability (was : RE: [CFCDev] MVCF at benora > ma.com) > > "while most CF applications struggle to achieve 100 page requests per > second." > > 100 cf pg/sec equates to 360,000 pg req/hr or 8.6 million page req/day. > We are not talking requests we are talking page hits. Total number of hits > would probably be around 50 million/day with this type of traffic > depending on the ratio of cf hits to staic content. > > I am curious to know how many of you on the list have this kind of traffic > to your website? So if CF can handle 100 pg req/sec can it handle the > load for your site?? So what is scalable and how much load do you need to > support? And really how many of you really need 100,000 req/sec to your > site? That equates to 8,640,000,000 hit/day. Wow thats a lot of traffic. > > Brandon > > disclaimer: these numbers were multiplied without accounting for peak > loads during a 24 hour time period. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 10:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Macromedia.com scalability (was : RE: [CFCDev] MVCF at > benorama.com) > > > A well setup web server could serve 10,000 page requests per second, > while most CF applications struggle to achieve 100 page requests per > second. That is a 100x difference, so surely you can see that if most of > Macromedia's requests are for a file as opposed to a mixture of Flash, > CF, and database stuff then surely the load they claim doesn't apply to > CF directly. > > Matt Liotta > President & CEO > Montara Software, Inc. > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > 888-408-0900 x901 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf > > Of Todd > > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 10:25 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Macromedia.com scalability (was : RE: [CFCDev] MVCF at > > benorama.com) > > > > > > Matt, > > > > Let's be real, It's still a server load. I'm pretty confident that > there > > isn't many setups that you would agree with. No matter how perfect it > is, > > it'll still be somewhat flawed for you. > > > > ~Todd > > > > At 10:24 AM 3/26/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > > > Who cares if it is a player download or a visit in DevNet. > > > > It is still a page view, a unique visitor and load/traffic on the > > > > server... > > > > This is the subject of the discussion, not what "web property MM > make > > >it > > > > out > > > > to be". > > > > > > >Well I care for one since a player download is quite different than a > > >visit in DevNet. I mean a player download is just a file being served > by > > >a web server, there is no CF, Flash, or database involved. The two > are > > >really quite different. > > > > > >-Matt > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email > > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe cfcdev' > > in the message of the email. > > > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported > > by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe cfcdev' > in the message of the email. > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported > by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). > ---------------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe cfcdev' > in the message of the email. > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported > by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe cfcdev' in the message of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com).
