>>> And your server got "slashdotted".
>>
>> Really?  We hardly noticed ;-)
>
> Just as a quick note: The server (2*Opteron 1.8GHz, 2GB RAM)
> was running at a permanent load of 120 for several hours and
> was not too responsive during that time.

Sure, but it didn't break down; each and every single request
I did still got through.

> I fixed some of the issues after searching for slashdotting survival
> hints on the web. So in case this happens again, we should not be
> experiencing the same break-down in future.

Great great, thank you!

> As a side node: We've been having 15-20k hits per day on the main page
> in the last 2 days. And that's only those that got through ;)

That's not so much then ;-)


Segher


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