[TriLUG] high volume web server

Ryan Leathers ryan.leathers at globalknowledge.com
Thu Jan 26 10:10:38 EST 2006


Hey all,

Suppose I have a Linux host running some version of apache, getting a
handful of hits each day.  Then, all of the sudden, my site gets
featured on CNN or something and gets 90-gazillion hits a minute.

Apart from instantly discovering that I can't open the site myself any
more, where would I look at to see that in fact:

a) I am getting all these hits
b) My host / apache server is indeed overwhelmed
c) the problem is probably NOT due to (*wild theory XYZ*)

Once I can point to some definitive evidence on the host that shows it
can not keep up with demand, what are my options on the host to improve
things?  Short of adding a load balancer and web farm, are there things
I could do to the host itself -- increase embryonic pool size for
example?

Thanks for your thoughts.

Ryan



  




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