Date: Sun, 03 Aug 97 12:37:32 -0800 From: "Studded" <Studded@dal.net> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Katherine Nenno" <spam_test@dittosrush.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and large #s of http requests Message-ID: <199708031945.MAA05430@mail.san.rr.com>
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On Sun, 03 Aug 1997 14:59:47 -0400, Katherine Nenno wrote: >We host a web site for a popular radio show host (#2 in the US, 1 in >Canada). Recently (a few months ago), we planned to have a interactive >chat with her where people could ask her questions and she could respond. >What we didn't count on was the number of http requests this would generate. Popularity is a wonderful thing, is it not? :) >The site is hosted on a Pentium Pro 200 machine with 64 meg RAM running >Apache 1.2.0 and FreeBSD 2.1.7. The chat script was a custom perl script >that we contracted out to have written. We didn't anticipate the number of >hits that this would generate. Within the first minute the server crashed. > >Now, we have been asked if we can fix the problem and have another chat >that will work. Does anyone have any suggestions on the best way to do >this? Is it even possible without buying tons of expensive equipment? I have a solution for you, are you familiar with Internet Relay Chat (IRC)? I can help you set up an IRC server with a java client interface that runs on 90-plus% of the browsers out there. This takes the chat overhead completely away from httpd, and is very stable. The only thing httpd would have to do is provide the starting point, and download for the java client. In addition, your listeners who already have IRC software can bypass the httpd altogether if you choose. This is a "commercial" solution, but very reasonably priced. Mail me privately for more information. Doug The man who fears nothing, loves nothing.
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