60K members, time for a new server upgrade. 760MP?

[ugh]

<< I have yet to see more then ~900 ppl actually logged in at once. >>



Damn, you beat me to it! I've never even seen more than 700 pple logged in at once actually.

 

[Charles]

My pleasure, thorin.

I'm wondering how many users usually logged in Slashdot? What servers do they use?

 

[Charles]

<< I'm wondering how many users usually logged in Slashdot? What servers do they use? >>


The Hardware[*]5 load balanced Web servers dedicated to pages
[*]3 load balanced Web servers dedicated to images
[*]1 SQL server
[*]1 NFS server

All the boxes are VA Linux Systems FullOns running Debian (except for the SQL box). Each box (except for the SQL box) has LVD SCSI with 10,000 RPM drives. And they all have 2 Intel EtherExpress 100 LAN adapters.

Hardware DetailsType I (web server)
[*]VA Full On 2x2
[*]Debian Linux frozen
[*]PIII/600 MHz 512K cache
[*]1 GB RAM
[*]9.1GB LVD SCSI with hot swap backplane
[*]Intel EtherExpress Pro (built-in on moboard)
[*]Intel EtherExpress 100 adapter

Type II (kernel NFS with kernel locking)
[*]VA Full On 2x2
[*]Debian Linux frozen
[*]Dual PIII/600 MHz
[*]2 GB RAM
[*](2) 9.1GB LVD SCSI with hot swap backplane
[*]Intel EtherExpress Pro (built-in on motherboard)
[*]Intel EtherExpress 100 adapter

Type III (SQL)
[*]VA Research 3500
[*]Red Hat Linux 6.2 (final release + tweaks)
[*]Quad Xeon 550 MHz, 1MB cache
[*]2 GB RAM
[*]6 LVD disks, 10000 RPM (1 system disk, 5 disks for RAID5)
[*]Mylex Extreme RAID controller 16 MB cache
[*]Intel EtherExpress Pro (built-in on motherboard)
[*]Intel EtherExpress 100 adapter

 

[Budman]

Ok now every 60000 members login &amp; say Hi. 🙂

That would be one HUGE thread.😉

 

[KrispyKremer]

Man, I read this title and a sample from an old school techno song I've forgotten the name of came to mind...

50k hardcore members

Well, that was the sample, but in this case...

60k hardcore members!