Comments on: The SlashDot Effect http://gigaom.com/2004/05/08/the-slashdot-effect/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:00:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jonathan Greene http://gigaom.com/2004/05/08/the-slashdot-effect/#comment-2412 Jonathan Greene Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/05/08/the-slashdot-effect/#comment-2412 <p>Not sure who you are with now, but you should check out Pair Networks -</p> <p>The service is excellent and the pricing seems very fair.</p> Not sure who you are with now, but you should check out Pair Networks -

The service is excellent and the pricing seems very fair.

]]> By: Jon Gales http://gigaom.com/2004/05/08/the-slashdot-effect/#comment-2413 Jon Gales Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/05/08/the-slashdot-effect/#comment-2413 <p>I agree with Jonathan, Pair knows what they are doing. I started to be impressed by them when the publisher of MacMinute told me what they did during a Steve Jobs Keynote address... They saw the increased load (millions of hits in a few hours), put in a few more servers and tweaked the cluster. Everything stayed up and he didn't even have to alert them to do anything. That's pro.</p> <p>Of course that's on the dedicated side of things, but I have had no problems with a Pair shared server.</p> <p>What kind of traffic are we talking about (hits/bandwidth)? If you're running static pages like you are, it takes a hell of a lot to bring down a server.</p> <p>MobileTracker has been on Slashdot several times without much slowdown. But when my Pepsi article on MacMerc got Slashdotted, it brought us down (dynamic pages). Though to be fair we were already on a huge load much like Gigaom was.</p> I agree with Jonathan, Pair knows what they are doing. I started to be impressed by them when the publisher of MacMinute told me what they did during a Steve Jobs Keynote address… They saw the increased load (millions of hits in a few hours), put in a few more servers and tweaked the cluster. Everything stayed up and he didn’t even have to alert them to do anything. That’s pro.

Of course that’s on the dedicated side of things, but I have had no problems with a Pair shared server.

What kind of traffic are we talking about (hits/bandwidth)? If you’re running static pages like you are, it takes a hell of a lot to bring down a server.

MobileTracker has been on Slashdot several times without much slowdown. But when my Pepsi article on MacMerc got Slashdotted, it brought us down (dynamic pages). Though to be fair we were already on a huge load much like Gigaom was.

]]> By: Martin Little http://gigaom.com/2004/05/08/the-slashdot-effect/#comment-2414 Martin Little Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/05/08/the-slashdot-effect/#comment-2414 <p>What kind of traffic are you getting on your site, Om? And what kind of space do you need?</p> <p>PS Email address doesn't appear to be 'optional' for comments.</p> What kind of traffic are you getting on your site, Om? And what kind of space do you need?

PS Email address doesn’t appear to be ‘optional’ for comments.

]]> By: Om http://gigaom.com/2004/05/08/the-slashdot-effect/#comment-2415 Om Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/05/08/the-slashdot-effect/#comment-2415 <p>i am currently around 300,000 page views a month or so. sometimes less sometimes more ...</p> i am currently around 300,000 page views a month or so. sometimes less sometimes more …

]]> By: EsmeV http://gigaom.com/2004/05/08/the-slashdot-effect/#comment-2416 EsmeV Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/05/08/the-slashdot-effect/#comment-2416 <p>I am also looking to move to a webhosting company and checked out a few. Lunar Pages looks interesting but I don't know their reputation. They are charging $22.95 for 80GB per month data transfer. Netfirms is charging $14.95 for 100 GB monthly data transfer. You should beware of a number of webhosting companies that charge a very low monthly fee. In many cases, your site will be down more often than you want.</p> I am also looking to move to a webhosting company and checked out a few. Lunar Pages looks interesting but I don’t know their reputation. They are charging $22.95 for 80GB per month data transfer. Netfirms is charging $14.95 for 100 GB monthly data transfer. You should beware of a number of webhosting companies that charge a very low monthly fee. In many cases, your site will be down more often than you want.

]]> By: Marc's Voice http://gigaom.com/2004/05/08/the-slashdot-effect/#comment-2417 Marc's Voice Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/05/08/the-slashdot-effect/#comment-2417 <p><strong>Congrats to Om for being Slashdotted</strong></p> <p>The SlashDot Effect .</p> Congrats to Om for being Slashdotted

The SlashDot Effect .

]]> By: Micro Persuasion http://gigaom.com/2004/05/08/the-slashdot-effect/#comment-2418 Micro Persuasion Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/05/08/the-slashdot-effect/#comment-2418 <p><strong>Om Malik on "The SlashDot Effect"</strong></p> <p>Om Malik comments on the impact on the tsunami of traffic to his Web site when an innocent post he wrote got "Slashdotted" (Wikipedia def.).</p> Om Malik on “The SlashDot Effect”

Om Malik comments on the impact on the tsunami of traffic to his Web site when an innocent post he wrote got “Slashdotted” (Wikipedia def.).

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