Today was epoch day in American history. Maybe even most
important day this year, but it's not what I'd like to write
about here. What does it mean for US citizens and all other
people around the world? We know, but what does it mean for us -
IT professionals and/or internet portals serving news for end
users?
Increased number of requests to webservers, high network
utilization, and huge number of queries against your databases
(while on duty last night, I saw customer servers handling
10 times larger traffic than usual)..
How to deal with it? How to prepare for such events?
In the moments like that, the most important thing is to assure
the continuity and high
efficiency. How to accomplish it?
The best way is through preparation for the planned event.
From past experience, we know that during the
ongoing event, it is often impossible …
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