Re: How do I determine Server and Bandwidth Needs?

["Chuck Lewis" <chuck.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

+Walden,

You mention:

< There are a number of tools you can use to estimate traffic and
performance of a site, Microsoft's own ACT isn't bad for rough numbers.>

What is this ? I know they have the Application Compatibility Toolkit but
that doesn't seem to fit with what you are saying about traffic and
performance (?).

Thanks :-)

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Walden H. Leverich
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 12:45 PM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] How do I determine Server and Bandwidth Needs?

Mike,

What's "heavy server load"? 50 ppl/hour, 500/minute, 5000/second? If you
announce something to your customer base of say, 10,000 customers and 5%
of them come see it, you're not dealing w/large numbers. If you announce
a free cruise to Tahiti during the season premier of 24 ... Well... <G>

There are a number of tools you can use to estimate traffic and
performance of a site, Microsoft's own ACT isn't bad for rough numbers. 

And what happens if your site does go down? Do you need redundancy?

Finally, why in house and what does the site look like? Does it make
sense to have the site hosted somewhere w/a big pipe to the net and just
the data traffic over your pipe, or leave the "app" at your site but
move all the static content (images, .js, .css, .etc.) to another
location, either an ISP, or something like akamai.

-Walden