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+1 for whoever named it the "Michael Jackson problem". I'm going to start using that if I ever encounter the same issue myself.
by zatkin 10y ago
+1 for whoever named it the "Michael Jackson problem". I'm going to start using that if I ever encounter the same issue myself.
- encoderer 10y agoIs this not the thundering herd problem?
- gerry_shaw 10y agoAs I understand it yes, but I think the "Micheal Jackson problem" is a better name.
- techdragon 10y agoIt's a cute name but there is existing Research that relates to this issue which calls it "the thundering herd problem" so I would recommend the one you can actually search for without problems.
- yrro 10y agoWho?
- bubuga 10y ago> Is this not the thundering herd problem? There's a wikipedia article on the thundering herd problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundering_herd_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundering_herd_problem The article needs a little love, though.
- The_ed17 10y agoThat was Tim Starling: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=PoolCounter&oldid=48734 https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=PoolCounter... https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Tim_Starling_(WMF) https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Tim_Starling_(WMF)
- RyJones 10y agoAmerican Idol caused widespread rearchitecting of SMSGW/SMSC. Fun times; voting was a very distributed DoS.