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Just curious, what kind of traffic levels are you seeing from HN. Just in case any of us want to do a load test to validate our own sites can handle it.
by 6DM 10y ago
Just curious, what kind of traffic levels are you seeing from HN. Just in case any of us want to do a load test to validate our own sites can handle it.
- jastr 10y agoTop 5 on HN for ~3 hrs peaked around 1,500 views per hour
- throwawayReply 10y agoThat doesn't sound like a lot, that's a hit every couple of seconds.
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- 6DM 10y agoIt depends on how complicated your website is, in some cases what technology you're using in combination with the size of your server you're renting, and if it's 1,500 in the first second or 25 a second. Either way, load tests for your site would be good for you.
- jdimov10 10y agoThere's no good excuse for ANY website or platform these days to not be able to handle this amount of traffic with absolute minimal effort. In fact, handling 10x more should be trivial (and cheap).
- adibalcan 10y agonow works :)
- 6DM 10y agoWell if you're ultra cheap like me, you'll have to think deeply about scaling up your $5 instance lol There are a lot of factors that go into site performance. Knowing your site can handle what other people have seen is a good start.
- parametrek 10y agoOr you can design it to be light and fast from day 1. I had no trouble with the same level of traffic during a ShowHN on a $5 droplet.
- 6DM 10y agoYou can design it to be light and fast, but you wouldn't know unless you test it right? Good to know that a cheap droplet can at least handle rendering the landing page though.