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Anyone know if browserver.org is self hosting (i.e. running on some guys desktop/laptop in a browser window)? Site is down at the moment and I'm wondering if th

• jedschmidt 14y ago
  Ha, tinco beat you to that joke. The server is the smallest instance that Joyent offers right now... hopefully it'll hang in there during the HN rush.
  • withjive 14y ago
    Would that happen to be one of the free http://no.de http://no.de instances? Which if I recall correctly come with 128mb ram on their custom solaris servers... I always wondered what kind of load those small configurations using NodeJS while handling something non-trivial could do. Could you share some traffic/load numbers from getting HN'ed?
    • jedschmidt 14y ago
      Hard to tell right now... I started at Joyent's smallest node.js offering (1GB) and then ramped it up to 8GB when the load hit. The server is crashing a lot, but it's not very easy for me to debug right now. Let me get back to you once the dust settles, deal?
      • withjive 14y ago
        Wow must of took a real hammering from being on the number spot. Goodluck!