> I am now wondering what it takes to launch and successfully run a website with 5-10K users? What do you mean by this? Doesn't this depend on the usage patte

> I am now wondering what it takes to launch and successfully run a website with 5-10K users? What do you mean by this? Doesn't this depend on the usage patterns? Do you have 5-10k concurrent users or are these users spread over a day? The operations side is a whole other profession that dovetails into the technical aspects of getting it running on a good architecture.