[NTLUG:Discuss] define heavy web traffic

[Chuck]

> m m wrote:
> > All:
> >
> > one of my co-worker told me the in the peak season, we will have 40,000-
> 50,000 hit a month on our web server.
> > I said it is ok for linux box (for one single box).
> > Am I exaggerated?
> > How does people define  the light, medium, heavy for a website?
> 
> 50K a month is light.
> 
> Not sure that the generally accepted values would be for
> "medium" or "heavy".
> 
> Shoot, 50K a day is probably pretty light even.


My guess is you might want to base it relative to resources of the web
server and the content you're delivering. 50,000 hits a month should be a
pretty darn light load if you've got a decent box serving all static text
pages. The load will go up if you're web site contains server side
scripting. Then don't forget to factor in how resource intensive the scripts
are.