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0 pointstreenyc15y ago0 comments

Not if you use http://helma.org (SSJS), it has a build in ORM that caches results. 1 machine 2 GB ram serves 30 million hits per month.

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nostrademons15y ago· 1 in thread

30 million hits/month is only about 11 QPS, which is fairly typical of most dynamic-languages frameworks.

dagw15y ago

Only if you assume that hits are evenly distributed throughout the day and throughout the month. Very few sites have that sort of traffic pattern. 30 million hits/month quite likely means peaks of 100 QPS followed by periods of 1 QPS.

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