How many servers does this site run on?

[OllyW]

One great example recently is ilounge. Their review of the new 3rd gen shuffle was spot on and Aple punished them.

In what way did Apple punish them?

 

[Sun Baked]

reviews take a lot of work to do right. Not sure if the audience is particularly interested in reviews either.

arn

Considering the scathing remarks the reviewing member would likely get if you were shipping them free equipment to play with.

And I doubt it is worth your time personally, to repeat some of what you can get by linking to barefeats, reviews, and the take-apart sites.

Plus, if you did get some sneak peaks in order to write a timely review, it would mean you likely couldn't make any editorial contributions when the new products are arriving.

 

[DoFoT9]

arn, thats a LOT of people. what is the load like on each computer?? thats like 1.2million people each day, SO much bandwidth. hope your lines are good

 

[jav6454]

I wonder how much data goes through MR. Just think.... 37 M people visiting must mean one heck of a data transfer!!!

No wonder the site "hiccups" from time to time.

 

[mikeinternet]

I am glad MR doesn't do reviews.
Other furms I frequent do reviews and the write ups always seem to have hidden message to them. Meaning the reviewer really wants to express their opinion but falls short in fear of loosing business or future incentives.

One great example recently is ilounge. Their review of the new 3rd gen shuffle was spot on and Aple punished them.

I agree. I like this site being just news and rumors. Let us give each other reviews.

 

[twoodcc]

I wonder how much data goes through MR. Just think.... 37 M people visiting must mean one heck of a data transfer!!!

No wonder the site "hiccups" from time to time.

i would like to know that as well

 

[dmmcintyre3]

Your whois data says the front page's DNS server is ns1.tecknohost.com and it redirects to http://www.equiknox.com/showcase/ which is knox's homepage according to his profile. Does he host this site?

 

[arn]

Your whois data says the front page's DNS server is ns1.tecknohost.com and it redirects to http://www.equiknox.com/showcase/ which is knox's homepage according to his profile. Does he host this site?

he handles the DNSs, but doesn't host the site.

arn

 

[dmmcintyre3]

5 servers.

2 for forums
1 for database
1 for www.macrumors.com (front page + articles)
1 for other (attachments, guides, other)

A combination of quad and 8 core.

37 million page views the past month.

We do cheat a little and move some stuff (images) off to a content delivery network on busy days like keynotes and iphone launches.

arn

How many is it now? Do you have any of the servers with more than 8 cores yet?

 

[arn]

How many is it now? Do you have any of the servers with more than 8 cores yet?

no, I think 8 cores is the highest.

7 servers now

3 forum servers
1 db server
1 for front page
1 for images
1 for other (attachments, guides, other)

68 million page views the past month.

arn

 

[celticpride678]

no, I think 8 cores is the highest.

7 servers now

3 forum servers
1 db server
1 for front page
1 for images
1 for other (attachments, guides, other)

68 million page views the past month.

arn

Wow...three forum servers and there are still slow downs some times. I'm actually kind of surprised that the front page only has one server

 

[DoFoT9]

no, I think 8 cores is the highest.

7 servers now

3 forum servers
1 db server
1 for front page
1 for images
1 for other (attachments, guides, other)

68 million page views the past month.

arn

interesting. what sort of disk activity are the forums and the front page servers seeing? how much transfers do you have a month?

 

[Jethrotoe]

Nice to know a little about what keeps this puppy running. TKS.

 

[pooryou]

arn, thats a LOT of people. what is the load like on each computer?? thats like 1.2million people each day, SO much bandwidth. hope your lines are good

It's pageviews, not number of people. Since this forum is very active I'm sure one user can rack up a LOT of pageviews in one month!

 

[DoFoT9]

It's pageviews, not number of people. Since this forum is very active I'm sure one user can rack up a LOT of pageviews in one month!

yes of course, i was just after in indication though i know that i probably rack up >500 page views per day!

 

[pooryou]

yes of course, i was just after in indication though i know that i probably rack up >500 page views per day!

You:"thats like 1.2million people each day"

It's OK to admit you were wrong.

 

[DoFoT9]

You:"thats like 1.2million people each day"

It's OK to admit you were wrong.

*sad realisation*

fine

poorme