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What's The World Record For Maximum Simultaneous Connections?

Posted by Cliff on from the my-server-can-handle-more-sockets-than-yours dept.

epiphani asks: "Recently a DALnet server, twisted.dal.net broke an IRC record for maximum simultanious connections at 33,829. As part of the DALnet coding team (the creators of Bahamut, DALnet's ircd), I am curious if that is a world record for open sockets in a production environment. Would anyone know if this is the case? Also, the machine is an Athlon 900 running Debian. I cant say I am a Linux fan, but the arguement regarding Linux vs *BSD in socket handling is quite moot at this point as they appear to perform at roughly the same level." Man, that's a lot of open sockets. I don't know if Ripley's tracks this kind of information, but it would be interesting to know if this number beats anything you folks have seen.

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  1. Obvious way to test. by TheTomcat · · Score: 3

    Post a link to Natalie Portman, naked and petrified, pouring hot grits all over herself on the front page of slashdot.
    (We _are_ still into her, right?)

    That's SURE to generate more than 34000 hits at once.

    For the humour-impaired: this is a joke.