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Researching the Slashdot Effect?

Posted by Cliff on from the oops-we-did-it-again dept.

leonia asks: "At Columbia University, we are investigating methods and software to automatically deal with sudden, unpredictable load spikes ala the 'Slashdot effect'. We are looking for web sites that have been the 'victim' of this effect who would be willing to share anonymized web logs with us. If you know of a site that went under after it was mentioned on Slashdot or similar site or are the proud owner of such a site, we'd love to talk to you."

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  1. naive Question? by pamri · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How come Slashdot itself is never a victim of the 'slashdot effect', atleast on a regular basis as compared to the sites, it links to, considering the typical slashdotter does not read the article linked to.

  2. A simple way to research the Slashdot effect by darkov · · Score: 4, Interesting

    (1) Setup one or more servers on the end of a fat pipe

    (2) Submit an 'Ask Slashdot' asking people to visit a link to the above servers

    (3) Wait

    (4) Study logs

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  3. Drupal's Throttle by inerte · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There's a PHP script called drupal that has a "throttle" module. Jeremy, the owner of Kernel Trap, developed it after many /. stories with links to his pages.

    It generates static files (similar to caches) when access is too high. You can check drupal's cvs (drupal -> modules -> throttle) or go straight to it.

    Ps: Some links may contain whitespaces, cut, paste and edit...

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