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Scaling Server Performance

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the caching-for-fun-and-profit dept.

An anonymous reader writes "When Ace's Hardware's article Hitchhiker's Guide to the Mainframe was posted on Slashdot, they got 590,000 hits and over 250,000 page requests during one day. This kind of traffic caused only a 21% average CPU load to their Java-based web server, which is powered by a single 550MHz UltraSparc-II CPU. In their newest article, Scaling Server Performance, Ace's Hardware explains how this was possible."

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  1. Bling bling, cactus fuckers! by YourMissionForToday · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Dear Dr. Fuck,

    The other day, when I was pleasuring my anus with a cactus stem, I accidently cut myself down there and now my dirt box is quite infected. It really hurts when I poop! What should I do? I've been giving myself daily hydrogen peroxide enemas, and although the searing pain is exquisite, my cuts don't really seem to be getting any better. What should I do?

    Sincerely,
    Bleeding Rectum in Phoenix, AZ
    Dear Bleeding Rectum,

    Cactus stem fetishization has come along way since the "Barrel Cactus Boys" made it famous in the Tijuana of yesteryear. But it's a dangerous world out there, and that's why you should always sand down the cactus needles before sticking them up your ass. Otherwise, you could get rabies, AIDS, or tiny gnomes that live in your pee-pee hole and yank off your ballhairs while you're trying to sleep.

    If you have been having unsafe sex with a cactus, I suggest you consult with a physician immediately.
    Yours,

    Dr. Fuck

    --
    Liberate your mind in two clicks or less.
  2. In Soviet Russia by john_is_war · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You power 550MHz UltraSparc-II CPU

    --
    Live life to the fullest. It's not that life is short, but that you are dead for so long.
    1. Re:In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      In Bleveskovolkia You eat fried cpus for dinner.

    2. Re:In Soviet Russia by calethix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Really? I thought that's what happened in the Matrix, not Soviet Russia. ;)
      You power 550MHz UltraSparc-II CPU

  3. Jet Plane by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A jumbo jet is just coming into the Toronto Airport on it's final approach. The pilot comes on the intercom, "This is your Captain. We're on our final descent into Toronto. I want to thank you for flying with us today and I hope you enjoy your stay in Toronto".

    He forgot to switch off the intercom. Now the whole plane can hear his conversation from the cockpit. The copilot says to the pilot, "Well, skipper, watcha gonna do in Toronto?"

    "Well," says the skipper, "first I'm gonna check into the hotel and take a big crap... then I'm gonna take that new stewardess with the huge boobs out for dinner... then I'm gonna wine and dine her, take her back to my room and fuck her all night."

    Everyone on the plane hears this and immediately begins looking up and down the aisle trying to get a look at the new stewardess. Meanwhile the new stewardess is at the very back of the plane. She's so embarrassed that she starts to run to try and get to the cockpit to turn the intercom off. Halfway down the aisle, she trips over an old lady's bag and down she goes.

    The old lady leans over and says: "No need to hurry, dear. He's gotta take a crap first."

  4. Taco what the fuck? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://cmdrtaco.net/rants/penis.shtml

    the dude has pictures of penises and and old naked chick on his site. what the hell?