The problem isn't the speed of the network, it's the speed at which an individual server can proxy requests under load. A single server is only capable of handling a certain number of transactions per second, so with a large bank of servers, there is a good chance that you will need to regularly redistribute the load to keep from bogging down any particular server.
Slashdot Mirror
The problem isn't the speed of the network, it's the speed at which an individual server can proxy requests under load. A single server is only capable of handling a certain number of transactions per second, so with a large bank of servers, there is a good chance that you will need to regularly redistribute the load to keep from bogging down any particular server.