Coding view: Web Hosting HOW TO: Save your server AND customer when digg/reddit/slashdot effect hits his/her website
So you’re running a web hosting business. You have lots of loyal customers, some of them are with you for the past 8 years. One of your customers gets lucky – a huge burst of traffic hits his website. If you don’t do something quickly, your server will go down pretty soon. What’s your call? “Suspend website, of course”. WRONG! Get this – almost EVERY webmaster dreams of getting to the front page of digg, reddit or slashdot. If you have a reputation of suspending everyone who gets to the frontpage, you are to be avoided. Instead, consider other ways to solve this problem. I will share one method with you, we were successfully using it when I was working in one web hosting company a year back. It’s a very simple method and takes only a minute to do.
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