Capacity Planning
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At the time of writing, microsoft.com, one of the largest and most active sites on the Web, was receiving well over 200 million hits per day and hosting more than 24 gigabytes (GB) of content. Building a high-traffic Web site of this kind involves careful planning and constant monitoring in order to achieve a balance between user demand and the site’s key components: hardware, software, and network infrastructure. These components need to be in balance to efficiently handle the content on the site, the number of hits to the site, and spikes in usage.
Despite the size of microsoft.com and the special needs that follow from its size, the processes that the Microsoft team follows in order to plan, deploy, and maintain the site are relevant to many other sites. These processes are worth examining, even if your Web server is only connected to a small intranet.
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