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Subject:	Re: FLASH: UK Site Cahoot - Server Load Problems?
From:	Randy Kato
Date:	Thu, 6 Jul 2000 15:42:59 +0100

This shouldn't have anything to do with Flash since the SWF is simply a file that's served out just as any other HTML page or static image...and in many cases, if optimized properly it can be even smaller than the HTML + graphics version of the same page. This simply sounds like the server isn't up to the task.

Are you using Generator? Was load testing done before launch? What kind of "talking" to the server is Flash doing? There are lots of factors to consider, but it doesn't seem like Flash would be the culprit.

-Randy

Simon Wheatley wrote:

> Hi
>
> We're championing the use of Flash for a high use (and therefore high server
> load) Website running quite a number of transactions through a visual Flash
> Interface. One of our technical people has come up with the following
> information:
>
> "On the first day of operation, nobody completed the registration process.
> The site crashed with around 2,000 browsers using it. **(The amount of
> Flash graphics was suggested as a possible cause.)**
>
> After crashing, the site was limited to 250 concurrent users for 3 days. On
> the fourth day the limit was removed and the site crashed again. It is
> speculated that a limit (perhaps more generous than 250 users) has been
> re-imposed."
>
> The Flash content on the site does not seem to be performing anything other
> than sitting there as Eye Candy...
>
> Does anyone know, or has anyone heard of Flash causing this kind of a
> problem with a high server load?
>
> John Dowdell: Does Macromedia know of any limit to the number of concurrent
> Flash users with either vanilla Flash or with Generator?
>
> Can anyone shed any light on why the Cahoot site may have crashed that is
> not related to Flash content?
>
> Site address: http://www.cahoot.co.uk
>
> Thanks
>
> Simon

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