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Subject: RE: FLASH: UK Site Cahoot - Server Load Problems?
From: Simon Wheatley
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 16:01:43 +0100

I phrased my first email badly, I don't work for or with Cahoot. What's
happened is that our Technical people have seized on the problems that
Cahoot had as a reason Flash may not be up to the task of serious
transactions with large numbers of concurrent users.

I agree with you, I can't see how the eye candy flash used in Cahoot could
be a problem - but equally I'm not techie and am always willing to listen
to other cleverer opinions.

I'm interested to see if John Dowdell comes up with any figures of how many
concurrent users Generator can handle...I reckon this news will be good and
may quieten the Technical Director here (who is used to vanilla grey C++
apps!)

Simon

-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Kato [rkatoatbraincraft [dot] com (mailto:rkatoatbraincraft [dot] com)]
Sent: 06 July 2000 15:27
To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
Subject: Re: FLASH: UK Site Cahoot - Server Load Problems?


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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