by Hi, I need to determine what kind of server I need that will handle,
say, 200-300 simultaneous web users. I don't need hard figures, just a
sense. I've looked at the WebSPEC results for various servers, but
don't know how a rating of, say, 623 HTTP requests per second relates
to number of users. Would I take that number, divide it by the
"average" number of items on a page (e.g. 6) and say that such a
server can handle downloading about 100 pages per second, or, if we're
assuming each user can wait 10 seconds for the download of a page,
such a server can handle 1000 simultaneous users (assuming static
text/graphics is what's being downloaded, no cgi scripts running)? Is
that a valid way to do the math? Any input welcome!
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Thanks!