http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/11/27/dr-pepper-website-crashed-by-free-offer/ Ramblings and tech news from the Pingdom team Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:34:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/11/27/dr-pepper-website-crashed-by-free-offer/comment-page-1/#comment-307415 Leyton Jay Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:22:15 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=1182#comment-307415 Doing it across several days would've been much better, a) because the server stress is more manageble and b) because if people think you're trying to screw them by offering it only on one day they will be doubly determined to download the coupon through spite. Doing it across several days would’ve been much better, a) because the server stress is more manageble and b) because if people think you’re trying to screw them by offering it only on one day they will be doubly determined to download the coupon through spite.

]]> http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/11/27/dr-pepper-website-crashed-by-free-offer/comment-page-1/#comment-307353 Chris Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:44:43 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=1182#comment-307353 IIS on Windows isn't why they crashed. It's because they hadn't planned on that many people actually going on their website. Sun will go down just as easy if it's not setup to handle such large traffic. Check that graph. The traffic they had was 10x what they had. From .01 to .1. Which is massive. IIS on Windows isn’t why they crashed. It’s because they hadn’t planned on that many people actually going on their website. Sun will go down just as easy if it’s not setup to handle such large traffic. Check that graph. The traffic they had was 10x what they had. From .01 to .1. Which is massive.

]]> http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/11/27/dr-pepper-website-crashed-by-free-offer/comment-page-1/#comment-307299 Gern Blanston Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:46:36 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=1182#comment-307299 Next time instead of running IIS on Windows, they'll wise up and use something meant to handle that kind of onslaught..the Sun CoolThreads boxes. Oh and think of the (non-existent) licensing costs, too! Next time instead of running IIS on Windows, they’ll wise up and use something meant to handle that kind of onslaught..the Sun CoolThreads boxes. Oh and think of the (non-existent) licensing costs, too!

]]> http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/11/27/dr-pepper-website-crashed-by-free-offer/comment-page-1/#comment-306867 Free soda offer crashes Dr Pepper site | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:49:35 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=1182#comment-306867 [...] just one day, this caused the problem for site. The site was overcrowded with visitors and became unavailable for most part of the day. This made the company extend the offer for another day. Rich Miller examined the situation by [...] [...] just one day, this caused the problem for site. The site was overcrowded with visitors and became unavailable for most part of the day. This made the company extend the offer for another day. Rich Miller examined the situation by [...]

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