Ignorance Denied
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No, of course I didnt fabricate or outright lie about my suggested numbers.
But as you know, you dont make a website capacity to MEET your demand. You must factor in overhead so the server doesnt back up requests.
I usually prepare for twice my expected or realized traffic. That is just my comfort zone. But it is also based on a decade of experience and in the early years I hand tooled an auction website that did get pretty danged good trtaffic (for example). And without the server overhead my site would have never been able to handle the bursts of traffic that would happen for various reasons or time of day. It is a juggle even for the small guy.
Now, today, I am down to just a handful of sites and mostly just personal vanity sites, if you will. But even now I enjoy the security of suffecient headroom and resources.
But as you know, you dont make a website capacity to MEET your demand. You must factor in overhead so the server doesnt back up requests.
I usually prepare for twice my expected or realized traffic. That is just my comfort zone. But it is also based on a decade of experience and in the early years I hand tooled an auction website that did get pretty danged good trtaffic (for example). And without the server overhead my site would have never been able to handle the bursts of traffic that would happen for various reasons or time of day. It is a juggle even for the small guy.
Now, today, I am down to just a handful of sites and mostly just personal vanity sites, if you will. But even now I enjoy the security of suffecient headroom and resources.