http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080709/fiasco2-redux/ by John Paczkowski Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:19:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080709/fiasco2-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-1445 Will Todd Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:56:36 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=2723#comment-1445 Well the "13,000 orders per second" would likely be the point at which the site went down, so it's not as though they're claiming that they received 13,000 orders per second for any period of time. Rather, the number built until it reached something near that figure, and the servers failed. The number isn't unreasonable when you consider that the potential buyers likely expected the rush and thus many decided to log on the second the pre-order window opened. A similar event happened back in November 2006 when Amazon sold the Xbox 360 at a cut-rate price and the swell of orders crashed that portion of their system, which must've taken quite a few orders considering online sales are Amazon's primary business. Well the “13,000 orders per second” would likely be the point at which the site went down, so it’s not as though they’re claiming that they received 13,000 orders per second for any period of time. Rather, the number built until it reached something near that figure, and the servers failed. The number isn’t unreasonable when you consider that the potential buyers likely expected the rush and thus many decided to log on the second the pre-order window opened. A similar event happened back in November 2006 when Amazon sold the Xbox 360 at a cut-rate price and the swell of orders crashed that portion of their system, which must’ve taken quite a few orders considering online sales are Amazon’s primary business.

]]> http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080709/fiasco2-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-1444 Manoj Joshi Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:50:55 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=2723#comment-1444 Did you calculate how many orders it will be with 13000 orders per second?Seems very unrealistc to me... Did you calculate how many orders it will be with 13000 orders per second?Seems very unrealistc to me…

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