On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 15:21:02 -0600 (CST), Jason <baker@cyborgworkshop.com> wrote in message <Pine.LNX.4.50.0302271518100.19962-100000@alfred.home.cyborgworkshop.co m>: > They need a bigger box. The whole app on their end is 6 boxes, two > front end web servers, two application servers and then the database. > They upgraded the database, which used to be the bottleneck, and we > then maxed out their web servers. They upgraded their web servers and > now we max out their app servers. They have more hardware on order, > but Sun is claiming a month lead time for Sunfires. But I figure in > the meantime, this should work out pretty well. > ..ok, I'm still deep in the dark: How is a bigger set of iron, that can spew _more_ connections, gonna help avoid the authorized dos attack??? ..the 6-too-small-boxes understands ipcm, and will back off when you drop packages or connection? ..I _think_ a _short!_ timeout on these connections, could work. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
