Is a million users hitting one file on the server the same as a million users hitting a million different files?
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It depends on the web server.
However, static files are likely to be cached in memory, so I would assume that 1 million users accessing the same file will be faster.
SLaks
2010-04-22 22:44:58
What if its a dynamic file thats doing processing on the request coming in? the file basically acts as a gateway file.
Faisal Abid
2010-04-22 22:47:20
Then the performance would _probably_ equivalent. However, you should measure.
SLaks
2010-04-22 22:49:07
Thats what i was thinking because to the server a million files or one million instances of that same file is the same thing. Ill try to measure the usage and see what happens.
Faisal Abid
2010-04-22 22:53:54
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Depends on server configuration and software. You'll need to measure.
Paul Nathan
2010-04-22 22:53:34