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One million HTTP RPS without load balancing is easy

TechEmpower

It''s possible even higher numbers would be reported had we tested a purpose-built static web server such as nginx. Undertow is the lightweight Java web application server used in WildFly. It just happens to be quite quick at HTTP. throws Exception { exchange.getResponseHeaders().put( send(aByte); } }. send(aByte); } }.

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Interview with Dale Quayle, FileTrek

socalTECH

Is this a mobile application, web service, or how does it work? We also have a web experience, and we host that on Amazon EC2. If you go to FileTrek.com, you can access your data via web or PC. Dale Quayle: We provide a desktop client that sits on a PC or your Mac, whatever your user is working from.

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Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

Both Sides of the Table

We put all of this infrastructure in an Exodus web hosting facility and had to pay for rack space, bandwidth and some management services if a disk failed, for example. At the time we viewed Amazon’s offering, EC2 as too nascent. No wonder people had to raise $5 million just to get started back then. We raised $16.5

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