Re: how many requests can php serve?

>I am wondering how many requests at one time php can serve before the site >brakes down. Someone told me that my site has been down yesterday for a >while after I did anounce it through a university email list going to 2500 >users. There are many factors that will cause what you think happened... Usually, PHP is not the deciding factor... It's more likely that your web server (Apache, most likely) didn't have enough "children" to service everybody in this burst period of time. Google for "Apache and ab and burst traffic" -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm