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1. e1ven+(OP)[view] [source] 2013-02-15 23:49:00
For all the flak HN gets about fnid problems, etc, it's still awe-inspiring to me that such a popular site runs on a single server, with so little admintime ;)
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2. brador+S5[view] [source] 2013-02-16 01:26:27
>>e1ven+(OP)
Just how popular is HN?

Anyone got info on uniques or pageviews a month?

replies(2): >>GuiA+86 >>pg+3b
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3. GuiA+86[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 01:31:19
>>brador+S5
As of October 5th 2011:

"Also, a traffic update: HN now gets over 120k unique ips on a weekday, and serves over 1.3 million page views."

http://ycombinator.com/newsnews.html

Additionally:

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ycombinator.com

replies(1): >>batgai+mf
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4. pg+3b[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 03:14:43
>>brador+S5
We currently get just over 200k uniques and just under 2m page views on weekdays (less on weekends).
replies(2): >>dougla+Zd >>pitchu+jh
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5. dougla+Zd[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 04:28:40
>>pg+3b
Thank you for creating a wonderful source of information!
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6. batgai+mf[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 05:09:42
>>GuiA+86
don't you dare mention alexa stats here
replies(1): >>GuiA+zf
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7. GuiA+zf[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 05:15:48
>>batgai+mf
Why? (genuine question)
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8. thejos+lg[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 05:37:16
>>GuiA+zf
They are known to be very wrong.
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9. pitchu+jh[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 06:05:23
>>pg+3b
Does a single server support this level of traffic? That is pretty impressive - it would be great to learn about the server's hardware and software configuration.
replies(3): >>pasbes+Jl >>jbvers+po >>rtm+n11
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10. pasbes+Jl[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 08:16:38
>>pitchu+jh
I don't know whether things have changed since, but some time ago (a year or more?), IIRC pg mentioned that the site was running on a single core. (I don't recall his saying what type of core.)

P.S. I see that abstractbill beat me to it, both in stating here and in originally acquiring this information:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5229548

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11. jbvers+po[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 09:43:33
>>pitchu+jh
Around 40-60 requests per second, of which almost anything an be cached. Any single server should suffice.
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12. markok+Jq[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 11:18:48
>>jbvers+po
But you would need at least 30 Heroku dynos to handle that reliably ;)
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13. rtm+n11[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-16 23:11:51
>>pitchu+jh
Old server: two Xeon E5450 chips, 3.0 GHz, 8 cores total, 24 GB RAM.

New server: one Xeon E5-2690 chip, 2.9 GHz, 8 cores total, 32 GB RAM.

replies(1): >>rdl+DJ2
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14. rdl+DJ2[view] [source] [discussion] 2013-02-18 19:16:48
>>rtm+n11
Wow, nice, that was exactly the HW I was predicting; the fastest single-core-performance xeon under turboboost.
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