The Guardian shuts down 2/3 of servers because of single commit
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The Guardian shuts down 2/3 of servers because of single commit
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Re: The Guardian shuts down 2/3 of servers because of single commit
#2To add a little clarity, a single commit reduced the load on the servers so much that 2/3 of the processing power was no longer needed.
Now read on ...
Re: The Guardian shuts down 2/3 of servers because of single commit
#3Stopped reading at "Arse-Sum"
Re: The Guardian shuts down 2/3 of servers because of single commit
#4To add a little clarity, a single commit reduced the load on the servers so much that 2/3 of the processing power was no longer needed. Now read on ...
Yeah, I read the title and immediately thought the Guardian had messed up!
In fact, they simply upgraded their version of Play and yielded some performance wins (which the article then explains more fully).