Record-Breaking: Most Users Online (75) on 09-18-2003 at 04:51 PM

[dE_logics]

I said that in relation to the last post of this thread -

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-16846-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-1675.htmlBTW physics forums does have very bad servers.

Once there came a message that the site has reached the limit of it's bandwidth usage...and at times it's very slow...close to unusable.

 

[Kurdt]

I said that in relation to the last post of this thread -

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-16846-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-1675.html


BTW physics forums does have very bad servers.

Once there came a message that the site has reached the limit of it's bandwidth usage...and at times it's very slow...close to unusable.

Was that cited somewhere in this thread? If not I don't really see the relevance.

 

[fluidistic]

If I'm not wrong (feel free to correct me), there's a "flaw" in the count of people connected.
For example I see "(70 members and 904 guests) ".
It means that there's 70 humans and probably a lot more among the 904 guests. But I think that there are a lot of bots in the guests. The number of people connected is thus less than 974, but there's no way to figure out the exact number or a good approximation.

 

[DaveC426913]

I said that in relation to the last post of this thread -

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-16846-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-1675.html

In the dictrionary next to non sequitur, there's a picture of you.

 

[Evo]

If I'm not wrong (feel free to correct me), there's a "flaw" in the count of people connected.
For example I see "(70 members and 904 guests) ".
It means that there's 70 humans and probably a lot more among the 904 guests. But I think that there are a lot of bots in the guests. The number of people connected is thus less than 974, but there's no way to figure out the exact number or a good approximation.

Greg knows. Even at times that we've hit over 3,000 online, he said there were no more than 500 bots. IIRC.

 

[fluidistic]

Greg knows. Even at times that we've hit over 3,000 online, he said there were no more than 500 bots. IIRC.

Glad to know this. Glad to know also that there was so few bots.
By the way, what does IIRC means?

 

[Evo]

Glad to know this. Glad to know also that there was so few bots.
By the way, what does IIRC means?

If I Recall Correctly

 

[fluidistic]

If I Recall Correctly

Thanks. :)

 

[dE_logics]

In the dictrionary next to non sequitur, there's a picture of you.

Ok, let's just get things straight here, if there are a million people online at a single instance, then assuming physicsforums server have enough bandwidth available, following will the consequences -

1) If physicsforums have their own servers
1.1) and its windowsed, it will result in a crash with complete data loss (property of the classic windows file systems) if PF has not taken backups.
1.2) If it's running Linux, the browsing speed will slow down terribly giving the end user a miserable experience for the day.
2) If physicsforums is hosted by a data center organization (very likely) -
2.1) Their servers crashing, but here it's completely safe, since they most probably have good baking up mechanism, being an organization.
2.2) The servers slowing down terribly resulting in consequence similar to point 1.2.
2.3) The allocated bandwidth usage expiring before hand, like it has happen before under my experience, rendering physicsforums completely useless for the time being.

Thus a lots of people online simply for setting up a record is not a good idea.

Verdict -- Before making a sequitur ensure that you understand the context.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Thus a lots of people online simply for setting up a record is not a good idea.

We certainly could not support a million people online at once! Not even close lol. But as we scale up in visitors we can scale up in power. So it's not a problem. The more the merrier.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Record: 5,932 @ T

 

[lisab]

Record: 5,932 @ T

Wow!

I guess a spike at this time of year isn't a big surprise - school just started.

 

[Evo]

Congrats Greg! You rawk!

 

[hypatia]

I think we will need to set up vending machines in the lobby.

 

[Astronuc]

Record: 5,932 @ T, where T = Sep8-10

Record: 6,293 @ Y

 

[Kurdt]

Quite a boost. Very good for the site.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Sept is good to PF!

6,517 today!

 

[Evo]

Sept is good to PF!

6,517 today!

Even now, there are 2,810 in Homework!

 

[micromass]

Sept is good to PF!

6,517 today!

Wow great! September is busy it seems...

 

[jtbell]

Even now, there are 2,810 in Homework!

Ah, September! That magical time of year when thousands of students start to think, "why the **** did I decide to take this physics class??"

 

[jhae2.718]

Ah, September! That magical time of year when thousands of students start to think, "why the **** did I decide to take this physics class??"

 

[TylerH]

Most users ever online was 75 on 09-18-2003 at 04:51 PM.

It would be fun to plan a time that everyone could jump on PF and we could have like a record of 1000 members on the board at once.

It's funny to read this now. I don't think I've ever logged on to PF without seeing at least 3000 active users, even in the middle of the night(EST).

 

[Fredrik]

It's funny to read this now.

Yes it is. Greg thinks so too, as you can see in post #54, where he bumps this thread after it's been inactive for 5 years.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

another record today: 6,647

 

[Ivan92]

PF is on a roll! :D

Update: New record! 6,665!

Update 2: Now it is 6,677 lol!

Last and final update: Now it is 6,680. I am going to stop because each time I look at it, the number just keeps increasing lol!

 

[Drakkith]

Most users ever online was 75 on 09-18-2003 at 04:51 PM.

It would be fun to plan a time that everyone could jump on PF and we could have like a record of 1000 members on the board at once.

The above was in 2003.

PF is on a roll! :D

Update: New record! 6,665!

Update 2: Now it is 6,677 lol!

Last and final update: Now it is 6,680. I am going to stop because each time I look at it, the number just keeps increasing lol!

This is just recently. Amazing lol.

 

[Evo]

I remember one day and 27 members (not including guests) were online and I thought "now we've made it!"

 

[Drakkith]

I remember one day and 27 members (not including guests) were online and I thought "now we've made it!"

 

[edgar_veith]

What a great record!

 

[I_am_learning]

Does someone knows how these numbers compare with other popular forums?