SeeStars@lemmy.world to Lemmy.World Announcements@lemmy.world · 2 years agoBREAKING: REDDIT IS DOWNlockimgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square328fedilinkarrow-up1919arrow-down119cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1900arrow-down1external-linkBREAKING: REDDIT IS DOWNlockimgur.comSeeStars@lemmy.world to Lemmy.World Announcements@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square328fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarerelative_iteratorlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoMaybe related to dynamic scaling on their servers? Not sure how typical a large drop-off in traffic is to a site as big as reddit.
minus-squarehonk@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoHow would a drop in traffic bring a site down? That doesn‘t make any sense.
minus-squarerelative_iteratorlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoCould have been too aggressive in auto-scaling down?
minus-squarehonk@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoOkay…i guess that could make sense. Maybe they scaled down agressively and then all the media attention generated a lot more traffic than anticipated.
minus-squarerelative_iteratorlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoYeah there could be some large fluctuations up and down. Not my area of expertise though.
Maybe related to dynamic scaling on their servers? Not sure how typical a large drop-off in traffic is to a site as big as reddit.
How would a drop in traffic bring a site down? That doesn‘t make any sense.
Could have been too aggressive in auto-scaling down?
Okay…i guess that could make sense. Maybe they scaled down agressively and then all the media attention generated a lot more traffic than anticipated.
Yeah there could be some large fluctuations up and down. Not my area of expertise though.