Is a million users hitting one file on the server the same as a million users hitting a million different files?

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 22 '10 at 22:44

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It depends on the web server.

However, static files are likely to be cached in memory, so I would assume that 1 million users accessing the same file will be faster.

answered Apr 22 '10 at 22:44

SLaks

What if its a dynamic file thats doing processing on the request coming in? the file basically acts as a gateway file. – Faisal Abid Apr 22 '10 at 22:47
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Then the performance would _probably_ equivalent. However, you should measure. – SLaks Apr 22 '10 at 22:49
Thats what i was thinking because to the server a million files or one million instances of that same file is the same thing. Ill try to measure the usage and see what happens. – Faisal Abid Apr 22 '10 at 22:53

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 22 '10 at 22:53

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Depends on server configuration and software. You'll need to measure.

answered Apr 22 '10 at 22:53

Paul Nathan

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