The network infrastructure of the UK's Web-based news services faces its biggest challenge yet from the immense volume of online coverage of the conflict in Iraq, according to application switching specialist Radware.
Web news service typically plan their network capacities to cope with peak demand, but few have contingency plans in place for instances of that anticipated peak demand being exceeded. The Iraqi conflict will dominate news services for its duration, but the acute capacity pressure lies in the colossal volume of server requests for particular stories as they 'break'.
"Major world events have caused news Web sites to freeze and be made inactive because of the sheer volume of server requests made and the volume of network traffic it creates. News from Iraq will create the same frenzy of interest, but the network pressure will be sustained and is likely to cause unprecedented peak in demand for news about major incidents," said Dominic Byrne, Regional Director for Radware in northern Europe.
"The challenge for those running the news services' networks is to create the highest possible availability without investing in too much capacity for normal demand periods. Bandwidth is expensive and advanced network infrastructure is expensive. Organisations can save money and management time by deploying solutions that focus on ensuring application uptime and cost effective network utilisation ," he added.
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