[wp-hackers] Forum post: Huge server hits

[Matthew Mullenweg]

Owen Winkler wrote:
> I took large segments of your post, reworded some things, added a bunch, 
> and posted it here:
> 
> http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Ringmaster/WordPress_in_High_Traffic
> 
> Everyone please edit and extend.

I think it makes sense to put things in order of practicality. It's much 
easier to use gzip or install a caching plugin than changing your 
network interface or bandwidth peering arrangements. I *seriously* doubt 
that anyone who has asked about this in the forums was running into 
network card limitations.

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