3135 Views 685 million web requests
Link: http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/usage/
The IEM web farm set a milestone for daily web traffic on Monday 13 October with just under 685 million requests. This was due to the large storm system over the southern plains. The servers appeared to keep up with this demand and had some capacity to spare. Here is a listing of previous milestones set:
17 Jun 2001: 1 25 Jun 2001: 1000 19 Sep 2001: 10000 19 Mar 2004: 100000 25 May 2005: 200000 30 May 2006: 500000 29 Nov 2006: 1000000 24 Feb 2007: 2000000 17 Oct 2007: 3000000 5 Feb 2008: 4000000 27 May 2008: 5000000 5 Jun 2008: 8000000 15 Jul 2009: 10000000 7 Jan 2010: 15000000 29 Jan 2010: 16000000 9 Feb 2010: 18000000 23 Apr 2010: 19000000 24 Apr 2010: 22000000 14 May 2010: 23000000 23 Jun 2010: 28000000 23 Jul 2010: 31000000 26 Oct 2010: 34000000 9 Jan 2011: 39000000 31 Jan 2011: 45000000 1 Feb 2011: 64000000 26 Apr 2011: 73000000 27 Apr 2011: 78000000 28 Aug 2011: 91000000 18 Feb 2012: 98800000 29 Feb 2012: 106000000 2 Mar 2012: 178000000 14 Apr 2012: 220000000 9 Jul 2012: 271000000 14 Jul 2012: 279000000 15 Jul 2012: 292000000 18 Jul 2012: 321000000 19 May 2013: 372000000 20 May 2013: 389000000 21 May 2013: 469000000 20 Jul 2013: 545000000 27 Jul 2014: 579000000 13 Oct 2014: 685000000
And graphically with a log y-axis.
1358 Views 579 million web requests
Link: http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/usage/
The IEM website set a personal milestone for daily web traffic on Sunday servicing just over 579 million requests. This was a result of the wide spread severe weather over the eastern United States. Here is a listing of previous milestones:
17 Jun 2001: 1 25 Jun 2001: 1000 19 Sep 2001: 10000 19 Mar 2004: 100000 25 May 2005: 200000 30 May 2006: 500000 29 Nov 2006: 1000000 24 Feb 2007: 2000000 17 Oct 2007: 3000000 5 Feb 2008: 4000000 27 May 2008: 5000000 5 Jun 2008: 8000000 15 Jul 2009: 10000000 7 Jan 2010: 15000000 29 Jan 2010: 16000000 9 Feb 2010: 18000000 23 Apr 2010: 19000000 24 Apr 2010: 22000000 14 May 2010: 23000000 23 Jun 2010: 28000000 23 Jul 2010: 31000000 26 Oct 2010: 34000000 9 Jan 2011: 39000000 31 Jan 2011: 45000000 1 Feb 2011: 64000000 26 Apr 2011: 73000000 27 Apr 2011: 78000000 28 Aug 2011: 91000000 18 Feb 2012: 98800000 29 Feb 2012: 106000000 2 Mar 2012: 178000000 14 Apr 2012: 220000000 9 Jul 2012: 271000000 14 Jul 2012: 279000000 15 Jul 2012: 292000000 18 Jul 2012: 321000000 19 May 2013: 372000000 20 May 2013: 389000000 21 May 2013: 469000000 20 Jul 2013: 545000000 27 Jul 2014: 579000000
And this plotted with a logarithmic y-axis:
