How to I process one million hits a minute?
owkaye: Business Detail #3: ONE MILLION HITS A MINUTE MAXEach bidder who remains online and participates during the auction may submit as many as 5 new bids per minute, thus requiring the server to "deal with" as many as one million hits a minute.The auction structure is atypical because the the highest unique bid at auction's end wins, and the bidding range is limited to 0-10% of the item's true market value.