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Solution for Slashdot Effect?

Anyone who's ever had their website linked on the Slashdot homepage is no doubt aware of the so-called "Slashdot effect" -- the sudden, huge rush of traffic that follows such a posting, often resulting in overloaded servers. Now, Mirrordot, a new project from the founders of network security firm Edgeos, is seeking to alleviate the Slashdot effect by automatically mirroring any website linked on the Slashdot homepage.

Read the whole story at Wired, October 1, 2004 »

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