Dell Server That Will Support One Million Concurrent Web Users

Online, December 10, 2012 (Newswire.com) - The exponential growth of the volume of pure data being transferred around the internet is having increasingly significant effects on the infrastructure which is crucial to the smooth running of the entire system.

With more people all over the world becoming used to being able to access many different types of data and stream a wide range of media, there is a constant and growing need for the providers of connection services to provide bigger capacities and faster networks - with one Dell server allegedly supporting as many as 1 million concurrent web users!

One server; one million users

A single Dell PowerEdge R620 server running the JMS Edition 3.5 platform on a TIBCO Enterprise Message Server recently managed to deliver ten messages per second to one million Web users. The server hardware involved twin 3.3GHz quad-core Xeon processors, 32GB RAM, dual 10Gb Ethernet cards and four 1Gb Ethernet network ports.

The significance of this is most evident when you consider that Kaazing use the HTML5 WebSocket standard to update live information to Web pages. This is the major consideration for users, especially if it means an increase in loading times and a faster, smoother online experience.

Mobile evolution

This level of service from webpages is expected in all scenarios and users no longer anticipate any change in their internet access when connecting via alternative means - such as portable media.

The explosion in the evolution of mobile devices is probably the single most important factor when it comes to the way in which the world of communications is changing. Today it isn't just the consumers in developed countries who expect access to the internet whenever and wherever they chose.

With 4G systems already established in some countries and the impact of their full scale implementation about to be felt in the UK, mobile access is becoming as important for business as it is for the tech savvy consumer. Ultimately, businesses want a reliable service which offers plenty of benefits and this means consistent support from servers and other integral instruments.

Whilst the strain is beginning to show in some quarters, news that Kaazing, one of Dell's pioneering HTML5 WebSocket technologies, have unveiled a new platform that allows a single server rack to handle 1 million concurrent users means problems may be short-lived.

The importance of servers

Of course not every company that runs a server will have components residing in their own server cabinets which match this kind of performance. Indeed, the more modest needs for more businesses means that speed of access is well within the parameters of existing cost effective hardware and software combinations.

It isn't just businesses that are interest in server systems anymore either. Domestic set-ups using a main server to connect a linked up home where media can be centrally stored and accessed from different locations are now more popular than ever and a prime area of growth for the future.

Companies such as Tough Rack are fully aware of these kind of development and have a range of hardware suited to just about every kind of setting and application you can think of. These are available at various price points which make setting up your own server a practical consideration, whatever your budget.