top | item 45384979 (no title) ralegh | 5 months ago DoS is a performance problem, if your server was infinitely fast with infinite storage they wouldnt be an issue. discuss order hn newest motorest|5 months ago > DoS is a performance problemNot really. Running out of computational resources to fulfill requests is not a performance issue. Think of thinks such as exhausting a connection pool. More often than not, some components of a system can't scale horizontally. indymike|5 months ago It is actually a financial problem too. Servers stop working when the bill goes unpaid. Sad but true. lomase|5 months ago If my gandma had wheels it would be a car.
motorest|5 months ago > DoS is a performance problemNot really. Running out of computational resources to fulfill requests is not a performance issue. Think of thinks such as exhausting a connection pool. More often than not, some components of a system can't scale horizontally.
indymike|5 months ago It is actually a financial problem too. Servers stop working when the bill goes unpaid. Sad but true.
motorest|5 months ago
Not really. Running out of computational resources to fulfill requests is not a performance issue. Think of thinks such as exhausting a connection pool. More often than not, some components of a system can't scale horizontally.
indymike|5 months ago
lomase|5 months ago