dedicated server CONCURRENT connections query

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hi, my dedicated server can handle up to 40,000 concurrent connections. For a big website like google.com how much CONCURRENT connections would u say it has?

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Daniel, welcome to WMF.

The correct answer is 'as many as are needed'. Google uses servers in clusters. So that many servers act as one. If one dies, then no problem.

Mark Irving
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