Mu Dynamics Research Labs » Blog Archive » Optimizing node.js/CouchDB apps with Studio Scale TestAs most of you probably know, the Slashdot Effect is caused by someone posting a link to Slashdot which triggers massive amounts of inbound requests that melts the web server. These days it could be Twitter, Reddit, HN, etc. To quote the Wikipedia: Few definitive numbers exist regarding the precise magnitude of the Slashdot effect, but estimates put the peak of the mass influx of page requests at
