By segarianer1 on

Hi everybody!

We are currently searching a CMF (Drupal, Zend Framework, Django) for a huge project, which will have around 7000 logged in (!) users. It would be really cool if Drupal could handle such an amount of active users, but I am sceptical because I have often read that 250 logged in users is the best case scenario, the database requests seem to be the problem. We would use only the most important modules, not more than five. Our question is if it makes sense to choose Drupal for such a project. The most important Drupal sites are used by famous names like MTV, but they havent got a huge user base like hotornot.com, or have they?

Our hardware:

#1 Managed Switch Pro:

Cisco WS-2960G-48TC-L, 10/100/1.000 Mbit/s

#3 Node-Cluster: 2 WebServer, 1 dbServer

Server

* 2× Intel® Quad-Core Xeon® E5450 2× (4× 3.00 GHz, 12 MB L2 Cache), 1.333 MHz FSB
* 16.384 MB FB 667 MHz RAM
* 6× 146 GB SAS, 15.000 U/Min. RAID5

#Loadbalancer:

Loadbalancer F5 BIG IP 1500 (dedicated)

Thanks for any help! :)

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x

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VM commented

A) you are posting in a deprecated forum where there is very little traffic left beyond those that don't seem to notice that these forums are marked deprecated.

B) There are Drupal sites that serve more then 7000 authenticated users. what you've read in a negative light are usually those who are on a shared server.

There are many ways to optimze drupal and the database server to handle the load you want. However you can feel free to benchmark drupal using the devel.module and other tools available.

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rernst commented

I'd just like to point out that the 'High Performance' group on g.d.o makes a reference to this forum. Perhaps removing it would reduce the number of posts here. So would removing the ability to post to this forum, for that matter :S

It's still in my RSS reader: that's the only reason I noticed this post.

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kbahey commented

Do you mean 7000 users logged in at the same time, or a total of 7000 users in the database?

For sure Drupal can handle more than 7000 users. I have personally seen sites with more than 200,000 users registered.
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segarianer1 commented

Hi!

No, 7000 logged in at the SAME time. :)

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Suri.CMS commented

Many people say that Drupal can handle any number of anonymous users, but not the logged-in users.
Is that true ? Has it changed with Drupal 6 version ?

Have you seen any sites where 10,000 users login at same time ??
Can Drupal 6 handle it ? (Assuming we have a decent dedicated server)

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VM commented

A single dedicated server ?

I doubt it. drupal.org uses more power then that Userbase it supports.

Though the question actually becomes how many other if any php scripts that use a Database can support 10,000 logged in users on a single dedicated server.

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Suri.CMS commented

Yeah, 10,000 logged-in users may be too much ask for single server.

I am just wondering how many logged-in users (approx) Drupal 6 can handle on a single dedicated server (Dual Processor Dual Core Intel - 2.33 GHz Cores, 4 GB 667 MHz FB-DIMM Memory). Assuming that core Drupal modules are used and not more than 5 additional modules installed.

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VM commented

it depends on the modules and what they use resource wise.

Ultimatley Drupal is dependant on your DB and how its setup, optimized and the like more so then everything else if I understand everything correctly.

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gdtechindia commented

It will depend on the modules you are using. There are a couple of modules which help to speed up the site by caching blocks for logged in users as well. I guess for better performance, only caching can work good. Also, if the DB is optimized, things can be much easier to be supported.

We were also having problems with our website. The anonymous users are having good access while the logged in users see slow website.

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