How can I detect and survive being “Slashdotted”?

Question

What\'s a good way to survive abnormally high traffic spikes?

My thought is that at some trigger, my website should temporarily switch into a \"low bandwidth\" mode: swi

Answer 1

There are a number of ways this can be done, or at least helped. Search Google for "slashdot-proof" and you'll find a number of them:

• Slashdot-proof your server with FreeCache - Boing Boing
• Simple Thoughts Blog is now Slashdot Proof

etc.