Optimizing a VPS for Getting Dugg | Hopeless Geek
www.hopelessgeek.com/2006/03/21/optimizing-a-vps-for-getting-dugg
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So after Mac Geekery had a few fleeting moments on Digg’s front page and pretty much killed the server for the rest of the day, I looked into what could be done on this setup to make things work a little better for getting hit.