Originally Posted by Gj
3) Simple file requests don't put much strain on a server.
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I'd be quite surprised if they're even hosted on the same machine as the rest. It's pretty trivial to put up a HTTP proxy that split requests based on path to different machines and load balance it.
Pure speculation (as almost everything else in this thread) of course, but it makes no sense to put static and dynamic content on the same server if you have these numbers of visitors.