[sverhagen]

Well, it looks like the sibling threads are very interested to know where the need comes from to even _have_ 1.2 million queries per second. How does that break down? How much is that just core functionality versus analytics and tracking?

[sean0-]

That's core functionality, not analytics. Nearly all of that is browsing, ordering, location updates, etc. The dismissive comments are amusing and show a lack of understanding of how the business works and, subsequently, the technology required to power the end-to-end flow for users.

[sverhagen]

Of course we don't know your business; we do back-of-envelope math based on our own experiences and of course a lot of assumptions about yours. Those numbers are just... impressive... or unbelievable... depending on where you're coming from.