Below is a report for the last week on how often the [[Chemstry]] page took more than five seconds to load, according to my script.
Response times above five seconds can be considered as down time, since the website feels so slow that users start to abandon it. However, no actual down time was recorded this week. (Let's recall how phase II worked, and bless the current blitz performance.)
The [[Chemistry]] page is rather short and simple, and should be served as fast as the network can carry it. If the server spends several seconds on each serving of this page, it will seem very busy. The sooner it can get the page out of its hands, the better.
Mon, Nov 11, 18% Tue, Nov 12, 8% Wed, Nov 13, 10% Thu, Nov 14, 2% Fri, Nov 15, 4% Sat, Nov 16, 2% Sun, Nov 17, 4% Mon, Nov 18, 6% Tue, Nov 19, 7%
Around the clock (UTC time) over all days:
00:00 - 01:59 8% (7-9 pm EST, 4-6 pm PST) 02 6% (9-11 pm EST, 6-8 pm PST) 04 3% 06 3% 08 0% 10 0% 12 8% (7-9 am EST, 4-6 am PST) 14 6% (9-11 am EST, 6-8 am PST) 16 15% (11 am - 1 pm EST, 8-10 am PST) 18 11% (1-3 pm EST, 10-12 am PST) 20 9% (3-5 pm EST, 12-2 pm PST) 22:00 - 23:59 18% (5-7 pm EST, 2-4 pm PST)
Conclusion: Europeans should use Wikipedia in the morning. At noon, the Americans wake up and the site gets bogged down.