How to build an image web server?

Question

I am trying to build an web image server. It serves images to lots of clients(10 thousands+) simultaneously. (It will be a easier problem if there is fewer clients.) What is a g

Answer 1

With that many clients, you may want to look into using a content delivery network (such as Akamai). On the surface it might seem expensive, but if you really look at the cost of maintaining the hardware and particularly the cost of bandwidth, it starts to make economic sense.