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

How are the images to be served? Are the images generated on the fly? or are they static and stored as .jpg or other format on the file system?

Either way, I'd use ASP.NET .ashx (generic handlers) and use the System.Drawing classes.

You'll also want to setup TCP/IP Network Load Balancing per http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323431