If the requests arrive faster than the site can handle, the work queue is infinitely getting longer at a rate of the speed difference between requesting and servicing.
BestBunny
In addition to the work queue getting longer at a rate of the speed difference as mentioned by @yeq, a request rate that is much higher than the service rate can result in requests being dropped --> potentially a denial of service attack.
mario
Eventually, if requests keep arriving and the work queue does not get smaller, we will start dropping requests once the queue is full.
If the requests arrive faster than the site can handle, the work queue is infinitely getting longer at a rate of the speed difference between requesting and servicing.
In addition to the work queue getting longer at a rate of the speed difference as mentioned by @yeq, a request rate that is much higher than the service rate can result in requests being dropped --> potentially a denial of service attack.
Eventually, if requests keep arriving and the work queue does not get smaller, we will start dropping requests once the queue is full.