The session table in the database also contains information about all active visitors/members.
That it does, in detail as well I love it. Use this table while those you suspect bots or humans are on, you can view all sorts of handy data which is why Dave mentioned it!
If you do happen to get hammered though... if session table has over 30,000 entries that is when you will start to experience issues and that would mean its not bots but you're site is being targeted. You can truncate the table using sql query and alleviate the stress on the site but all those who were logged on or navigating will no longer be doing what they were prior i.e. after you truncate the session table its basically like kicking everyone out humeans/bots/members/non-members with a huge boot! DO NOT do this if only 4k visitors that does not seem hacker/mal bot related.
08-28-2015, 11:27 PM
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