Server Speed

[danperteet]

I've found the problem now, but I'm not going to be able to fix it until there's low traffic on the server. One of the sites on the same server has a table on the database that keeps getting locked (using MYSIAM), so I'm going to convert it to INNODB. However, that is going to take a lot of processing power so I'll do it when the server traffic is low

Or you could temporarily take the site down. When I take mine down I direct all traffic to an error message I store on a free hosting service basically telling people that the problem was expected and we will be back soon.

 

[Ian]

I've tweaked the MySQL and xcache configurations this morning to see if that helps the server load, and if not I'll go for a more powerful server and migrate some sites over

Or you could temporarily take the site down. When I take mine down I direct all traffic to an error message I store on a free hosting service basically telling people that the problem was expected and we will be back soon.

I've managed to convert all but one of the tables (a huge one) to innodb overnight, so I'm going to see how that works out along with the changes this morning. If worst comes to worst I might need to take the site offline for a few hours at some point.

 

[clifford_cooley]

Ive made two post that are not showing under the new post but yet the number of post went up.

https://www.w7forums.com/windows-7-64-bit-vs-32-bit-discussion-t483p2.html#post6625

 

[Ian]

Thanks Clifford, I'll fix that now. I made it so that the automatic discussion threads wouldn't show up there (as there isn't any content to the initial article discussion thread), but it doesn't really make sense as people can comment on them and would expect to see them in that list.

Should be sorted in 2 mins

 

[thedrunk]

just courious would a poweredge 2500sc be able to run a site liek this ?

 

[Ian]

just courious would a poweredge 2500sc be able to run a site liek this ?

I'm not sure what the specs of that server are, but the one currently powering the site is a Dual Xeon 3.2Ghz, 2GB Ram and 2 x 73GB SCSI disks. It's a mid range server and seems to be holding up ok since some tweaks were made last week

 

[thedrunk]

I'm not sure what the specs of that server are, but the one currently powering the site is a Dual Xeon 3.2Ghz, 2GB Ram and 2 x 73GB SCSI disks. It's a mid range server and seems to be holding up ok since some tweaks were made last week

WOW almost my 500sc is a 2.6Ghz but dual proc along with 2Ghz ram ( have liek 6 unchecked ecc 1G sticks, two 320 scsi along with a single IDE to run windows server 2000. I am new to running servers and wish I could get hands on W7 server

Well I might just through it out if any one who is experienced in running servers want to mentor me in operations and set up I am a fast learner and could really use the help.....

 

[Ian]

Well I might just through it out if any one who is experienced in running servers want to mentor me in operations and set up I am a fast learner and could really use the help.....

If you make a new thread outlining what you'd like to do with your server (i.e. hosting websites, file server, etc...) and I'm sure we can point you in the right direction

 

[Ian]

Just as an update to the server speeds, I've been monitoring it over the last few days and the server seems to lag at 12AM and 2AM every night. Yesterday I found out what was causing the 2AM lag and put steps in place to fix that, which seem to have worked (it was one of the scheduled tasks in a vbulletin forum mod).

I just need to find out what is causing the midnight CPU spike and then it should be problem free

 

[Ian]

Server loads are still high, so I've got a new server and I'm spreading the sites over This should speed the site up considerably during the day

 

[clifford_cooley]

Thats great - Out of curiosity what did you buy

 

[Ian]

Is the same server again, but there will be much less on it A dual Xeon 3.2, 2GB Ram, 2x73GB SCSI disks.

The old server went down today for about an hour tonight (1AM GMT here), so it can't arrive soon enough. It looks like there is a HUGE spike in load at midnight each day so it should be better tomorrow once I've moved some sites over.

Sorry about this folks!

 

[danperteet]

I thought the downtime was you moving the files over. But I'm glad to hear you got a new server. If your keeping the old one maybe you can make one of them a database server and the other one the actual webserver. That would balance the load over two servers.

 

[clifford_cooley]

I wasn't going to say anything at first. I decided if there was a problem with the server, I should report it. W7Forums and TechieHQ around 12:00AM to 1:00AM UTC did not want to load for me at all. IE8 timed out several times while attempting.

 

[Ian]

Thanks Clifford, I'll check the server logs later on today and see if anything happened then

 

[clifford_cooley]

Received an error again today

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\w7forums.com\httpdocs\includes\class_core.php on line 408

Same time as before, I noticed abit of a slow spell yesterday same time but didn't result in an error.

6:11 PM Central Time
12:11 AM UTC

 

[danperteet]

I think it may be time to move the server somewhere else.
The planet seems to have slow spells a lot with a lot of people.

 

[clifford_cooley]

Pluto would be good for overclocking

 

[danperteet]

Pluto would be good for overclocking

Ok, I get it. The planet. hahaha.

 

[Ian]

I'll check this server problem out on Monday and see what I can find Posting the exact time like that is a huge help and as I can look up the problem in the server logs very quickly