Is it me or is MW slower ???

StangFlyer · 09-08-1999, 11:18 PM

No it's nothing on your end.

We are experiencing TREMENDOUS traffic on the site, especially during the mid day hours. During this time the server is so loaded it's starting to have problems. We just upgraded servers less than six months ago too, but traffic continues to increase. We are receiving 300,000 hits a day now. Since a lot of the features on the site are CGI driven, it's putting a huge toll on the CPU. During the mid afternoon, I checked the processes running and there were nearly 100 copies of the message board CGI modules alone running at any given instance! In addition, there were also over 30 child processes of Apache running simultaneously, with each instance handling like 50+ connections (if I remember correctly). And, it was like that for several hours, as I kept monitoring the system. YIKES! Looks like another upgrade will need to be in our not to distant future...

All I can tell you is that I am aware of the problem, and will hopefully come up with a solution soon.

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Dan McClain, Editor
The Mustang Works Online
1991 Mustang GT - 10.90 @ 122 Mph
Built, Blown, and Fast as Hell!

[This message has been edited by Dan McClain (edited 09-09-1999).]

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09-08-1999, 11:18 PM	#2
StangFlyer Founder Join Date: Jun 1995 Location: Michigan Posts: 19,326	No it's nothing on your end. We are experiencing TREMENDOUS traffic on the site, especially during the mid day hours. During this time the server is so loaded it's starting to have problems. We just upgraded servers less than six months ago too, but traffic continues to increase. We are receiving 300,000 hits a day now. Since a lot of the features on the site are CGI driven, it's putting a huge toll on the CPU. During the mid afternoon, I checked the processes running and there were nearly 100 copies of the message board CGI modules alone running at any given instance! In addition, there were also over 30 child processes of Apache running simultaneously, with each instance handling like 50+ connections (if I remember correctly). And, it was like that for several hours, as I kept monitoring the system. YIKES! Looks like another upgrade will need to be in our not to distant future... All I can tell you is that I am aware of the problem, and will hopefully come up with a solution soon. ------------------ Dan McClain, Editor The Mustang Works Online 1991 Mustang GT - 10.90 @ 122 Mph Built, Blown, and Fast as Hell! [This message has been edited by Dan McClain (edited 09-09-1999).]