WC Personal Pages Continued
Good news and Bad news
Monday, May 22, 2006 by T-Man | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Well, it appears that our database servers performed much better while the personal pages were off. Not only was the database happier but we saw a significant increase in traffic to WinCustomize because there were less problems. So its good that we have seen our traffic increase. But its bad because it means there is a problem with the personal pages that is causing significant database congestion.
So here is the plan. Later today (around 3:00) we plan on turning the personal pages back on for a short time (about an hour). During this time we are going to be profiling database activity so we can try to find the problematic areas. Then we will turn the Personal Pages back off until we can get the problem(s) corrected. But since we do not know the exact cause of the problem we do not know for sure how long they will be down. We will keep you informed.
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Reply #6 Monday, May 22, 2006 5:39 PM
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That's what I got trying to read this thread 
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Reply #8 Monday, May 22, 2006 6:19 PM
Glad I did not post my tutorial images on my personal pages! 
Taking a break for a good bit anyway, so will check back later this summer...
Have a good summer all!
Reply #9 Monday, May 22, 2006 6:20 PM
Reply #10 Monday, May 22, 2006 11:51 PM
site o.k. but needs to be better
so must open it up and fix it
before...
So we've just gotta hang
'til techs are done and
it's better than ever...?
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Reply #12 Tuesday, May 23, 2006 7:19 AM
This may be displaying my ignorance in these matters, but why not put the personal pages on a different server?
This wouldn't solve our problem because each website is tied directly to the same main database. The database is the key point where all websites rely upon it to function well. When the database is unhappy, the websites are unhappy. If a website, such as the personal pages, causes the database to perform poorly, then this causes a cascading effect for all of the websites. As mentioned by Brad (frogboy), a new super database server is on the way, and this will help a little, but ultimately, fixing the cause of the problem is the best solution. This is why the personal pages must be addressed, as there is only so much hardware you can upgrade until the problem pops up again.
Reply #13 Tuesday, May 23, 2006 7:21 AM
We have identified some problematic areas in our code and we are working on them to refine them. I suspect that we will do another test later today to test the changes we make.
| This may be displaying my ignorance in these matters, but why not put the personal pages on a different server? |
THe problem is not with the server that the website is on, the problem is with the way the website interacts with the central database.
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Reply #19 Tuesday, May 23, 2006 6:46 PM
| When the database is unhappy, the websites are unhappy. |
Sounds like my house. "When Momma's unhappy (the wife) everybody's unhappy"
Let me know how you fix it so I can try it here.
Reply #20 Tuesday, May 23, 2006 7:11 PM
| Let me know how you fix it so I can try it here |
I don't know about your house Po' . . but if I brought a faster, newer "server" I don't think it would even help that she were 12 times the size of my current "server", I believe the site would crash hard. Real hard.
And as for optimizing the existing "server" . . not something I'm EVER going to try again.
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Reply #1 Monday, May 22, 2006 12:37 PM