[IMC-Tech] Website Slow and Cranky

Zachary C. Miller zach at chambana.net
Tue Feb 28 13:50:25 CST 2006


Yep. At 51 minutes past every hour you'll see about 1 minute of downtime. 

51 * * * * /home/wolfgang/bin/apache-restart >> /var/log/apache-restart.log 2>&1

Jay Schubert wrote:
> Is the web server still being bounced every hour?  I've noticed that it
> seems to stop responding / appear to slow way down between ten-to-the-hour
> and about five-to-the-hour (xx:50 - xx:55).  Books to Prisoners notices this
> because on Thursdays and Saturdays we are continuously using our web
> applications for several hours.  It appears that Mikes email came-in right
> around this same time this morning (9:52).
> 
> - Jay
> 
> On 2/28/06, Zachary C. Miller <zach at chambana.net> wrote:
> >
> > The website is quick and uncranky for me and server-status doesn't
> > show any flood of requests in progress. Either the attack has ended or
> > someone silently fixed it. Anyone got a report on what you did to fix?
> >
> > Mike Lehman wrote:
> > > David,
> > > Please add "baccarat" to the forbidden word list.
> > >
> > > I just purged a slew of "baccarat" ads, so I suspect we're being
> > > bombarded with ads again. I presume most go to the memory hole, thanks
> > > to David's work, but the flood may be slowing the server as a whole in
> > > the process.
> > > Mike Lehman
> > >
> > > Mike Lehman wrote:
> > >
> > > > The website has been acting up this morning, very slow and cranky.
> > I've
> > > > dumped my cookies and logged back in several times, which usually
> > helps.
> > > > However, things just seem to get slower and iffier. Could someone take
> > a
> > > > look and see what's up?
> > > > Mike Lehman
> > >
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> 
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> Jay

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