Semi-important request - Page generation times

[Q]

Do you think Steve will want to discuss this with me ....personally???

 

[insiderhosting]

Page generated in 0.15747297 seconds with 19 queries (homepage)
Keep in mind that the search function will yield results which can be substantially higher than 1 second because of the size of the search index table.

-Steven

 

[Q]

guess not....

 

[samcurry]

Hi Steven

fury the only thing ive really noticed is the server load. at one point today it was over 5

 

[fury]

Keep in mind that the search function will yield results which can be substantially higher than 1 second because of the size of the search index table.

Yes, this is what I was going to say, except in different words. It's not exactly easy to look through ~125,000 searchable words to find, among nearly 150,000 posts, around 1.3 million matches...

 

[Q]

I never use the search function. I just remember stuff.

 

[Gonz]

opening LL

Page generated in 11.29268003 seconds with 20 queries.
[Server Load: 3.32 » 1.90 : 1.52]

 

[unclehobart]

opening the kk: http://www.otcentral.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=10

Page generated in 11.34901094 seconds with 21 queries.

 

[PT]

This thread.

Page generated in 1.23578703 seconds with 29 queries.

I'm usually in the .15 - .30 range.

 

[Gonz]

here...

page load time is okay but look at that load

Page generated in 0.70537996 seconds with 28 queries.
[Server Load: 5.83 » 3.73 : 3.22]

 

[PT]

I can't see those numbers.

 

[unclehobart]

..or know what they mean.

 

[fury]

Server load is basically the average number of processes (typically two processes are created for each page view on the server) that are waiting on CPU time per second. The first load number is the average of the last minute, the second is the average within the last 5 minutes, and the third is the average within the last 15.

Because they're so confusing, they are only shown to admins. Lucky us, eh?

 

[unclehobart]

What causes such gummy bottlenecks?

 

[fury]

Typically, if the server is well-configured, and there are no rogue scripts running amok taking all the resources, just a lot of page views in a short amount of time can cause a high load average number. But a high load average doesn't necessarily mean that the server is overloaded. A combination of a high load average, low CPU idle percentage, and high memory usage is indicative of an overloaded server. Technically this server could be called borderline at some times, but there have been very few load spikes and most of the time, page generation times are consistent. In fact they're the lowest I've ever seen for our site. Remember when everyone would usually get 1 second or higher on thread pages?

 

[samcurry]

I member them times....eiw...

 

[fury]

Page generated in 1.95893395 seconds with 25 queries. Index page just now.

Page generated in 1.45864606 seconds with 20 queries. Bomb Shelter right after that.

 

[fury]

5.76, redirection page after starting a new thread in the Real World

 

[unclehobart]

8.33611798 seconds with 24 queries. Accessing the donut thread in the Real World.... followed by an 11 second hit just trying to enter the Lunatic Lounge to report it.

 

[unclehobart]

OMG. 27.125 seconds trying to open a RW thread.
Page generated in 95.82006097 seconds with 24 queries. trying to enter the main page.
Page generated in 71.27336597 seconds with 21 queries. trying to enter the LL.
Page generated in 2.96496904 seconds with 24 queries. trying to enter this thread.