why would they want to tweak their end to prevent the problems we're currently having?
See, I'm cynical in a different way. I think the chances of any host tweaking their servers, that other accounts reside on, for us is slim to none.
Wesley: Illyria can be...difficult. Testing her might be hard without getting someone seriously hurt. Angel: We'll make Spike do it. Wesley: Good.
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Do you have problems, concerns or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
Kristen - Oct 21, 2003 7:28:48 pm PDT #5415 of 10000
Jon B. - Oct 21, 2003 7:29:24 pm PDT #5416 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
But how do we determine that ahead of time?
I dunno? Ask them? I'm just thinking out loud here. There doesn't seem to be an easy answer.
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2003 7:50:57 pm PDT #5417 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm not sure, if we're warning them up front that we're a risk to their other customers, what their motivation is.
As for the test:
I was not able to open two mysql connections to our database immediately after the board shut down, and then at 5, 10, and 15 minutes. Once I closed the first commandline client down, I could open the other one.
Rob, Tom, I have the db_status from them.
Kristen, I know there's nothing they'll do for us now, so you might want to mention this to them as free feedback. If their connection closing timeout is longer than fifteen minutes, I doubt it's a good use of their resources.
Rob - Oct 21, 2003 7:59:27 pm PDT #5418 of 10000
I'd like to see the db_status. If nothing else, it will let me calculate about how much we'd spend for MySQL connections via dreamhost.
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2003 8:01:12 pm PDT #5419 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Insent, Rob.
Also to Tom.
Rob - Oct 21, 2003 8:16:14 pm PDT #5420 of 10000
db_status tells us we do 6.84 MySQL connections per second. At that rate, we'd spend $2091.16 a month on extra conueries at Dreamhost.
Astarte - Oct 21, 2003 8:20:58 pm PDT #5421 of 10000
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
See, I just don't see how that could be possible, with the number of members posting.
Am I nuts?
Rob - Oct 21, 2003 8:27:23 pm PDT #5422 of 10000
I can see it being true, since at the request of IH we put in explicit closes for each MySQL connection. Each page can open and close a number of connections. In my testing on my machine, I'd see four or five connections opened and closed per message center view.
Cashmere - Oct 21, 2003 9:55:30 pm PDT #5423 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I don't know what kind of tweaking went on while I was asleep, but I haven't had a single error message since I came back here around 2:45 a.m. EST.
Cashmere - Oct 21, 2003 10:16:46 pm PDT #5424 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
and I spoke too soon--I did get a few errors. They are appearing less, though. But that could just be the low traffic at this time of night.