Re: anyone using Webcat 4.x in production?
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texte = Jym Duane wrote:> we have been testing our auction site more this week. > i believe some of these issues are showing up.HERE ARE UPDATES all items seenm to have been on our end. so otherwise LINUX 4.0 seems ok (except issues alreadyy fixed in 4.02)> > > Dale LaFountain wrote: > > > Hi webcats, > > > > Is anyone else out there running Webcat 4.x on their production > > server yet? If so, how well is it working for you? > > > > We have made a couple runs at upgrading, but have been forced to > > revert to 3.0.8 every time due to various problems (we're running > > Webstar 4.2, OS9.0.4 on a 256MB G4/500 with 160MB allocated to > > webstar). Webcatalog 4.x (4.0.2b6 most recently) works just great on > > a development server, but as soon as it's hit with a production-load > > of requests (30,000+ page requests/day) webcatalog will do several > > Bad Things(tm): > > > > - sporadically serve pages very slowly, often to the point that > > Powerkey thinks webstar is dead and reboots it (>60 sec response for > > over 5 minutes). If given enough time running at an extremely slow > > serving speeds (2-10 minutes), webstar often recovers from maxed out > > connections and begins serving normally again. > > i saw this once today.Seems to have been browser issue.> > > - sporadically forget where databases are located. Reloading the > > same page always gets rid of the problem, but it happens quite often > > on busy databases (like a banners.db that is incremented on every > > page request). > > > > - sporadically neglect to replace or append information to a > > specified database, likely because the database could not be found on > > that particular request or sub-request. I have seen the banners.db > > not found three times on a single page (3 db not found errors > > displayed), and then have the template find banners.db correctly > > below in the same request. > > we are suspecting this for several strange problems we are seeing. > but i cannot totally rule out code yet in that there is sequencing that might need > better code to essure no errors. > we do get sporatic blank appends.I have fixed by changing sequence and search sequence.> > > > -- > Affordable - Powerful - Internet > Jym Duane -President - CyberLive, Inc. > Phone: (949) 443-1323 Fax: (949)443-1360 > Email: sales@cyberlive.com Web: http://www.cyberlive.com > 34700 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 306, Capistrano Beach, CA 92624 > > ############################################################# > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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Jym Duane wrote:> we have been testing our auction site more this week. > i believe some of these issues are showing up.HERE ARE UPDATES all items seenm to have been on our end. so otherwise LINUX 4.0 seems ok (except issues alreadyy fixed in 4.02)> > > Dale LaFountain wrote: > > > Hi webcats, > > > > Is anyone else out there running Webcat 4.x on their production > > server yet? If so, how well is it working for you? > > > > We have made a couple runs at upgrading, but have been forced to > > revert to 3.0.8 every time due to various problems (we're running > > Webstar 4.2, OS9.0.4 on a 256MB G4/500 with 160MB allocated to > > webstar). Webcatalog 4.x (4.0.2b6 most recently) works just great on > > a development server, but as soon as it's hit with a production-load > > of requests (30,000+ page requests/day) webcatalog will do several > > Bad Things(tm): > > > > - sporadically serve pages very slowly, often to the point that > > Powerkey thinks webstar is dead and reboots it (>60 sec response for > > over 5 minutes). If given enough time running at an extremely slow > > serving speeds (2-10 minutes), webstar often recovers from maxed out > > connections and begins serving normally again. > > i saw this once today.Seems to have been browser issue.> > > - sporadically forget where databases are located. Reloading the > > same page always gets rid of the problem, but it happens quite often > > on busy databases (like a banners.db that is incremented on every > > page request). > > > > - sporadically neglect to replace or append information to a > > specified database, likely because the database could not be found on > > that particular request or sub-request. I have seen the banners.db > > not found three times on a single page (3 db not found errors > > displayed), and then have the template find banners.db correctly > > below in the same request. > > we are suspecting this for several strange problems we are seeing. > but i cannot totally rule out code yet in that there is sequencing that might need > better code to essure no errors. > we do get sporatic blank appends.I have fixed by changing sequence and search sequence.> > > > -- > Affordable - Powerful - Internet > Jym Duane -President - CyberLive, Inc. > Phone: (949) 443-1323 Fax: (949)443-1360 > Email: sales@cyberlive.com Web: http://www.cyberlive.com > 34700 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 306, Capistrano Beach, CA 92624 > > ############################################################# > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to > Send administrative queries to -- Affordable - Powerful - Internet Jym Duane -President - CyberLive, Inc. Phone: (949) 443-1323 Fax: (949)443-1360 Email: sales@cyberlive.com Web: http://www.cyberlive.com 34700 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 306, Capistrano Beach, CA 92624############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to
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