Re: Severe Slowness

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2005

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 61734
interpreted = N
texte = TanaThere was an issue with one of the WebDNA builds, I'm not sure which one it was, the problem was solved in 2 ways.Make sure that triggers and emailer are selected for EACH sandboxORGet the patch to fix it :)On 12/04/2005, at 12:19 AM, Tana Adams wrote:> Thank you, John!>> I did enable the debug log but couldn't find anything strange. I'll> definitely try your other two suggestions as well.>> Tana>> -----Original Message-----> From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of> John Peacock> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 5:05 AM> To: WebDNA Talk> Subject: Re: Severe Slowness>>> Tana Adams wrote:>> My question is, if restarting the WebCat Engine temporarily helps, >> does it>> usually mean it's a coding issue? Or is it possible it could be a> hardware>> issue?>> It's possible that you have a spider stuck in your web. ;-)>> Seriously, make sure you have a robots.txt file in the root of all of > your> sites> with an appropriate stanza to keep them out of areas where they don't > belong> (this is usually the order entry part of the site). Not all robots > will> obey> that file, but it should keep the noise down to an acceptable whine.>> Secondly, when you notice the slowdown, check to see what hosts are> connected to> your system (netstat works for both Windows and *nix or OS/X, don't > know> about> classic Mac). See if you have lots of connections from a few IP's or > lots> of> connections from all over.>> Thirdly, temporarily enable the Debug log (in the Preferences), which > logs> every> single page requested, just prior to returning it to the client. Make > sure> you> have lots of diskspace and turn the debugging off when you have > captured> enough> to analyze (this _will_ slow your system down further, but it is very> valuable> information). Once you have a file, look at what is being requested. > This> will> sometimes show where you have coding errors and it will also show if a> single IP> address is requesting the same thing over and over (an error in your > logical> flow that has captured a spider).>> HTH>> John>>> --> John Peacock> Director of Information Research and Technology> Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group> 4720 Boston Way> Lanham, MD 20706> 301-459-3366 x.5010> fax 301-429-5747>> -------------------------------------------------------------> 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> > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> 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 > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>>RegardsStuart Tremainidfk web developments114a/40 yeo street neutral bay 2089 australiat +612 9908 2134f +612 9908 4837-------------------------------------------------------------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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Severe Slowness ( Stuart Tremain 2005)
Re: Severe Slowness ( "Tana Adams" 2005)
Re: Severe Slowness ( John Peacock 2005)
Severe Slowness ( "Tana Adams" 2005)

TanaThere was an issue with one of the WebDNA builds, I'm not sure which one it was, the problem was solved in 2 ways.Make sure that triggers and emailer are selected for EACH sandboxORGet the patch to fix it :)On 12/04/2005, at 12:19 AM, Tana Adams wrote:> Thank you, John!>> I did enable the debug log but couldn't find anything strange. I'll> definitely try your other two suggestions as well.>> Tana>> -----Original Message-----> From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of> John Peacock> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 5:05 AM> To: WebDNA Talk> Subject: Re: Severe Slowness>>> Tana Adams wrote:>> My question is, if restarting the WebCat Engine temporarily helps, >> does it>> usually mean it's a coding issue? Or is it possible it could be a> hardware>> issue?>> It's possible that you have a spider stuck in your web. ;-)>> Seriously, make sure you have a robots.txt file in the root of all of > your> sites> with an appropriate stanza to keep them out of areas where they don't > belong> (this is usually the order entry part of the site). Not all robots > will> obey> that file, but it should keep the noise down to an acceptable whine.>> Secondly, when you notice the slowdown, check to see what hosts are> connected to> your system (netstat works for both Windows and *nix or OS/X, don't > know> about> classic Mac). See if you have lots of connections from a few IP's or > lots> of> connections from all over.>> Thirdly, temporarily enable the Debug log (in the Preferences), which > logs> every> single page requested, just prior to returning it to the client. Make > sure> you> have lots of diskspace and turn the debugging off when you have > captured> enough> to analyze (this _will_ slow your system down further, but it is very> valuable> information). Once you have a file, look at what is being requested. > This> will> sometimes show where you have coding errors and it will also show if a> single IP> address is requesting the same thing over and over (an error in your > logical> flow that has captured a spider).>> HTH>> John>>> --> John Peacock> Director of Information Research and Technology> Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group> 4720 Boston Way> Lanham, MD 20706> 301-459-3366 x.5010> fax 301-429-5747>> -------------------------------------------------------------> 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> > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> 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 > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>>RegardsStuart Tremainidfk web developments114a/40 yeo street neutral bay 2089 australiat +612 9908 2134f +612 9908 4837-------------------------------------------------------------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 Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Stuart Tremain

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