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Old October 31, 2002, 17:46   #31
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/me is happy to report that Settler is at this moment serving 500 forum users without going into crazy load spikes

load is increased of course, but noone is geting server busy message. your feedback on this is crucial
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Old October 31, 2002, 17:49   #32
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Good, I haven't noticed anything at all.
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Praise the Lord.

Or MarkG.

(same thing really)
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Praise the Lord.

Or MarkG.

(same thing really)


I wonder how many busier boards there are than 'Poly?
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Old November 2, 2002, 11:08   #35
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Its a joke, no need to analyse it.
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Old November 2, 2002, 11:42   #36
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Old November 6, 2002, 10:31   #37
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update

- In threads: Avatars, CivGroups icons and forum jump menu will be automatically be turned off and on depending on current load
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Old November 6, 2002, 10:38   #38
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ahh, that's what I was noticing
(forum jump menu missing)
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Old November 6, 2002, 10:45   #39
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I wonder how many busier boards there are than 'Poly?
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http://games.telenet.be/forum/

this is an official ISP forum (and the only one to provide cable here)
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Old November 6, 2002, 13:48   #42
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nice
it would be interesting to know their server setup(for example the infogrames which have a record of 2500 users forums are now based on 3-4 servers)
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Old November 6, 2002, 15:08   #43
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remeber that belgium is a small country, and if you divide that by 2....... (only the dutch part of belgium uses this, so it's very local, and about 99% are on cable)

can't help help you on any settup info, as I don't understand a flippin' word of it

you might wanne ask DeepO for some info on this, he's probably using cable too.

just checked again: 821 users (20.00gmt+1)
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you might wanne ask DeepO for some info on this, he's probably using cable too.
Sorry, can't help you there. I'm on cable indeed, but on the other, sometimes forgotten cable provider of Belgium : Chello (or UPC-Belgium). They too keep a games forum, but I don't believe it to be so busy as Telenet's

But some other local busy fora are the soccer team fora, I think... loads of 500 seem to work there. I think the key here is that they have very few features, whereas 'poly is one of the feature-richest I know... everything has its price.

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Old November 8, 2002, 18:36   #45
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Ahh, that's right, you live in that part of the country

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I think the key here is that they have very few features, whereas 'poly is one of the feature-richest I know... everything has its price.
So Mark,
We want less features!!!!
j/k

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Bah, I had cable 2 years before telenet was even founded... and still no download quota one a normal account

And Mark, even if you're having a bit of a problem keeping up, please don't delete features... turning them off on busy moments is cool, turning them off completely... ouch.

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So what is the limiting factor here: bandwith or CPU usage? Usually for a web site it's bandwith but since the forums are dynamic and feature-laden I bet it's CPU usage. Each requires a different approach: disabling avatars saves bandwith while disabling extra stats saves CPU power.

Is it possible to switch people to a special, lightweight style in heavy loads? I can see the warning on the Poly forums now: Warning, Load Level Exceded! Lockdown in Progress! Or maybe not.

Less features but more members posting. It's a sacrifice we willingly make.
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cpu/memory usage
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this is actually happening, with things like avatars, icons, etc being turned off
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it would be interesting to know their server setup(for example the infogrames which have a record of 2500 users forums are now based on 3-4 servers)
Peh, yeah, because of all the UT2k3ers. Slowed the whole damn thing down, it was down for a week while they were upgrading the servers, and before then you could never get on. And I've lost half my (4000 post) PC due to pruning... Some people have lost 8000 even.

Erm, anyways.
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An idea to lower the load (may even be workable, if it is possible): disable 'search all open forums' in the search box at high load levels. Not disable the search, no, we like the search, but to disable searching all the forums if needed. I believe that searching is load-intensive, and making users guess where their search term lies is better then telling them to not search at all which would lead to monster double posting.
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thanks for the suggestion

the current state(server capacity, site traffic) doesnt require further measures. in fact most of the measures mentioned in the first port are only enabled for less than 30 minutes a day
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Old December 1, 2002, 14:26   #52
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Instead of simple "high traffic load" messages, why not spice it up with: "why not visit this page" with references to Apolyton's non-forum pages, and news items.
If say, a very high load traffic load is at it's peak - why not put a page saying:

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