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'Server Busy' Message


Saru

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A common problem with certain Linux machines relating to iowait which causes abnormally high server loads has recently started to effect our server also, the high load seems to occur at around the same time every day, but fortunately only lasts for a few minutes when it does happen.

When the server load exceeds 10, a mechanism on the forum designed to reduce the load kicks in, displaying a 'Server Busy' message when anyone tries to access it until the load drops below 10 again. If you receive this message, try accessing the board again in a few minutes.

My apologies for any inconvenience these issues may cause.

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Wondered about that, as it wasn't the first time I got that message.

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I noticed the problem for the first time last week. Lasted over 30 minutes, was around 3pm Central Time. Thing is, the 'server load' was only showing around a 3.0 or a little higher each time I tried to refresh.

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For me, it happend on and off all day... and I'm not even on a Linux machine... maybe it's because this computer is Canadian Military issue...

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and I'm not even on a Linux machine

When i say 'linux machine' i mean the server on which this site is hosted is a linux machine, the problem doesn't have anything to do with the Operating System that you're running on your computer.

Thing is, the 'server load' was only showing around a 3.0 or a little higher each time I tried to refresh.

That sounds like you might have been looking at a cached copy of the page, the 'server busy' message should only come up when the load is exceeding 10.

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I just got it now, lasted only a minute. Time now is 17:20 BST

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This is actually quite helpful, could anyone who experiences this problem let me know what time it occured by posting here - if it does turn out to be within the same hour or so every day, it will be a lot easier to diagnose whats causing it.

Thanks thumbsup.gif

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In that case, there was another server load problem @ 12:38 EST went to 11+

It lasted less than a minute original.gif

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I just had the same problem, around 12:40PM EST same as Dot.

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while I was trying to log back on

Starting at 12:16 EST to 12:20EST

[ Script Execution time: 1.6006 ] [ 2 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ] [ Server Load: 10.75 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.3051 ] [ 2 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ] [ Server Load: 12.06 ]

[ Script Execution time: 2.5709 ] [ 2 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ] [ Server Load: 11.10 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0228 ] [ 2 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ] [ Server Load: 11.56 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0075 ] [ 2 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ] [ Server Load: 11.29 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0099 ] [ 2 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ] [ Server Load: 11.41 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0073 ] [ 2 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ] [ Server Load: 12.97 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0170 ] [ 2 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ] [ Server Load: 13.79 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0170 ] [ 2 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ] [ Server Load: 13.79 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0065 ] [ 2 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ] [ Server Load: 16.26 ]

[ Script Execution time: 1.2856 ] [ 2 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ] [ Server Load: 17.99 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0065 ] [ 2 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ] [ Server Load: 18.01 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0069 ] [ 2 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ] [ Server Load: 16.31 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0066 ] [ 2 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ] [ Server Load: 14.54 ]

[ Script Execution time: 2.6653 ] [ 2 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ] [ Server Load: 13.61 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0061 ] [ 2 queries used ] [ GZIP Enabled ] [ Server Load: 11.92 ]

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Mine was between 5.05pm and 5.20pm BST.

Hope thats helping SaRuMaN.

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I got mine the same as dot.

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I've modified the forum server load cut out to 15 instead of 10, so it shouldn't do it as often now. You may find that the site will go a bit slower during a period of high server load however, at least until i find a way to resolve the Iowait issues so that it doesn't do this at all.

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Hey SaRu,

Is it still helpful for you to know when we are having server load issues?

If it is, starting at 3:29pm EST to 3:34pm EST this occured:

[ Script Execution time: 0.0072 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 17.31 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0075 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 18.88 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0073 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 19.91 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.1685 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 21.60 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0122 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 22.08 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0128 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 22.28 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0081 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 22.76 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.2225 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 23.78 ]

[ Script Execution time: 12.5298 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 27.52 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0072 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 31.74 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0276 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 26.31 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0074 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 23.65 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0067 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 21.48 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0071 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 19.79 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0080 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 18.67 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0072 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 18.05 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0070 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 17.20 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.0073 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 16.55 ]

[ Script Execution time: 0.7824 ] [ 3 queries used ] [ GZIP Disabled ] [ Server Load: 16.14 ]

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Is it still helpful for you to know when we are having server load issues?

Probably not any more, there's still no real clue as to the cause of the load spikes apart from a potential flaw in the Linux Kernel. I've rebooted the server to see if that helps it, might prevent any more happening for a few days. The number of processes seems to be back to normal again for the moment.

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I just had 'server busy' for 5 mins at 3:45 EST.

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me too at 8.45 GMT original.gif

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And another one for 10 mins from 9:07pm EST.

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Are we still having problems with this?

I have not for a while now,if that helps. thumbsup.gif

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It actually looks as though the forum upgrade has fixed the server load issues - the load has stayed at reasonable levels since the update, and has not gone any higher than what would be considered normal.

The new version of Invision Board seems to use less queries and is more efficient than the old one, plus the database optimization performed during the upgrade process would have also helped.

I think the problem has been pretty much resolved. original.gif

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