[BlueOnyx:09299] Re: Heavy load during lots of httpd requests

[Jeff Keller]

Here's another unsolicited +1 for Chris & Co.

JK

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Jeffrey Pellin <jeffrey at px2co.net> wrote:

>
> Robert
>
> I would be happy to recommend a big 'ole Texan dedicated server to fix this
> issue.
>
> I'm sure Chris could help you, even though he wouldn't use this list to
> sell his services.
>
> Regards
>
> Jeffrey
>
> On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:53:00 -0600, Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet
> <cobaltfacts at virtbiz.com> wrote:
> > Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:
> >> I have a customer with a BlueOnyx VPS that produces tons of httpd
> >> processes and the load goes above 100, yes 100+, and of course brings
> >> the server to a halt when it is hit by tons of requests at one time.
> >> There is a tweet sent out by someone who has 2 million followers to got
> >> to the site to buy a book and it takes down this VPS. After we block
> >> traffic, restart Apache to purge existing connections and open all back
> >> again, everything is fine, until the next tweet. It just cannot handle
> >> the initial hit. We are working on optimizing MySQL and Apache now. Has
> >> anyone dealt with this or have any recommendations for handling such a
> >> hit?
> >
> > We have a bit of experience with this sort of thing.  For instance, one
> > of our customers handles all the social media for major recording
> > artists, the largest being the "Lady" who wears the meat dress.  So you
> > can imagine they get fairly heavily loaded whenever "she" sends a tweet.
> >
> > Go ahead and optimize your MySQL and Apache, but the answer is likely to
> > be "more power".
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