Re: anyone using Webcat 4.x in production?
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texte = we have been testing our auction site more this week. i believe some of these issues are showing up.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.> > > - 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.> > > - bog down the server machine so much that I can't open a Timbuktu > control session or Webstar Admin session (quitting and restarting > Webstar fixes both of these problems). I have tried moving the > cgi-friendlyness slider halfway to CGI in the webstar admin, but that > doesn't seem to make any difference here. > > - eventually become so slow as to need rebooting or Powerkey resets > the box within 5,000-50,000 hits. We have never gotten beyond 60,000 > hits since upgrading to webcat 4. > > I'm just curious if anyone else is seeing these kinds of problems > with Webcat 4 and the newest beta(s). 4.0.2 is a vast improvement > over 4.0 and 4.0.1, but it's still not a usable product for us. > > I appreciate the time that SMSI has dedicated to the problems we (and > others) have reported, but I was hoping for a little more prompt > attention to these issues that amount to a great upgrade for a great > product that we (and others?) just can't use... If other customers > are having some or all of these problems I mentioned and spoke up > about them on this list, perhaps SMSI would see fit to dedicate more > resources to resolving them. > > Thanks, > > Dale > -- > > Dale LaFountain > Vice President of Information Technology, WebMaster > Dark Horse Comics, Inc. mailto:dalel@darkhorse.com > Phone: 503-652-8815 x324 http://www.darkhorse.com/ > > ############################################################# > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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we have been testing our auction site more this week. i believe some of these issues are showing up.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.> > > - 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.> > > - bog down the server machine so much that I can't open a Timbuktu > control session or Webstar Admin session (quitting and restarting > Webstar fixes both of these problems). I have tried moving the > cgi-friendlyness slider halfway to CGI in the webstar admin, but that > doesn't seem to make any difference here. > > - eventually become so slow as to need rebooting or Powerkey resets > the box within 5,000-50,000 hits. We have never gotten beyond 60,000 > hits since upgrading to webcat 4. > > I'm just curious if anyone else is seeing these kinds of problems > with Webcat 4 and the newest beta(s). 4.0.2 is a vast improvement > over 4.0 and 4.0.1, but it's still not a usable product for us. > > I appreciate the time that SMSI has dedicated to the problems we (and > others) have reported, but I was hoping for a little more prompt > attention to these issues that amount to a great upgrade for a great > product that we (and others?) just can't use... If other customers > are having some or all of these problems I mentioned and spoke up > about them on this list, perhaps SMSI would see fit to dedicate more > resources to resolving them. > > Thanks, > > Dale > -- > > Dale LaFountain > Vice President of Information Technology, WebMaster > Dark Horse Comics, Inc. mailto:dalel@darkhorse.com > Phone: 503-652-8815 x324 http://www.darkhorse.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 > 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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