Re: [WebDNA] Problem with excessive cart file creation

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2011


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 107840
interpreted = N
texte = --Apple-Mail-2C96D335-87F1-46B0-8956-5A3C4FEFB2B6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cart files *are* the session data for your site. As ken suggests, looking th= rough the logs to try and notice what is being hit often (and by whom) may b= e your best bet to stop unnecessary session file creation. If you are not ge= tting thousands of orders per day, the hits are likely a tenacious bot.=20 It may be as simple as adding a disallow in your robots.txt file... Or, you m= ay want to hide cart creation from bot user agents (or IP's) entirely (see s= hopping in the docs for reference to the cart tags on what to hide). Donovan Sent from my iPad On Dec 28, 2011, at 8:53 AM, Daniel Meola wrote: > We have WebDNA 6.2 running on CentOS. =20 >=20 > Our site uses a global folder to store cart files (not WebDNA's default lo= cation). Until a month ago it was common to have about 25,000 cart files add= ed to the folder over a 24 hour period. Now we are getting 500,000 cart file= s being created in a 24 hour period. There is a noticeable slowdown if the f= iles are not frequently removed, but removal results in the loss of cart fil= es that have not been modified in the past 24 hours. This is not due to an i= ncrease in traffic because analytics shows only a small increase (~10%) in v= isitors. >=20 > I have set up a cron job to manage the files for now, but I'd appreciate a= ny suggestions on what may be the cause of this increase and how I might sto= p it. The vast majority of the files appear to have no real content (no item= added to the cart). I am not familiar with how these files are created, but= I assume it is a type of session control and is being handled by WebDNA. I c= an't find any evidence that our code could be creating the files.=20 >=20 > Thanks in advance,=20 > Daniel Meola > 301-486-0901 > daniel@knifecenter.com >=20 > --------------------------------------------------------- This message is s= ent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E= -mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug Reporting:= support@webdna.us --Apple-Mail-2C96D335-87F1-46B0-8956-5A3C4FEFB2B6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Cart files *are* the sessi= on data for your site. As ken suggests, looking through the logs to try and n= otice what is being hit often (and by whom) may be your best bet to stop unn= ecessary session file creation. If you are not getting thousands of orders p= er day, the hits are likely a tenacious bot. 
It may be as simple a= s adding a disallow in your robots.txt file... Or, you may want to hide cart= creation from bot user agents (or IP's) entirely (see shopping in the docs f= or reference to the cart tags on what to hide).

Donovan


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On Dec 28, 2011, a= t 8:53 AM, Daniel Meola <daniel= @knifecenter.com> wrote:

We have WebDNA 6.2 running on CentOS.  

O= ur site uses a global folder to store cart files (not WebDNA's default locat= ion). Until a month ago it was common to have about 25,000 cart files added t= o the folder over a 24 hour period. Now we are getting 500,000 cart files be= ing created in a 24 hour period. There is a noticeable slowdown if the files= are not frequently removed, but removal results in the loss of cart files t= hat have not been modified in the past 24 hours. This is not due to an incre= ase in traffic because analytics shows only a small increase (~10%) in visit= ors.

I have set up a cron job to manage the files for now, bu= t I'd appreciate any suggestions on what may be the cause of this increase a= nd how I might stop it. The vast majority of the files appear to have no rea= l content (no item added to the cart). I am not familiar with how these file= s are created, but I assume it is a type of session control and is being han= dled by WebDNA. I can't find any evidence that our code could be creating th= e files. 

Thanks in advance, 
Daniel Meola
301-486-0901

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  1. Re: [WebDNA] Problem with excessive cart file creation (Daniel Meola 2011)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] Problem with excessive cart file creation (dbrooke 2011)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] Problem with excessive cart file creation (Kenneth Grome 2011)
  4. [WebDNA] Problem with excessive cart file creation (Daniel Meola 2011)
--Apple-Mail-2C96D335-87F1-46B0-8956-5A3C4FEFB2B6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cart files *are* the session data for your site. As ken suggests, looking th= rough the logs to try and notice what is being hit often (and by whom) may b= e your best bet to stop unnecessary session file creation. If you are not ge= tting thousands of orders per day, the hits are likely a tenacious bot.=20 It may be as simple as adding a disallow in your robots.txt file... Or, you m= ay want to hide cart creation from bot user agents (or IP's) entirely (see s= hopping in the docs for reference to the cart tags on what to hide). Donovan Sent from my iPad On Dec 28, 2011, at 8:53 AM, Daniel Meola wrote: > We have WebDNA 6.2 running on CentOS. =20 >=20 > Our site uses a global folder to store cart files (not WebDNA's default lo= cation). Until a month ago it was common to have about 25,000 cart files add= ed to the folder over a 24 hour period. Now we are getting 500,000 cart file= s being created in a 24 hour period. There is a noticeable slowdown if the f= iles are not frequently removed, but removal results in the loss of cart fil= es that have not been modified in the past 24 hours. This is not due to an i= ncrease in traffic because analytics shows only a small increase (~10%) in v= isitors. >=20 > I have set up a cron job to manage the files for now, but I'd appreciate a= ny suggestions on what may be the cause of this increase and how I might sto= p it. The vast majority of the files appear to have no real content (no item= added to the cart). I am not familiar with how these files are created, but= I assume it is a type of session control and is being handled by WebDNA. I c= an't find any evidence that our code could be creating the files.=20 >=20 > Thanks in advance,=20 > Daniel Meola > 301-486-0901 > daniel@knifecenter.com >=20 > --------------------------------------------------------- This message is s= ent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E= -mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug Reporting:= support@webdna.us --Apple-Mail-2C96D335-87F1-46B0-8956-5A3C4FEFB2B6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Cart files *are* the sessi= on data for your site. As ken suggests, looking through the logs to try and n= otice what is being hit often (and by whom) may be your best bet to stop unn= ecessary session file creation. If you are not getting thousands of orders p= er day, the hits are likely a tenacious bot. 
It may be as simple a= s adding a disallow in your robots.txt file... Or, you may want to hide cart= creation from bot user agents (or IP's) entirely (see shopping in the docs f= or reference to the cart tags on what to hide).

Donovan


Sent from my iPad

On Dec 28, 2011, a= t 8:53 AM, Daniel Meola <daniel= @knifecenter.com> wrote:

We have WebDNA 6.2 running on CentOS.  

O= ur site uses a global folder to store cart files (not WebDNA's default locat= ion). Until a month ago it was common to have about 25,000 cart files added t= o the folder over a 24 hour period. Now we are getting 500,000 cart files be= ing created in a 24 hour period. There is a noticeable slowdown if the files= are not frequently removed, but removal results in the loss of cart files t= hat have not been modified in the past 24 hours. This is not due to an incre= ase in traffic because analytics shows only a small increase (~10%) in visit= ors.

I have set up a cron job to manage the files for now, bu= t I'd appreciate any suggestions on what may be the cause of this increase a= nd how I might stop it. The vast majority of the files appear to have no rea= l content (no item added to the cart). I am not familiar with how these file= s are created, but I assume it is a type of session control and is being han= dled by WebDNA. I can't find any evidence that our code could be creating th= e files. 

Thanks in advance, 
Daniel Meola
301-486-0901

--------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.= webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us= --Apple-Mail-2C96D335-87F1-46B0-8956-5A3C4FEFB2B6-- dbrooke

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