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  • Vapid - BANNED FOR LIFE
    Barterer
    • Aug 2004
    • 4864

    #1

    Nginx has made this forum fast

  • blackmonsters
    Making PHP work
    • Nov 2002
    • 21001

    #2
    Hey! What did you just call me!


    Oh wait, read the title again.

    Nevermind.
    Your neighbor will murder you with frogs
    Click here

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    • Vapid - BANNED FOR LIFE
      Barterer
      • Aug 2004
      • 4864

      #3
      Noticed in on a timeout, lighttpd/nginx are top notch choices as far as response times go.

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      • MrGusMuller
        Confirmed User
        • Oct 2010
        • 1262

        #4
        for nginx
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        • Brujah
          Beer Money Baron
          • Jan 2001
          • 22157

          #5
          Is it a recent switch? Whatever they did it seems to be working fast today.

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          • MrGusMuller
            Confirmed User
            • Oct 2010
            • 1262

            #6
            20h ago... It WAS REALLY SLOW!! probably they were changing it

            Congrats
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            • Django
              So Fucking Banned
              • Jul 2010
              • 2578

              #7
              I think Jesus Christ had previously predicted that

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              • MrGusMuller
                Confirmed User
                • Oct 2010
                • 1262

                #8


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                • CaptainWolfy
                  Playa
                  • Dec 2005
                  • 8439

                  #9
                  it's working faster indeed!

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                  • BradBreakfast
                    Confirmed User
                    • Feb 2008
                    • 415

                    #10
                    They could further reduce their server load if they utilized MemSQL, as well as MemCache based object caching.

                    It's been benchmarked to 80,000 queries a second.

                    http://gigaom.com/cloud/ex-facebooke...-database-fly/
                    Last edited by BradBreakfast; 07-08-2012, 02:40 PM.
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                    • MrGusMuller
                      Confirmed User
                      • Oct 2010
                      • 1262

                      #11
                      Originally posted by BradBreakfast
                      They could further reduce their server load if they utilized MemSQL, as well as MemCache based object caching.

                      It's been benchmarked to 80,000 queries a second.

                      http://gigaom.com/cloud/ex-facebooke...-database-fly/
                      tnks for sharing
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                      • raymor
                        Confirmed User
                        • Oct 2002
                        • 3745

                        #12
                        Originally posted by BradBreakfast
                        They could further reduce their server load if they utilized MemSQL, as well as MemCache based object caching.

                        It's been benchmarked to 80,000 queries a second.

                        http://gigaom.com/cloud/ex-facebooke...-database-fly/

                        But TEST it carefully. Sometimes memcache is fast. Sometimes it's slower than even NFS. It really, really depends on the workload.

                        A semi truck is the fastest way to get a load of lumber across town. A motorcycle is faster to carry a letter. The motorcycle would take a month to carry the lumber though, one piece at a time. Sometimes memcache is the right tool for the job. Often, memcache is exactly the wrong tool for the job.
                        Last edited by raymor; 07-08-2012, 03:13 PM.
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                        • Klen
                          • Aug 2006
                          • 32234

                          #13
                          Originally posted by raymor
                          But TEST it carefully. Sometimes memcache is fast. Sometimes it's slower than even NFS. It really, really depends on the workload.
                          Hmm no comment why they just didn't added noatime

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                          • Brujah
                            Beer Money Baron
                            • Jan 2001
                            • 22157

                            #14
                            Originally posted by KlenTelaris
                            Hmm no comment why they just didn't added noatime
                            Nothing against raymor, he knows his Apache well but didn't we prove noatime was incorrect?
                            http://gfy.com/showpost.php?p=18788380&postcount=46

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                            • BradBreakfast
                              Confirmed User
                              • Feb 2008
                              • 415

                              #15
                              If setup properly, these two things could reduce this forum to a single server, or reduce the amount of servers needed significantly if it is using a cluster now.
                              Last edited by BradBreakfast; 07-08-2012, 03:19 PM.
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                              • raymor
                                Confirmed User
                                • Oct 2002
                                • 3745

                                #16
                                Originally posted by KlenTelaris
                                Hmm no comment why they just didn't added noatime

                                Well after all my posts, one person knows. I did think about mentioning what Linus calls the number one performance improvement you can make in Linux.

                                I figured we can assume noatime on any performance system by now because most sysadmins worth the title have heard what kernel developer Ingo Molnar said:
                                Atime updates are by far the biggest IO performance deficiency that Linux has today. Getting rid of atime updates would give us more everyday Linux performance than all the pagecache speedups of the past 10 years, _combined_.
                                Linus called atime "perhaps the most stupid Unix design idea of all times" and Alan Cox cited performance improvements of 50% to 100%, so I assumed the GFY admins have done that already.

                                (Though if they switched web servers and left atime on, yeah that would be a real screw up and a waste of time.)
                                Last edited by raymor; 07-08-2012, 03:30 PM.
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                                • signupdamnit
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Aug 2007
                                  • 6697

                                  #17
                                  It's quick but I notice the caching policy change where it sometimes takes a refresh to see new replies. Unless it's something with my client. But they are doing what they have to do to keep things up.

                                  You don't like my posts? Put me on ignore or fuck right off. I'll say what I want.

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                                  • Brujah
                                    Beer Money Baron
                                    • Jan 2001
                                    • 22157

                                    #18
                                    Relatime is a good choice, which I believe is maintained by Igor Molnar. My servers have always been relatime mounted for the past few years now, so maybe it's already a default on several hosts or certain distros?

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                                    • Vapid - BANNED FOR LIFE
                                      Barterer
                                      • Aug 2004
                                      • 4864

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by raymor
                                      But TEST it carefully. Sometimes memcache is fast. Sometimes it's slower than even NFS. It really, really depends on the workload.

                                      A semi truck is the fastest way to get a load of lumber across town. A motorcycle is faster to carry a letter. The motorcycle would take a month to carry the lumber though, one piece at a time. Sometimes memcache is the right tool for the job. Often, memcache is exactly the wrong tool for the job.
                                      Yes in a highly dynamic environment memcache will not be very effective.

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                                      • raymor
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Oct 2002
                                        • 3745

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by Brujah
                                        Relatime is a good choice, which I believe is maintained by Igor Molnar. My servers have always been relatime mounted for the past few years now, so maybe it's already a default on several hosts or certain distros?

                                        I believe relatime is in fact the default for several distros and was created by Molnar in this famous thread:
                                        http://kerneltrap.org/node/14148

                                        relatime is a good default when you don't know the workload. If you know that tmpwatch and mail are set up to work without atimes, noatime performs better.
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                                        • - Jesus Christ -
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Mar 2003
                                          • 7197

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by Django
                                          I think Jesus Christ had previously predicted that
                                          More of a suggestion then a prediction.
                                          Not using it on a high traffic site is equivalent to throwing money away.

                                          Amen

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