thread with 100,000+ replies very slow

[tomotron]

Originally Posted by azn_romeo_4u

You're seriously on a cluster with a forum with 1.2mill posts? How much you paying? Cost you are blowing your money big time.

I got a forum with a 50k thread, with some other threads in the 10k running pretty speedily. I have about 1.7mill post though. It's on a shared server running with some other heavy hitters. Some sites doing like 50gb's a day off of hundreds of requests per sec and my load is under 1.

Are you running apache?

the site is much more than just a forum, and serves close to 10 million page views to just under a million unique visitors a month. if we could get away with sitting on a shared server we would, but i think we'll just have to keep blowing our money big time on our cluster instead

yes, we're running apache.

[Alfa1]

Definitely increase the RAM. Big time.

[azn_romeo_4u]

I'm not trying to tease you or anything. Just saying. IMO it is a waste of money, unless you're like some video site. Uploading videos and converting it or using one of those other boxes to do the conversion whatever etc.

I'm at about close to your range, with about 750k uniques a month on one server. I'm doing like 90gb's of transfer per day. I'm using instead of apache,

www.litespeedtech.com

If you're using cpanel or plesk, it supports that. Works way better than apache at serving php, and static content. I'm running a version of it that cost 45 dollars a month. I did the switch a few months ago. Works wonder. There's a more expensive version, 100 bucks a month that lets you run 8 core cpu's. I'm running a 2 core version.

I think you should look into it. It's 30 day money back, with a 15 day trial on the 2 core version, so you can basically run this thing for 45 days for free.

Easy to install, works with a lot of stuff like memcache, apc, xcache, eacellera, mod_security, sohusian etc. They also got a load balancer solution.

There's other options like http://nginx.net/ if you don't want to spend money. I know a forum that has this installed, that runs with 20,000 concurrent connections. Suppose to handle 100,000 connections find apparently O_O.

[djxcee]

You should be fine with your current setup but I do highly recommend you to try LiteSpeed if you want to further upgrade your server.

I'm using it on my VPS and it's rocks

[Dismounted]

I'll step in for TECK and recommend nginx.

"nginx - the raise of a new giant" - TECK

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by Dismounted

I'll step in for TECK and recommend nginx.

"nginx - the raise of a new giant" - TECK

It is actually here - "nginx - the raise of a new giant" - TECK

[Dismounted]

Fixed my link - somehow left the one off the end .

[punchbowl]

should be 'rise' or am I missing some in techy joke?

As in Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines

[Dismounted]

It should be rise. Don't know of any tech jokes about it...

[TECK]

Raise: http://www.answers.com/topic/raise
To move to a higher position; elevate: raised the loads with a crane. See synonyms at lift.
To set in an upright or erect position: raise a flagpole.
To erect or build: raise a new building.
To cause to arise, appear, or exist: The slap raised a welt.
To increase in size, quantity, or worth: raise an employee's salary.
To increase in intensity, degree, strength, or pitch: raised his voice.