Today at 12:34 AM Erwin said this in Post #28 GZIP increases server load as it uses more of your CPU (server load calculates proportion of CPU being used, with 1.0 being 1 CPU used). The higher you set GZIP, the more the server load, so you should set it to 1, as any higher would increase the server load and provide only minimally more compression. It is used to save bandwidth, not server load.
If 1.0 is 100% usage of one CPU, then how can normal servers spike into the hundreds? A bunch of stuff in a processing queue?
Today at 04:48 PM filburt1 said this in Post #31 If 1.0 is 100% usage of one CPU, then how can normal servers spike into the hundreds? A bunch of stuff in a processing queue?
Server load is not only percent of processor usage. The calculation is based on the number of processes running, the amount of memory used to run the processes, as well as the percent of processor usage.
Server load can be thought of as a representation of how hard the server is working. Its calculation is based on the amount of processes the CPU has to deal with at any one point in time, the percentage of CPU power they take, and the amount of memory used to run the process. The optimal server load would be under 1.00. If the load is past 1.00 it means processes are being queued rather than being processed immediately. Busy servers are able to operate with server loads of 1 to 1.5 without noticeable delay but once server load passes 2.00 or reaches 3.00 a slowing of the server will be apparent.
Actually, with an average download of 4 megabits a second on this connection (only suppsoed to get three but who am I to complain) everything seems fast. 1 gig downloads take about 35 minutes give or take.
Now that is fast (yes I am in love with my connection, I know that people out their have T3s and such that blow away, but I love being over two and a half times faster down than a T1)
Sure, it's called getting a new hack after it's been released from beta, from vb.org after being up for far to long, and with far too little sleep... to install it properly :P