Search: Auto shut off based on server load?

[kontrabass]

Would it be possible to implement a feature, where the search is automatically shut off if the server load reaches a preset number? This would be a great "buffer", so that maybe the "Server load too high" messages would be less frequent.

I've got a bit of a load problem, and if a lot of people search when the server load is already high, it skyrockets and then users get the "server too busy" error (I set the load at 6 in my CP).

Thanks!

Paul

[Admin]

Try this. In global.php, find this:

  if (trim($loadavg[0])>$loadlimit) {
    $servertoobusy=1;
  }

and add this right after that:

  if (trim($loadavg[0])>XXXXX) {
    $enablesearches=0;
  }

where XXXXX is the load limit you want turn off search on.

[kontrabass]

FireFly:

Thank you! It works great. This will really help to eliminate load spikes. A great and simple hack.

[Overgrow]

See this discussion here to make this useful to sites that have two servers, one for web and one for database:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...threadid=41401

[Zzed]

I just put in this hack. It works like a charm.

Thanks FireFly.

[veedee]

I cant find this under admin/global.php

[veedee]

I'm running 2.2.4 btw!

Cheers

[Sparkz]

Since I am reinstalling my portable right now, and I don't have an ssh-client available at this comp, I can't check this, but I would think you should look in the global.php in your forum root.

[waddy]

Hi I have tried this on Version 2.6.6 and it doesnt work at all

Can you please advise

thanks

[Tim Wheatley]

This works fine, it's global.php NOT admin/global.php, as it says in FF's post.