Jeez, I've just spent three months working on an app that is looking at a large amount of page views and to get this news now is worrying. I dont have to time to redo it all so it will have to be a case of suck it and see......
Thanks for the warning anyhows. ----- Original Message ----- From: "xing li" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Linux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 8:09 PM Subject: Re: CF 5 Server error on RedHat 7.1 > I don't think I was too clear on that point. > > The code, which is only a dozen or so, has been optimized and > reoptimized to handle more 1 million page views from a single CF 5 > webserver on windows machine running on sql server. Switched to linux in > hopes of even better performance but the linux version of CF is not even > stable enough to survive hours of operations let alone a single day to > see what it can handle. > > First tried CF linux with sql server and that didn't work. Thought maybe > the sql odbc driver is not up to par so with went with mysql which is as > native to linux as it can get so I figured the driver for it should be > top notch. Turned out it didn't help since CF 5 was still core dumping. > DB server was separate from the web server. Then went through the motion > of reinstallation CF linux, making sure every single shared variable is > locked, tested CF admin configuration to see if that helped, and > basically anything I can think off. This continuing process went on for > a month before I totally give up and have ported the app to php instead. > > Xing > > > > On Thursday, March 14, 2002, at 01:55 AM, Douglas McKenzie wrote: > > > Xing, > > > > Are you saying that if CF on Linux is serving a million+ pages per day, > > it > > will crash and restart and theres nothing you can do about it? > > Is it due to serving the pages or the db requests? > > > > Doug > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "xing li" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Linux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 9:39 PM > > Subject: Re: CF 5 Server error on RedHat 7.1 > > > > > >> Jesse, > >> > >> The symptoms are exactly like the one described by Dane in the thread > >> below with the exception that my setup was with mysql and also with sql > >> server (tried both setup and the error persisted). > >> > >> The other thing I want to add to Dane's description is that the > >> problems > >> I have experienced will only expose itself when the traffic load exceed > >> beyond some point. So in intranet situations or small websites where > >> you > >> do not have any real traffic to speak of I do not think this problem > >> will show its ugly head which explain why a lot of the companies that > >> use CF doesn't know about it since they will never experience it. The > >> CF was setup for a webserver with CF code all custom designed to server > >> over well over 1 million dynamic CF pages per day. Windows version of > >> CF > >> 5 was able to handle it, barely, but Linux version doesn't even seem to > >> be in the same league. > >> > >> Every possible configuration with the CF settings have been tried with > >> no result to show for. > >> > >> Xing > >> > >> > >> On Tuesday, March 12, 2002, at 06:41 PM, Jesse Noller wrote: > >> > >>> Xing: > >>> > >>> What issues *were* you seeing? I know many, many companies running CF5 > >>> without issue. I actually count on Sig11s and cores to be "out of the > >>> norm". However, these can be typically debugged. > >>> > >>> -jesse noller > >>> macromedia > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: xing li [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 9:26 PM > >>>> To: CF-Linux > >>>> Subject: Re: CF 5 Server error on RedHat 7.1 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I have personally given up CF on Linux because of the utter > >>>> instability > >>>> of CF under load with Linux and Allaire/Macromedia's failure > >>>> to address > >>>> the Linux issues. > >>>> > >>>> I can't exactly count on a software that core dumps without > >>>> any errors > >>>> thrown what so ever and with every "shared" memory locked > >>>> down hard. I > >>>> have had this problem since the beginning of CF 5 release with no > >>>> solution found and patches to hope for. > >>>> > >>>> Windows CF got issues but no where as severe as the ones with Linux. > >>>> Macromedia better ramp up the QA development cycle or they will lose > >>>> customers and we really cant wait for version 6.0. Somebody > >>>> need to get > >>>> into Macromedia's head to launch 5.1. > >>>> > >>>> Sorry if this seems more like a rant than a solution to the > >>>> problem but > >>>> I can't take CF5 on Linux any further. At least throw a > >>>> freaking error > >>>> when you core dump! Heck, to have a RELEASE version core dump in any > >>>> software as frequently as CF 5 for Linux is unbelievable. > >>>> > >>>> Xing > >>>> > >>>> On Tuesday, March 12, 2002, at 03:45 PM, Matthew Monahan wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Dane- > >>>>> > >>>>> I have been having very similar problems. Can you take a > >>>> look at your > >>>>> Apache access log and send over the http requests that match the cfm > >>>>> pages causing restarts? > >>>>> > >>>>> Matthew Monahan > >>>>> > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> From: Dane Ensign [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 1:06 AM > >>>>> To: CF-Linux > >>>>> Subject: CF 5 Server error on RedHat 7.1 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> *** CF server 5 and linux, mysterious error. *** > >>>>> > >>>>> Our server is dying about every 2 -3 request, and > >>>>> completely restarting. > >>>>> Before everyone starts "lock this and that" read > >>>>> on..... > >>>>> CF 5 professional. > >>>>> Red hat 7.1 > >>>>> PG and MySQL. > >>>>> SYMPTOMS: > >>>>> The error occurs in all applications on the > >>>>> server..... system wide. > >>>>> The error occurs in the CF administrator. > >>>>> There are no scheduled task on the machine. > >>>>> THe server is completely locked down on session and > >>>>> application variables as set in the CF administrator, > >>>>> with no site errors being thrown on account of lack of > >>>>> locks.) .... everything is locked. > >>>>> There seems to be no "order" to triggering or the > >>>>> error. > >>>>> CF administrator completely ignores "dont restart > >>>>> server on unresponsive request" directive. And > >>>>> restarts every time the error occurs. > >>>>> Apache is doing just fine, no errors, load tested and > >>>>> checks out great. > >>>>> We are pleading for one the MM engineers to pick up on > >>>>> this > >>>>> It seems that when one of the child threads dies(god > >>>>> knows why) its bringing down the parent too, resulting > >>>>> in app restarts. > >>>>> We have read everything here and on list archives on > >>>>> house of fusion, paying particular attention the > >>>>> comments by the posting (mm)Allaire engineer. > >>>>> > >>>>> Here are the errors: > >>>>> > >>>>> there's nothingin in the mail queue. Here are some of the > >>>>> errors from the > >>>>> logs. > >>>>> They are: > >>>>> > >>>>> in the application log: > >>>>> > >>>>> "Error","7175","03/07/02","15:25:33",,"xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, Mozilla/4.0 > >>>>> (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; Q312461), The time > >>>>> taken to process > >>>>> your request has exceeded the allowable limit of 60 seconds. > >>>>> Please notify > >>>>> the server administrator (using the mail link below) that > >>>>> this error has > >>>>> occurred. <P>Note: You can override the request time limit > >>>> by adding a > >>>>> 'RequestTimeout' parameter to the URL used to request the > >>>> page (e.g. > >>>>> page.cfm?RequestTimeout=500).<P><P> <P><P>Date/Time: Thu Mar > >>>>> 7 15:25:33 > >>>>> 2002<BR>Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; > >>>>> Q312461)<BR>Remote Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx<BR>Query String: > >>>>> cfasdebugsessionid=SKT:localhost:35303<P>" > >>>>> > >>>>> in the server.log: > >>>>> > >>>>> "Fatal","7175","03/05/02","22:52:34",,"Caught a fatal signal (11) - > >>>>> Aborting" > >>>>> "Information","1024","03/05/02","22:52:35",,"The ColdFusion > >>>>> Application > >>>>> Server started. > >>>>> > >>>>> in the webserver.log: > >>>>> > >>>>> "Error",,"03/06/02","23:39:03",,"An error occurred while > >>>> attempting to > >>>>> establish a connection to the server.<P> The most likely > >>>> cause of this > >>>>> problem is that the server is not currently running. > >>>> Verify that the > >>>>> server is running and restart it if necessary. <P>Unix > >>>> error number 2 > >>>>> occurred: No such file or directory" > >>>>> > >>>>> We are in need of a solution fast > >>>>> **Thank you in advance for any help that you can offer** > >>>>> > >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> ---------- > >>>>> ------ > >>>>> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-linux%40houseoffusion.com/ > >>>>> To Unsubscribe visit > >>>>> > >>> http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_linux > >>>> or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > >>>> 'unsubscribe' in the body. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. 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