Re[2]: [cobalt-users] Possible upgrade paths and advice

[Jason Gottschalk <Jason@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks Vidar,

I like you approach, could save me a tone of work.  How do I go about
finding the bottle neck? Are their utilities?


Wednesday, February 25, 2004, 11:57:59 AM, you wrote:
>> 
>> Hello cobalt-users,
>> 
>>   I currently have a RAQ4i and it just isn't fast enough for my miva
>>   store anymore.
>> 
>>   I love the RAQ, and I love this list. So I really would prefer
>>   staying in this arena with my server.
>> 
>>   I am looking for some thoughts and advice about what I might upgrade
>>   my equipment to, keeping in mind the following slightly frightening
>>   (to me, anyway) items.
>> 
>>   1) An older version of Miva Empressa and Merchant with a TON of
>>      custom coding.
>>   2) One SSL Cert from Thawte on a dedicated IP
>>   3) 50 virtual domains riding on one IP
>>   4) Lots of E-mail accounts.
>>   5) One site that has a tremdous number of cgi apps, but they all are
>>      supposed to be programmed relative to the domain dir, like
>>      (/sites/home/sitex/web/cgi-bin).
>> 
>>  Any thoughts or ideas?  I'm not really sure where to even 
>> begin,  other than right here.

LV> I would first try to find the 'bottle-neck'. Do you have enough memory
LV> and disk space?? Would increase any of these solve your problems?

LV> If that wouldn't do it, consider getting another raq, where you can move
LV> one or more of your sites to. Try to find out what processes is using
LV> your processor the heaviest. Consider moving the site with all the CGI
LV> apps over to the new raq. Alternatively, move all the MIVA enabled sites
LV> over to the new box. What you move over would depend on the breakdown on
LV> what uses your resources.

LV> HTH,
LV> Vidar
>> 
>>  Thanks.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Best regards,
>>  Jason Gottschalk                         mailto:Jason@xxxxxxx
>>  SYO Computer Engineering Services, Inc.
>>  586-286-2557
>> 
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Best regards,
 Jason Gottschalk                         mailto:Jason@xxxxxxx
 SYO Computer Engineering Services, Inc.
 586-286-2557