Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ4 performance: slow first page load

["Edward Bishop" <eddie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > > >>Accessing the site via the IP makes no apparent difference to the
> > > > >>pause, but
> > > > >>in trying it I noticed something I never had before - once the
site
> > > > >>has been
> > > > >>accessed once. accesses remain fast for about two minutes. If I
> > > > >>leave it for
> > > > >>this long the pause appears again.
> > > >
> > > > Do you have HostNameLookups turned ON in your httpd.conf?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Carrie Bartkowiak, ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx on 07/13/2001
> > > >
> > >
> > > No, it's off.
> > >
> > > Maybe I'm getting paranoid but when I SSLed in to check this I got a
long
> > > pause - maybe 7 seconds - before "Login as" appeared. Then I logged
off and
> > > tried it again and it was instant. I bet if I leave it 2 mins it will
do it
> > > again.
> > >
> > > Carrie, Joe, Gerald: your suggestions are very much appreciated.
> >
> > Try pinging it, ping is such low level that it's handled by the kernel,
> > thus it won't startup any services....
> > If it also takes a long time to give back the first ping, it's almost
> > certainly a dns issue somewhere, if it gives you a ping back right away,
> > and ssh still takes a long time to connect then it's some issue with
> > starting services....maybe..
> >
> > Are *all* your NS records working?
> >
> > gsh
> >
>
> Also, SSL sessions takes time to begin, as keys needs to be exchanged and
> so on. 5-7 seconds is pretty normal for me to SSL sites (not only my
> cobalt) as the first connection time.
>
> - shimi.
>
Thanks to everyone who replied. It seems better today, don't know why -
maybe the network services centre where the server is located (Telehouse in
London) is less busy on a Saturday... for the moment I'll just keep trying
it and try to see if a pattern emerges.

Regarding a previous comment by gsh - how do I ascertain whether all the NS
records are working?

Eddie