Pierre, thanks for your comment... I'm forwarding it to wikitech-l, which is where
the developers hang out. Coincidentally, we are just now discussing performance
issues. Would you be interested in joining us?
----- Forwarded message from Pierre Abbat <phma(a)webjockey.net> -----
From: Pierre Abbat <phma(a)webjockey.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:14:25 -0400
To: webmaster(a)wikipedia.com
Subject: HTTP response from wikipedia takes too long
I am trying to read Wikipedia and Konqueror frequently times out, resulting
in an edit conflict if I'm trying to submit something. Trying to access
ross.bomis.com does not result in long times. Can you fix it?
phma
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[phma@neofelis abi]$ time webserver
ross.bomis.com
Server: Apache/1.3.23 (Unix) PHP/4.0.6 mod_fastcgi/2.2.12
0.11user 2.00system 0:10.61elapsed 19%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (1095major+404minor)pagefaults 0swaps
[phma@neofelis abi]$ time webserver
ross.bomis.com
Server: Apache/1.3.23 (Unix) PHP/4.0.6 mod_fastcgi/2.2.12
0.09user 0.10system 0:00.91elapsed 20%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (1052major+404minor)pagefaults 0swaps
[phma@neofelis abi]$ time webserver
ross.bomis.com
Server: Apache/1.3.23 (Unix) PHP/4.0.6 mod_fastcgi/2.2.12
0.10user 0.09system 0:00.44elapsed 42%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (1052major+404minor)pagefaults 0swaps
[phma@neofelis abi]$ time webserver
www.wikipedia.com
Server: Apache/1.3.23 (Unix) PHP/4.0.6 mod_fastcgi/2.2.12
0.11user 0.22system 0:32.39elapsed 1%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (957major+376minor)pagefaults 0swaps
[phma@neofelis abi]$ time webserver
www.wikipedia.com
Server: Apache/1.3.23 (Unix) PHP/4.0.6 mod_fastcgi/2.2.12
0.10user 1.02system 1:17.12elapsed 1%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (1125major+404minor)pagefaults 0swaps
[phma@neofelis abi]$ time webserver
www.wikipedia.com
Looking up
www.wikipedia.com.
Making HTTP connection to
www.wikipedia.com.
Sending HTTP request.
HTTP request sent; waiting for response.
Alert!: Unexpected network read error; connection aborted.
Can't Access `http://www.wikipedia.com/'
Alert!: Unable to access document.
lynx: Can't access startfile
Command exited with non-zero status 1
0.10user 2.28system 5:16.30elapsed 0%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (1176major+406minor)pagefaults 0swaps
----- End forwarded message -----