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1. nickaster
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   I'd really like to know what I'm doing wrong. I've had supercache enabled and everything checks out fine. THREE TIMES we've been on Digg and every time the site crashed almost instantly.

   The first time I think it was my fault as super cache was not totally turned on. I've double checked it many times since and two massive failures later, I'm led to believe it does next to nothing. Or at least does next to nothing with my host perhaps?

   Does anyone have any reason to believe Pair.com hosting doesn't properly work with SuperCache? Is there anything I should be looking at in server logs? Is Pair just being greedy with what they allocate to me? WTF? I'm done with these clowns if it turns out to be their problem, but why would any other host be bette?

   This really sucks.

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-super-cache/

2. nickaster
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   Reply from my host (Pair) -

   We just attempted to re-enable the site with CBAND enabled; CBAND
   throttles incoming traffic essentially. However, even with this enabled, your site consumes way too many resources to be re-enabled at this time, as load shot up to over 50 immediately after enabling the site.

   One problem that I see is that you are using php-cgiwrap on the entire
   site; please note that running PHP as CGI is a lot more resource intensive and will definitely cause problems under the traffic you are seeing.

   However, I even tried commenting the necessary lines ouur of your
   .htaccess file; after re-enabling the domain, load was immediately back up over 30, so it is clear that a large part of the problem is the site
   software/configuration itself combined with the amount of traffic you are receiving.

   Unforuntely, while WP-Super-Cache does help in many instances, when
   configured properly, it doesn't always prove to be a singular fix;
   there may be other problematic plugins or you may need to re-examine
   your caching implementation.

   Does this mean my server sucks, or is there something else I can do? The reason I have that wrap thing on is because wordpress won't do automatic updates without it.

3. donncha
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   Try some of the things suggested on these threads:
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/262710?replies=15#post-1196630
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/301570?replies=21

   Do they help?

4. nickaster
   Member
   Posted 2 months ago #

   Thanks!

   I looked at those and all the gzip tests work fine for me, so I guess it's correctly set up. SuperCache just did nothing to help in yesterday's digg hit. The site was down in minutes.

   I just spent a bunch of money upgrading to a new server and I guess I just have to cross my fingers that next time it will roll smoothly.

   Is there anything else I can do to definitively prove that my lousy hosting environment was the cause? (This was a cheap shared hosting environment) Like those testing websites represented in the other threads?

5. nicollb
   Member
   Posted 3 weeks ago #

   I am having similar issues with WP sites hosted at pair.com. Overall, I've had a long, good run with pair. But, this php-cgiwrap and memory issue. I have had similar responses from pair about using php-cgiwrap. However, I'm skittish about not running under cgi because I have to open too many things up as world writable.

   Did the new server setup fix your problems?

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