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Hi, as our service gained more users we are experiencing some scaling issues.
Here are some problems you may encounter:
* Gateway errors
* Slow or no access to some files
* Problems in boxee app
* Zip & Download problems
These are precautionary steps we took to reduce our load:
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refik / gist:4110611
Created November 19, 2012 13:23
Disk status
Unit UnitType Status %RCmpl %V/I/M Stripe Size(GB) Cache AVrfy
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u0 SINGLE VERIFY-PAUSED - 5% - 2793.96 RiW ON
u1 SINGLE VERIFY-PAUSED - 3% - 2793.96 RiW ON
u2 SINGLE VERIFY-PAUSED - 0% - 2793.96 RiW ON
u3 SINGLE VERIFY-PAUSED - 0% - 2793.96 RiW ON
u4 SINGLE VERIFY-PAUSED - 0% - 2793.96 RiW ON
u5 SINGLE VERIFY-PAUSED - 0% - 2793.96 RiW ON
u6 SINGLE VERIFY-PAUSED - 0% - 2793.96 RiW ON
u7 SINGLE VERIFY-PAUSED - 0% - 2793.96 RiW ON
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refik / gist:4110606
Created November 19, 2012 13:21
Syslog
Nov 19 13:55:01 localhost CRON[19106]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1)
Nov 19 13:55:01 localhost CRON[19107]: (root) CMD (if [ -x /etc/munin/plugins/apt_all ]; then /etc/munin/plugins/apt_all update 7200 12 >/dev/null; elif [ -x /etc/munin/plugins/apt ]; then /etc/munin/plugins/apt update 7200 12 >/dev/null; fi)
Nov 19 13:55:24 localhost kernel: [437573.717341] 3w-9xxx: scsi6: AEN: INFO (0x04:0x0029): Verify started:unit=0.
Nov 19 13:55:24 localhost kernel: [437573.717726] 3w-9xxx: scsi6: AEN: INFO (0x04:0x0029): Verify started:unit=1.
Nov 19 13:55:24 localhost kernel: [437573.718104] 3w-9xxx: scsi6: AEN: INFO (0x04:0x0029): Verify started:unit=2.
Nov 19 13:56:48 localhost kernel: [437657.824255] sd 6:0:5:0: WARNING: (0x06:0x002C): Command (0x2a) timed out, resetting card.
Nov 19 13:57:35 localhost kernel: [437704.612013] 3w-9xxx: scsi6: AEN: INFO (0x04:0x005E): Cache synchronization completed:unit=5.
Nov 19 13:57:35 localhost kernel: [437704.724015] 3w-9xxx: scsi6: AEN: INFO
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refik / gist:4110533
Created November 19, 2012 13:04
Disk utilization
iostat -xc 1
avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle
7.34 0.00 2.78 89.87 0.00 0.00
Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rkB/s wkB/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await r_await w_await svctm %util
sda 0.00 2.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 16.50 11.00 0.02 6.67 0.00 6.67 6.67 2.00
sdb 0.00 2.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 16.50 11.00 0.02 6.67 0.00 6.67 6.67 2.00
md2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
md0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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vrxterm -geometry 12x1p=0p=0
echo k
vrxterm -geometry 12x1p=75p=0
echo e
vrxterm -geometry 12x1p=150p=0
echo y
vrxterm -geometry 12x1p=225p=0
echo p[
vrxterm -geometry 12x1p=300p=0
echo c
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keyboard volume up
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keyboard x and x
keyboard t and t
keyboard e and e
Keyboard Volume Up
Keyboard r and R
Keyboard t and T
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Keyboard r and R
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refik / jhbuildrc
Created September 27, 2012 15:17
jhbuildrc
#!python
#######################################################################################
# This is a checkout and build configuration for building Xorg
#
# This can be copied to ~/.jhbuildrc and then run 'jhbuild build xserver'
#
#######################################################################################
moduleset = 'http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/util/modular/plain/xorg.modules'
checkoutroot = '~/sources/xorg/git'