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AJAX and Server Performance

Postby lackattack on Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:10 pm

First, I have some good news - the AJAX game interface has been improved and is no longer slow when playing games with long game logs :P

The bad news, which many of you have noticed, is that the server is not performing so well these days :( Games lock up during the nightly backup and at random times. Our population has grown since September and the extra usage seems to be pushing the server to it's limits. Here's my action plan:

  • I very recently changed some settings on the database sever and hopefully that will improve performance.
  • Now that AJAX is zippy and an AJAX-compatible "BOB" script exists, I plan to remove the temporary setting to disable AJAX in the next 24 hours. Moving everyone on to AJAX will further reduce stress on the server and should improve the situation for all of us.
  • Following that, I'll be running CC's code through a perfomance analysis tool. Hopefully that will reveal the bottlenecks and lead to some code optimizations within the next few days.
  • If problems still persist, I'll make any hardware upgrades that are neccesary.


As a member of the Conquer Club, you deserve a high-quality casual-world-domination experience, and it's my top priority to ensure the website performs well for you.
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Postby misterman10 on Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:11 pm

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Postby soundout9 on Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:12 pm

Thanks lack :D
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Postby DiM on Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:18 pm

i can finally take my 200 turn games with ajax on without the computer freezing :)

thanks lack. =D>
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Postby hecter on Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:37 pm

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Postby Gold Knight on Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:46 pm

Thanks, i know Im glad as I had to deal with one of these problems.
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Postby Incandenza on Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:30 pm

Works a treat. Thanks lack!
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Postby Night Strike on Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:12 am

Thanks for all your hard work.

But, is this going to delay getting the newly quenched maps up for play??
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Postby Iliad on Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:00 am

awesome!
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Postby poo-maker on Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:14 am

Thanks alot for that much-needed improvement :)
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Postby AK_iceman on Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:16 am

Too much geek-speak...

But it sounds good nonetheless. :wink:
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Postby happy2seeyou on Fri Nov 16, 2007 3:55 am

AK_iceman wrote:Too much geek-speak...

But it sounds good nonetheless. :wink:


:? Yeah what he said..
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Re: AJAX and Server Performance

Postby rebelman on Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:07 am

lackattack wrote:.

[*]Now that AJAX is zippy and an AJAX-compatible "BOB" script exists, I plan to remove the temporary setting to disable AJAX in the next 24 hours. Moving everyone on to AJAX will further reduce stress on the server and should improve the situation for all of us.


Lack you need to warn people this is about to happen (in a more public way than this) otherwise you could have wholesale panic stations.
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Postby Coleman on Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:41 am

Well, now I can't make any moves at work during my 15 minute breaks. The AJAX doesn't work on their machines for some reason.
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Postby yeti_c on Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:50 am

Coleman wrote:Well, now I can't make any moves at work during my 15 minute breaks. The AJAX doesn't work on their machines for some reason.


Talk to me Coleman... why?

What version of...

Windows, FF / IE are they running?

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Postby yeti_c on Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:52 am

Check this site...

http://verens.com/archives/2005/08/12/ajax-in-ie-without-activex/

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Postby Coleman on Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:53 am

I'm running Fire Fox, same version as at home I believe.

There really is no logical reason. I can start a turn with ajax on, but after that I can't click any buttons.
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Postby yeti_c on Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:56 am

Coleman wrote:I'm running Fire Fox, same version as at home I believe.

There really is no logical reason. I can start a turn with ajax on, but after that I can't click any buttons.


This has to be some kindof security...

Can you change your security settings?

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Postby Coleman on Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:58 am

lol nope. But it's fine, I probably should be doing other things at work.
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Postby yeti_c on Fri Nov 16, 2007 5:02 am

Coleman wrote:lol nope. But it's fine, I probably should be doing other things at work.


You can't change the security? Then you might be stuffed...

After you click Begin - if you refresh - can you press another button again?

Also - go Tools -> Error Console... and see if anything appears in there when you click Begin... when coding BOB - any Jscript error that occured would break the AJAX code too...

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Postby edbeard on Fri Nov 16, 2007 5:31 am

I just took my first Ajax with new Bob turn.

Wow. It was mighty fast. I've been waiting to get the new Bob only because I wanted it to be as bug free as possible. Either I waited too long or just right. Good job to both lack and yeti for their work in all this.
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Postby Iliad on Fri Nov 16, 2007 5:32 am

dammit. It's lagging now
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Postby yeti_c on Fri Nov 16, 2007 5:51 am

edbeard wrote:I just took my first Ajax with new Bob turn.

Wow. It was mighty fast. I've been waiting to get the new Bob only because I wanted it to be as bug free as possible. Either I waited too long or just right. Good job to both lack and yeti for their work in all this.


Far too long!!!

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Postby Coleman on Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:59 am

Well it works now. Odd. Disregard.
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Postby yeti_c on Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:04 am

Coleman wrote:Well it works now. Odd. Disregard.


I suspect you had old BOB running in tandem - thus this would've broken AJAX...

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