Server Load On Apache

Server Load

[pongkoyla]

On day time, our website loads fast or at least above normal - showing load average of 1.0-1.6.

But customer's bane is during night time, when they browse the website from page to page - very slow, hang, click twice to load the page - showing load average 2.0-4.0.

Anyone got any ideas on ways how to maintain a should be load average? or how to avoid sudden rise of load average? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

[jdMorgan]

Who hosts this site -- Is it commercially-hosted, or hosted by the customer?
Does the host run server backup jobs at night?
Does the host run database backup jobs at night?
Does the site get more visitor traffic during the day or the night?

No-one can give good answers without this information.

Jim

[pongkoyla]

Thanks Jim for the reply.

The website's server is a dedicated server provided/hosted by calpop.

I guess the host run server backup jobs and database backup jobs in scheduled time. Our IT team do server backup too on scheduled time.

The site gets more visitor traffic at night.

[jdMorgan]

I would discuss this problem with the host, then, and make sure that:

1) Your server is scheduled for backup jobs during the day, and at approximately at your minimum-traffic time.

2) The network segment on which your server is located will not be used for backup traffic during your peak-traffic time. (In other words, if they are doing the backup over the network instead of using a local disk, then your network may get bogged down because *other* servers are being backed-up using that network segment/switch/router when your traffic is peaking).

Anyway, the bottom line is "Talk to the host."

Jim

[pongkoyla]

Thanks Jim, Do you have any idea of a good/better dedicated web hosting company in other countries aside from US? maybe like in australia? sweden? or maybe in asia part? :D

any reply is appreciated... thanks sir jim...

[jdMorgan]

No -- sorry, all of my servers are in the U.S. and I only host with three companies here as well. Also be aware that we don't allow hosting or software recommendations here at WebmasterWorld -- There is no way to tell a genuine recommendation from a purely-promotional post.

Jim

[pongkoyla]

Thank You. :)