Web server performance of raspberrypi.org

[rwk]

I am getting lots of database timeout errors today. This isn\'t surprising when it comes time to post a message, but for just viewing the main page the use of a database seems rather inefficient. I think that it is a problem of Wordpress. I suggest moving the main web page onto a static HTML server, one of the really efficient ones that can handle a high load. For the database server itself, I would investigate to see where the bottleneck actually lies. Sometimes it is just a problem of a filehandles limit or maximum TCP sockets limit on either the http server or the database server. It is also possible to split the load across multiple http and database servers, with one database server updating the other with a slight delay. I really hope these issues get sorted out before that huge rush to order when the rpi is available. Well, maybe the store operates on a different server. I can hope.

[zebo-the-fat]

I had the same problem, 2 or 3 clicks on the refresh button loads the page ok

[SlayingDragons]

Same, I wonder if there\'s been some influx of viewers and lurkers from the populated boards being shown.

[johnbeetem]

It\'s a well-known problem, and my understanding is that RasPi plans to have a server with much better performance in the near future. I think the store already uses a different server.

For now, web site performance is generally good except when there is a reference to RasPi at Slashdot.