The reasons behind the lag with Ricky

[Guest icnsofto]

Hey everyone,

 

Does the fact that Johnny was suspended make Ricky much slower, as users rush to create new accounts on Ricky?

 

[wolstech]

To an extent, yes. More accounts = more load. We actually had to reduce the number of accounts per day on Ricky for this reason.

[Guest icnsofto]

Once Johnny is back, will the uptime on Ricky improve?

[wolstech]

It may or may not. The number of accounts per day on Ricky won't decease overnight since virtually nobody is going to move Ricky->Johnny. Similarly, the number created each day won't decrease since the limit is going to stay the same.

 

Historically though, over time the servers tend to smooth out. New users come and old users go, which means the software being run by them changes over time and thus the load behaves differently.

[Guest icnsofto]

Why is Tommy much more stable and has a better uptime then?

[wolstech]

Fewer accounts and much newer hardware on Tommy. We also have somewhat tighter resource controls.

 

Ricky's hardware (Stevie) is actually the oldest in our fleet. Tommy's hardware (Eddie) is I believe either the newest or second newest server based on date of manufacture.