Server Config

[qxh]

1. dedicated

2. cpu speed/type single or dual cpus): single celeron 1.3ghz
how much memory installed: 512mb ram
hard drive type/configuration: 60GB EIDE non raid
linux distributor or windows version: redhat linux 7.2
apache/IIS version: apache 1.3.27
PHP version: php 4.3.2
MySQL version: mysql 4.0.14

3. nope

4. either up2date or a cpanel update

5. 3:04pm up 2:47, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.05, 0.02
82 processes: 80 sleeping, 2 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states: 0.1% user, 0.3% system, 0.0% nice, 99.4% idle
Mem: 505868K av, 479852K used, 26016K free, 0K shrd, 28892K buff
Swap: 1020116K av, 0K used, 1020116K free 327312K cached
PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND
10961 root 15 0 1060 1060 828 R 0.3 0.2 0:00 top
1 root 15 0 524 524 456 S 0.0 0.1 0:05 init
2 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 keventd
3 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 kapmd
4 root 34 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:00 ksoftirqd_CPU0
5 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 kswapd
6 root 25 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 bdflush
7 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 kupdated
8 root 25 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 mdrecoveryd
12 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:01 kjournald
88 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 khubd
211 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 kjournald
539 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 eth0
670 root 15 0 592 592 488 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 syslogd
675 root 15 0 1228 1228 444 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 klogd
850 named 17 0 3796 3796 2004 S 0.0 0.7 0:00 named
852 named 15 0 3796 3796 2004 S 0.0 0.7 0:00 named
853 named 15 0 3796 3796 2004 S 0.0 0.7 0:06 named
854 named 15 0 3796 3796 2004 S 0.0 0.7 0:00 named
855 named 15 0 3796 3796 2004 S 0.0 0.7 0:00 named
876 root 15 0 1260 1260 1124 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 sshd
910 root 15 0 984 984 780 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 xinetd
1011 nobody 17 0 624 624 384 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 melange
1038 root 15 0 3224 3224 2004 S 0.0 0.6 0:00 whostmgrd
1213 root 15 0 716 716 596 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 crond
1265 root 15 0 1260 1260 1064 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 antirelayd
1276 root 16 0 1032 1032 848 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 mysqld_safe
1318 mysql 15 0 11444 11M 1900 S 0.0 2.2 0:00 mysqld
1344 xfs 15 0 2832 2832 868 S 0.0 0.5 0:00 xfs
1421 mysql 15 0 11444 11M 1900 S 0.0 2.2 0:00 mysqld
1422 mysql 20 0 11444 11M 1900 S 0.0 2.2 0:00 mysqld
1423 mysql 15 0 11444 11M 1900 S 0.0 2.2 0:00 mysqld
1424 mysql 15 0 11444 11M 1900 S 0.0 2.2 0:00 mysqld
1425 mysql 20 0 11444 11M 1900 S 0.0 2.2 0:00 mysqld
1441 root 16 0 608 608 528 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 rhnsd
1469 root 17 0 508 508 432 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 portsentry
1490 mysql 15 0 11444 11M 1900 S 0.0 2.2 0:00 mysqld
1491 mysql 15 0 11444 11M 1900 S 0.0 2.2 0:09 mysqld


6. | back_log | 50 |
| basedir | / |
| binlog_cache_size | 32768 |
| bulk_insert_buffer_size | 8388608 |
| character_set | latin1 |
| character_sets | latin1 big5 czech euc_kr gb2312 gbk latin1_de sjis tis620 ujis dec8 dos german1 hp8 koi8_ru latin2 swe7 usa7 cp1251 danish hebrew win1251 estonia hungarian koi8_ukr win1251ukr greek win1250 croat cp1257 latin5 |
| concurrent_insert | ON |
| connect_timeout | 5 |
| convert_character_set | |
| datadir | /var/lib/mysql/ |
| default_week_format | 0 |
| delay_key_write | ON |
| delayed_insert_limit | 100 |
| delayed_insert_timeout | 300 |
| delayed_queue_size | 1000 |
| flush | OFF |
| flush_time | 0 |
| ft_boolean_syntax | + -><()~*:""&| |
| ft_min_word_len | 4 |
| ft_max_word_len | 254 |
| ft_max_word_len_for_sort | 20 |
| ft_stopword_file | (built-in) |
| have_bdb | NO |
| have_crypt | YES |
| have_innodb | YES |
| have_isam | YES |
| have_raid | NO |
| have_symlink | YES |
| have_openssl | NO |
| have_query_cache | YES |
| init_file | |
| innodb_additional_mem_pool_size | 1048576 |
| innodb_buffer_pool_size | 8388608 |
| innodb_data_file_path | ibdata1:10M:autoextend |
| innodb_data_home_dir | |
| innodb_file_io_threads | 4 |
| innodb_force_recovery | 0 |
| innodb_thread_concurrency | 8 |
| innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit | 1 |
| innodb_fast_shutdown | ON |
| innodb_flush_method | |
| innodb_lock_wait_timeout | 50 |
| innodb_log_arch_dir | ./ |
| innodb_log_archive | OFF |
| innodb_log_buffer_size | 1048576 |
| innodb_log_file_size | 5242880 |
| innodb_log_files_in_group | 2 |
| innodb_log_group_home_dir | ./ |
| innodb_mirrored_log_groups | 1 |
| innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct | 90 |
| interactive_timeout | 200 |
| join_buffer_size | 131072 |
| key_buffer_size | 8388600 |
| language | /usr/share/mysql/english/ |
| large_files_support | ON |
| local_infile | ON |
| locked_in_memory | OFF |
| log | OFF |
| log_update | OFF |
| log_bin | OFF |
| log_slave_updates | OFF |
| log_slow_queries | OFF |
| log_warnings | OFF |
| long_query_time | 10 |
| low_priority_updates | OFF |
| lower_case_table_names | OFF |
| max_allowed_packet | 16776192 |
| max_binlog_cache_size | 4294967295 |
| max_binlog_size | 1073741824 |
| max_connections | 1500 |
| max_connect_errors | 10 |
| max_delayed_threads | 20 |
| max_heap_table_size | 16777216 |
| max_join_size | 4294967295 |
| max_relay_log_size | 0 |
| max_seeks_for_key | 4294967295 |
| max_sort_length | 1024 |
| max_user_connections | 200 |
| max_tmp_tables | 32 |
| max_write_lock_count | 4294967295 |
| myisam_max_extra_sort_file_size | 268435456 |
| myisam_max_sort_file_size | 2147483647 |
| myisam_repair_threads | 1 |
| myisam_recover_options | OFF |
| myisam_sort_buffer_size | 8388608 |
| net_buffer_length | 16384 |
| net_read_timeout | 30 |
| net_retry_count | 10 |
| net_write_timeout | 60 |
| new | OFF |
| open_files_limit | 0 |
| pid_file | /var/lib/mysql/oyrx.gamewizards.net.pid |
| log_error | |
| port | 3306 |
| protocol_version | 10 |
| read_buffer_size | 131072 |
| read_only | OFF |
| read_rnd_buffer_size | 262144 |
| rpl_recovery_rank | 0 |
| query_cache_limit | 1048576 |
| query_cache_size | 0 |
| query_cache_type | ON |
| server_id | 0 |
| slave_net_timeout | 3600 |
| skip_external_locking | ON |
| skip_networking | OFF |
| skip_show_database | OFF |
| slow_launch_time | 2 |
| socket | /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock |
| sort_buffer_size | 2097144 |
| sql_mode | 0 |
| table_cache | 64 |
| table_type | MYISAM |
| thread_cache_size | 0 |
| thread_stack | 126976 |
| tx_isolation | REPEATABLE-READ |
| timezone | BST |
| tmp_table_size | 33554432 |
| tmpdir | /tmp/ |
| version | 4.0.14-standard |
| wait_timeout | 9600 |
+---------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

7. +--------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+--------------------------+-------+
| Aborted_clients | 0 |
| Aborted_connects | 1 |
| Bytes_received | 9865 |
| Bytes_sent | 19481 |
| Com_admin_commands | 0 |
| Com_alter_table | 0 |
| Com_analyze | 0 |
| Com_backup_table | 0 |
| Com_begin | 0 |
| Com_change_db | 0 |
| Com_change_master | 0 |
| Com_check | 0 |
| Com_commit | 0 |
| Com_create_db | 3 |
| Com_create_function | 0 |
| Com_create_index | 0 |
| Com_create_table | 12 |
| Com_delete | 1 |
| Com_delete_multi | 0 |
| Com_drop_db | 0 |
| Com_drop_function | 0 |
| Com_drop_index | 0 |
| Com_drop_table | 0 |
| Com_flush | 5 |
| Com_grant | 0 |
| Com_ha_close | 0 |
| Com_ha_open | 0 |
| Com_ha_read | 0 |
| Com_insert | 0 |
| Com_insert_select | 0 |
| Com_kill | 0 |
| Com_load | 0 |
| Com_load_master_data | 0 |
| Com_load_master_table | 0 |
| Com_lock_tables | 0 |
| Com_optimize | 0 |
| Com_purge | 0 |
| Com_rename_table | 0 |
| Com_repair | 0 |
| Com_replace | 6 |
| Com_replace_select | 0 |
| Com_reset | 0 |
| Com_restore_table | 0 |
| Com_revoke | 0 |
| Com_rollback | 0 |
| Com_savepoint | 0 |
| Com_select | 0 |
| Com_set_option | 0 |
| Com_show_binlog_events | 0 |
| Com_show_binlogs | 0 |
| Com_show_create | 0 |
| Com_show_databases | 0 |
| Com_show_fields | 0 |
| Com_show_grants | 0 |
| Com_show_keys | 0 |
| Com_show_logs | 0 |
| Com_show_master_status | 0 |
| Com_show_new_master | 0 |
| Com_show_open_tables | 0 |
| Com_show_processlist | 35 |
| Com_show_slave_hosts | 0 |
| Com_show_slave_status | 0 |
| Com_show_status | 1 |
| Com_show_innodb_status | 0 |
| Com_show_tables | 0 |
| Com_show_variables | 2 |
| Com_slave_start | 0 |
| Com_slave_stop | 0 |
| Com_truncate | 0 |
| Com_unlock_tables | 0 |
| Com_update | 2 |
| Connections | 63 |
| Created_tmp_disk_tables | 0 |
| Created_tmp_tables | 0 |
| Created_tmp_files | 0 |
| Delayed_insert_threads | 0 |
| Delayed_writes | 0 |
| Delayed_errors | 0 |
| Flush_commands | 1 |
| Handler_commit | 0 |
| Handler_delete | 0 |
| Handler_read_first | 6 |
| Handler_read_key | 0 |
| Handler_read_next | 48 |
| Handler_read_prev | 0 |
| Handler_read_rnd | 6 |
| Handler_read_rnd_next | 643 |
| Handler_rollback | 0 |
| Handler_update | 10 |
| Handler_write | 6 |
| Key_blocks_used | 15 |
| Key_read_requests | 21 |
| Key_reads | 15 |
| Key_write_requests | 0 |
| Key_writes | 0 |
| Max_used_connections | 1 |
| Not_flushed_key_blocks | 0 |
| Not_flushed_delayed_rows | 0 |
| Open_tables | 0 |
| Open_files | 0 |
| Open_streams | 0 |
| Opened_tables | 31 |
| Questions | 127 |
| Qcache_queries_in_cache | 0 |
| Qcache_inserts | 0 |
| Qcache_hits | 0 |
| Qcache_lowmem_prunes | 0 |
| Qcache_not_cached | 0 |
| Qcache_free_memory | 0 |
| Qcache_free_blocks | 0 |
| Qcache_total_blocks | 0 |
| Rpl_status | NULL |
| Select_full_join | 0 |
| Select_full_range_join | 0 |
| Select_range | 0 |
| Select_range_check | 0 |
| Select_scan | 0 |
| Slave_open_temp_tables | 0 |
| Slave_running | OFF |
| Slow_launch_threads | 0 |
| Slow_queries | 0 |
| Sort_merge_passes | 0 |
| Sort_range | 0 |
| Sort_rows | 0 |
| Sort_scan | 0 |
| Table_locks_immediate | 40 |
| Table_locks_waited | 0 |
| Threads_cached | 0 |
| Threads_created | 62 |
| Threads_connected | 1 |
| Threads_running | 1 |
| Uptime | 10035 |
+--------------------------+-------+


8. we have this vbulletin, a few other forums, and a few sites.. ~10 accounts on the server.

9. adverage is around 20 now as we get a few guests, max is around 1500 when we had a ddos

10. http://oryx.gamewizards.net/~gamewiza/phpinfo.php

11. KeepAlive on
MaxKeepAliveRequests 100
KeepAliveTimeout 15
MinSpareServers 5
MaxSpareServers 10
StartServers 5
MaxClients 170

12. vb 3.0.0 beta 5

btw should i have Optimize EIDE Harddrives enabled? it says "Warning: Optimizing drives may cause the system to lock up, or other wise crash in some way if you are using some older buggy chipsets. However you can gain SIGNIFICANT speed and performance. Proceed at your own risk. "

thanks :)

[qxh]

If the phpinfo doesn't work try http://oyrx.gamewizards.net/~gamewiza/phpinfo.php

[eva2000]

I just leave IDE hdd as is in cpanel

as to rest replace /etc/my.cnf with below and restart mysql


[mysqld]
max_connections = 400
key_buffer = 16M
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 64M
join_buffer_size = 1M
read_buffer_size = 1M
sort_buffer_size = 2M
table_cache = 1024
thread_cache_size = 64
wait_timeout = 1800
connect_timeout = 10
max_allowed_packet = 16M
max_connect_errors = 10
query_cache_limit = 1M
query_cache_size = 32M
query_cache_type = 1
skip-innodb

[mysqld_safe]
open_files_limit = 8192

[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet = 16M

[myisamchk]
key_buffer = 64M
sort_buffer = 64M
read_buffer = 16M
write_buffer = 16M

[qxh]

ok thanks, after restarting mysql i got..

mysql started ok Aug 28 10:16:08 server mysql: No mysqld pid file found. Looked for /var/lib/mysql/oyrx.gamewizards.net.pid. Aug 28 10:16:08 server rc: Stopping mysql: succeeded Aug 28 16:24:57 oyrx mysql: No mysqld pid file found. Looked for /var/lib/mysql/oryx.gamewizards.net.pid. Aug 28 16:24:57 oyrx rc: Stopping mysql: succeeded

thanks,
scott

[eva2000]

try adding in my.cnf under

[mysqld]
port = 3306
socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
skip-locking

and restart mysql

[qxh]

same, still get this error message

Attempting to restart mysql Waiting for mysql to restart.... . . . . . . . . . . finished.

mysql statusroot 6778 0.1 0.1 1984 956 ? S 20:44 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --pid-file=/var/lib/mysql/oryx.gamewizards.net.pid
mysql started ok Aug 28 10:16:08 server mysql: No mysqld pid file found. Looked for /var/lib/mysql/oyrx.gamewizards.net.pid. Aug 28 10:16:08 server rc: Stopping mysql: succeeded Aug 28 16:24:57 oyrx mysql: No mysqld pid file found. Looked for /var/lib/mysql/oryx.gamewizards.net.pid. Aug 28 16:24:57 oyrx rc: Stopping mysql: succeeded

[qxh]

Hmm I also get these AIM alerts after rebooting:

GwizServer: [oryx.gamewizards.net] apache failed @ Thu Aug 28 20:59:47 2003. A restart was attempted automagicly.
*** Auto-response sent to GwizServer: AutoMessage: It is physically impossible to lick your elbow...
GwizServer: [oryx.gamewizards.net] exim failed @ Thu Aug 28 21:00:02 2003. A restart was attempted automagicly.
GwizServer: [oryx.gamewizards.net] ftpd failed @ Thu Aug 28 21:00:10 2003. A restart was attempted automagicly.

[qxh]

I've checked in /var/lib/mysql/ and oryx.gamewizards.net.pid is there...

[eva2000]

strange... for now try renaming /etc/my.cnf and restarting mysql see if that works ?

[qxh]

renamed /etc/my.cnf to /etc/my.cnf.old, still got the same..i also spoke to the rackshack techs and they didn't know

btw it's no big problem, everything works ok

[eva2000]

huh i don't understand how can it be okay if mysql isn't running ? or is it ?

try stopping mysql and waiting 20 secs and then restarting mysql (might want to stop apache before mysql to prevent those error emails vb sends)

[qxh]

mysql does run, it just kinda causes errors when starting/restarting.

[qxh]

ok well, eh..i've messed everything up, i think i need a restore lol

[eva2000]

sorry to hear that.. i think you should remove the images linked to your server as when loading this thread i'm prompted to log into your server lol

[qxh]

ok, i've got almost everything working except exim, though i've been told i now have bad ram...btw image removed lol

[eva2000]

ok, i've got almost everything working except exim, though i've been told i now have bad ram...btw image removed lol
ouch bad ram too! i suggest you close your forum while this is being fixed.. you don't want corrupted data being written to your database etc

[qxh]

alright well they said it's not the ram, but thats what some rs techs told me. they're looking into it for now... i keep getting seg faults

[eva2000]

seg fault and cpanel.. first thing i'd do is update cpanel/whm to latest version and run /scripts/easyapache and rebuild apache and php

[qxh]

i've done that, i even reinstalled cpanel...ran easyapache several times..someone is running memtest on my server now, i suppose it's a rs tech so we'll see :) it happens when installing things via ssh, upgrading to rh 9, and rpms to do install via cpanel either

[qxh]

all is good, they're replacing the box :)

[eva2000]

all is good, they're replacing the box :)
good to hear .. hopefully replacement box will be trouble free :D

come back for some tweaking recommendations when the box is up :)

[eva2000]

all is good, they're replacing the box :)
good to here .. hopefully replacement box will be trouble free :D

come back for some tweaking recommendations when the box is up :)

[qxh]

well, i got it all up and running, then something happened and it all messed up .. i know for a fact i didn't do it, but i don't have a clue - we'll wait to see what they do now.

[eva2000]

well, i got it all up and running, then something happened and it all messed up .. i know for a fact i didn't do it, but i don't have a clue - we'll wait to see what they do now.
geez... who's your host btw ?

[qxh]

i'm at rackshack - ok patrick gave me a free restore and upgraded everything for me, all passwords changed from before (they think i was hacked) and all sites up and running. :)

[qxh]

everything seems to be working good now, could i have another please ;)

1. is this on dedicated or shared virual server
dedicated

2. your server specs. For example:

cpu speed/type single or dual cpus): dual p3 1ghz
how much memory installed: 512mb ram
hard drive type/configuration: 60GB EIDE non raid
linux distributor or windows version: redhat linux 7.3
apache/IIS version: apache 1.3.27
PHP version: php 4.3.1
MySQL version: mysql 3.23.56
single celeron 1.3ghz
512mb ram
60gb eide non raid (/backup) and 80gb eide non raid (/home, /boot, etc)
redhat 7.3
apache 1.3.27
php 4.3.3
mysql 4.0.15

3. if you use mysql 4.x instead of mysql 3.23.x, do you have any innodb type databases/tables on your server ?
nope

4. if possible how mysql was compiled/installed
whm

5. your top stats
1:04pm up 7 days, 12:53, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.14, 0.16
120 processes: 119 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states: 1.8% user, 0.9% system, 0.0% nice, 4.8% idle
Mem: 506048K av, 491760K used, 14288K free, 0K shrd, 74064K buff
Swap: 1020116K av, 37220K used, 982896K free 289624K cached
PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND
6 root 16 0 0 0 0 SW 1.9 0.0 37:44 kscand
10365 root 17 0 1080 1080 840 R 0.9 0.2 0:00 top
1 root 7 0 480 432 412 S 0.0 0.0 0:06 init
2 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:01 keventd
3 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 kapmd
4 root 19 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:00 ksoftirqd_CPU0
5 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:21 kswapd
7 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:04 bdflush
8 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:01 kupdated
9 root -1 -20 0 0 0 SW< 0.0 0.0 0:00 mdrecoveryd
13 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:37 kjournald
92 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 khubd
218 root 9 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 kjournald
808 root 8 0 608 596 524 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 crond
846 root 9 0 384 332 328 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 mingetty
847 root 9 0 384 332 328 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 mingetty
848 root 9 0 384 332 328 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 mingetty


6. your mysql configuration variables located at /etc/my.cnf or c:\my.cnf if on Windows server if you don't have that file you need to log into telnet and as root user type
[mysqld]
max_connections = 400
key_buffer = 16M
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 64M
join_buffer_size = 1M
read_buffer_size = 1M
sort_buffer_size = 2M
table_cache = 1024
thread_cache_size = 64
wait_timeout = 1800
connect_timeout = 10
max_allowed_packet = 16M
max_connect_errors = 10
query_cache_limit = 1M
query_cache_size = 32M
query_cache_type = 1
skip-innodb

[mysqld_safe]
open_files_limit = 8192
[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet = 16M

[myisamchk]
key_buffer = 64M
sort_buffer = 64M
read_buffer = 16M
write_buffer = 16M

7. your mysql extended-status output either still telnet as root user type

mysqladmin -u root -p extended-status

copy and paste output here

or preferred is to installed extended-status output script which is either located

- in your vB 2.2.6 or higher vB version's zip file extra's folder, upload mysqlinfo.php script to your site or if you're on an pre vB 2.2.6 install go to
- http://vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=3477 and install that scrip making sure to edit $mysqllogin line with your own mysqlusername and password

and post url to that here
same as before (see first post)

8. oh and is your vB the only thing on the server? or other scripts? sites?
vbulletin, few of my scripts, ~15 sites

9. how many average and max concurrent users on your vB forum ?
30

10. create a file named phpinfo.php and place this code in it and post the url/link to it from your web site

<?
phpinfo();
?>

i.e. yourdomain.com/phpinfo.php
http://www.gamewizards.net/phpinfo.php

11. if you run Apache and you have your own dedicated server or access to your httpd.conf (apache configuration file) can you post the values you have set for the following :

KeepAlive
MaxKeepAliveRequests
KeepAliveTimeout
MinSpareServers
MaxSpareServers
StartServers
MaxClients
#
# Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out.
#
Timeout 300
#
# KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than
# one request per connection). Set to "Off" to deactivate.
#
KeepAlive On
#
# MaxKeepAliveRequests: The maximum number of requests to allow
# during a persistent connection. Set to 0 to allow an unlimited amount.
# We recommend you leave this number high, for maximum performance.
#
MaxKeepAliveRequests 100
#
# KeepAliveTimeout: Number of seconds to wait for the next request from the
# same client on the same connection.
#
KeepAliveTimeout 100
MinSpareServers 5
MaxSpareServers 10
#
# Number of servers to start initially --- should be a reasonable ballpark
# figure.
#
StartServers 5


12. what version of vB are you running ?
3.0.0 beta 6

[eva2000]

ah great to see you're all good now..

the my.cnf you have now and settings seem okay and don't need changing right now

might want to try installing Turck Mmcache

[d3nnis]

might want to try installing Turck Mmcache

wat does this do?? :D

[qxh]

ah great to see you're all good now..

the my.cnf you have now and settings seem okay and don't need changing right now

might want to try installing Turck Mmcache
i have, or at least did until i downgraded php, i'll install it again!

[qxh]

done :)

http://www.gamewizards.net/phpinfo.php

[qxh]

i messed the server up AGAIN trying to upgrade to redhat 9, anyway we've restored and I've sorted and upgraded everything again (still running 7.3 btw)