Thread: Anyone running ST + ATX + Wordpress on the same box?

I want to setup a WP blog to replace my TGP's warning page at http://www.hornypharaoh.com/ but i'm having problems...

My host keeps telling me that WP is too ressource hungry and other blog gurus like Jace and Jayeff tell me that they know many webmasters running tons of blogs / tgp on the same machine without any problem...

This is the boxes I'm paying for:

NSI301, dell 1950/Xeon 5110/2GB/2x160GB SATA and
NSI48, Dell 850/1GB/2x80GB

anyone can help me!!?

i run all three on the same box but i've never had any problems with it - so i don't think i can help you!

btw - WP is NOT resource hungry if you have wp-cache running.

Originally Posted by lex

btw - WP is NOT resource hungry if you have wp-cache running.

Yeah, tell your host about wp-cache.

On our 2 year old box, we have a lot of sites running with many scripts, including this board and lots of Wordpress, Arylias, Smart-Thumbs, ATX and many other types of scripts.

Never had a problem.

I have atx/vanilla/st/wp all on one server but my server is a Dual opteron, 16GB Ram, 2 x 73GB SCSI 10K hdd so i would be pissed if it didn't run all that.

Just use wp-cache and it should be ok unless you push 500k a day on a single server then maybe not

somoene correctme if I'm wrong but I recall reading that merely because wp-cache is installed doesn't mean it's working right / configured correctly, and if that's the case it can actually make the resource problem worse. so if your host isn't already familiar with it, they're probably not the ones that should be installing it

Originally Posted by AmateurFlix

somoene correctme if I'm wrong but I recall reading that merely because wp-cache is installed doesn't mean it's working right / configured correctly, and if that's the case it can actually make the resource problem worse. so if your host isn't already familiar with it, they're probably not the ones that should be installing it

Of-course!

Configuring the server correctly includes installing WP-Cache to help manage the load the script could put on your server.

That's why picking a really good host to begin with is the first step towards success of your sites. Having to change hosts can cause problems.

That being said, HellC, who is your host if you don't mind me asking? Not trying to bash or anything, just trying to get a bit more information.

Originally Posted by CraK

Of-course!


That being said, HellC, who is your host if you don't mind me asking? Not trying to bash or anything, just trying to get a bit more information.

Webazilla..

my host says it's a memory issue.. that WP needs too much..

here's some processes:

600 apache 1 20 0 40436K 37464K lockf 0 0:04 0.00% httpd
584 apache 1 20 0 37760K 34704K lockf 0 0:03 0.00% httpd
580 apache 1 20 0 35664K 32592K lockf 0 0:03 0.00% httpd
562 apache 1 20 0 35532K 32460K lockf 0 0:03 0.00% httpd

Originally Posted by AmateurFlix

somoene correctme if I'm wrong but I recall reading that merely because wp-cache is installed doesn't mean it's working right / configured correctly, and if that's the case it can actually make the resource problem worse. so if your host isn't already familiar with it, they're probably not the ones that should be installing it

true... though it's very easy to install wp-cache correctly and it is also easy to verify that it's working - you just need to read the docs.

WP is a piece of shit resource hog. And WP-cache doesn't always work. Especially if you also want to use some sort of trade script on the blog to track traffic.

WP is NOT a resource hog

once again, I will say it for the 100th time...I LITERALLY have 300+ wp installs running on my box right now, NOT a single one is running wp-cache...and all are running a base WP install with no tweaks.....no issues at all

here is straight from my smart thumbs install on a 30k tgp on the same box as my 300+ wordpress installs

Smart thumbs - Uptime: 10 days, 2:59, Average load: 0.02, 0.03, 0.02

it is a server issue yes, but it is a issue of the server not being configured correctly.....when I started to get extra load on my server I told my techs and within 20 miinutes my load was down to normal and hasn't gone up since

I just checked your install HellC and wp-cache seems to be set up just fine, I set the expiration time higher, so maybe that will help

regardless, I have set up blogs for people that are now getting 40k+ daily, and they have no issues.....but I have also seen people get 2k daily and have issues, and majority of the time it is because they host at webair, LOL, just kiddin....it is usually a deeper server issue and not wordpress itself

Originally Posted by Jace

WP is NOT a resource hog

once again, I will say it for the 100th time...I LITERALLY have 300+ wp installs running on my box right now, NOT a single one is running wp-cache...and all are running a base WP install with no tweaks.....no issues at all

here is straight from my smart thumbs install on a 30k tgp on the same box as my 300+ wordpress installs

Smart thumbs - Uptime: 10 days, 2:59, Average load: 0.02, 0.03, 0.02

it is a server issue yes, but it is a issue of the server not being configured correctly.....when I started to get extra load on my server I told my techs and within 20 miinutes my load was down to normal and hasn't gone up since

I just checked your install HellC and wp-cache seems to be set up just fine, I set the expiration time higher, so maybe that will help

regardless, I have set up blogs for people that are now getting 40k+ daily, and they have no issues.....but I have also seen people get 2k daily and have issues, and majority of the time it is because they host at webair, LOL, just kiddin....it is usually a deeper server issue and not wordpress itself

You may be just about the only one I've ever heard of who's never had WP eat up all of the memory on the box.

Originally Posted by DamageX

You may be just about the only one I've ever heard of who's never had WP eat up all of the memory on the box.

actually, i know it sounds horrible, but the trend I see is due to where the person hosts

Phat Servers, Jupiter, nationalnet....I NEVER see anyone have blog resource issues

webair, dwhs, etc..people always have issues, it never fails

I am going to ask my tech guys what they did to lower my load on my box so nicely.....not sure they will share with me, but worth a try to help everyone out

Originally Posted by DamageX

WP is a piece of shit resource hog. And WP-cache doesn't always work. Especially if you also want to use some sort of trade script on the blog to track traffic.

the cries of a pussy who couldn't get it to work!

BTW

HellC, I also lowered the posts showing up on the front page to 8 instead of 15

see if that helps

every post that shows up is a new call to the database

I have seen guys put 70 posts on the front page and can't figure out why it takes 10 minutes to load

hell, I can't even get to your blog to test some shit out man, did you take it down?

Originally Posted by Jace

hell, I can't even get to your blog to test some shit out man, did you take it down?

No, WP most likely did.

Originally Posted by lex

the cries of a pussy who couldn't get it to work!

DamageX is just getting smacked around everywhere today!

DamageX (4:53 PM) :
Don't get that cheap wine again.
DamageX (4:53 PM) :
Will make your ass hurt. :-D
CraK (4:54 PM) :
Speaking from experience eh? I don't think it was probably the cheap wine that you had.. it was the guy who said he was looking to make "friends" with you.
DamageX (4:55 PM) :
Damn, I left that one wide open. :-D

Originally Posted by CraK

DamageX is just getting smacked around everywhere today!

DamageX (4:53 PM) :
Don't get that cheap wine again.
DamageX (4:53 PM) :
Will make your ass hurt. :-D
CraK (4:54 PM) :
Speaking from experience eh? I don't think it was probably the cheap wine that you had.. it was the guy who said he was looking to make "friends" with you.
DamageX (4:55 PM) :
Damn, I left that one wide open. :-D

Asshole!