Config Recommendations Request: 25 High Traffic Domains

Mar 25, 2009

We are considering a new dedicated server host for a set of 25 domains, about 5 of which are very high traffic (80 million clicks a day each).

I am told that the biggest speed boost and performance comes from memory and fast hard disk. So I'm looking for at least a 16GB RAM and SCSI 10k 300GB hard disks.

I am also told that PHP etc is okay, but MySQL is the one that hogs resources after a while. So for the database server I need a high end server.

I like WHM/Cpanel so that should be alright.

A lot of email alerts may be sent through our system (about 500,000 a day on a good day as there's user subscription to updates functionality) so we may need a separate mail server?

My question: is the following config of 4 x quadcore Dunnington Intels be good enough for the above site? Can I run a database on this config for my kind of traffic or do I need a separate server too?

Code:

Quad Processor Hex Core Intel 7450 - 2.40GHz (Dunnington) - 6 x 9MB (L2) 12MB (L3) cache

Second Processor
Hex Core Intel 7450 - 2.40GHz (Dunnington) - 6 x 9MB (L2) 12MB (L3)

Third Processor
Hex Core Intel 7450 - 2.40GHz (Dunnington) - 6 x 9MB (L2) 12MB (L3) cache

Fourth Processor
Hex Core Intel 7450 - 2.40GHz (Dunnington) - 6 x 9MB (L2) 12MB (L3) cache

16 GB FB-DIMM Registered 533/667

1000 Mbps public uplink
1000 Mbps private uplink

Disk Controller RAID 10
HD1: 300GB SA-SCSI 10K RPM
HD2: 300GB SA-SCSI 10K RPM
HD3: 300GB SA-SCSI 10K RPM
HD4: 300GB SA-SCSI 10K RPM

CentOS 5 (32 bit)

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[root@forums forums]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 861.001
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca
cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
bogomips : 1722.41

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 861.001
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca
cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
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[root@forums forums]# cat /etc/my.cnf
[mysqld]
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
log_error = /var/log/mysql_error.log
log-slow-queries = /var/log/mysql_slow_queries.log
safe-show-database
old_passwords
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skip-innodb
key_buffer_size = 256M
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 64M
join_buffer_size = 1M
read_buffer_size = 1M
sort_buffer_size = 2M
table_cache = 600
thread_cache_size = 384
wait_timeout = 35
connect_timeout = 10
tmp_table_size = 64M
max_heap_table_size = 64M
max_allowed_packet = 64M
max_connect_errors = 10
read_rnd_buffer_size = 524288
bulk_insert_buffer_size = 8M
query_cache_limit = 4M
query_cache_size = 48M
query_cache_type = 1
query_prealloc_size = 163840
query_alloc_block_size = 32768
default-storage-engine = MyISAM

[mysql.server]
user=mysql
basedir=/var/lib

[mysqld_safe]
err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
open_files_limit = 8192

[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet = 16M

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

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Relevant Apache:
StartServers 10
MinSpareServers 10
MaxSpareServers 15
ServerLimit 256
MaxClients 90
MaxRequestsPerChild 1000

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2638 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:16.96 loop0
2981 named 18 0 88016 2328 1152 S 0 0.1 8:44.12 named
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safe-show-database
skip-innodb
max_connections = 500
key_buffer = 80M
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 64M
join_buffer_size = 1M
read_buffer_size = 1M
sort_buffer_size = 2M
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thread_cache_size = 384
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max_allowed_packet = 64M
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read_rnd_buffer_size = 524288
bulk_insert_buffer_size = 8M
query_cache_limit = 4M
query_cache_size = 96M
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query_prealloc_size = 16384
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sort_buffer = 64M
read_buffer = 16M
write_buffer = 16M
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ft_max_word_len=25

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interactive-timeout

MySQL 4.1.22-standard uptime 0 0:39:9 Sat Jun 30 21:33:29 2007

__ Key __________________________________________________ _______________
Buffer used 19.34M of 80.00M %Used: 24.17
Current 33.70M %Usage: 42.12
Write hit 32.57%
Read hit 98.45%

__ Questions __________________________________________________ _________
Total 63.26k 26.9/s
Slow 2 0.0/s %Total: 0.00 %DMS: 0.01
DMS 32.14k 13.7/s 50.80

__ Table Locks __________________________________________________ _______
Waited 40 0.0/s %Total: 0.08
Immediate 50.58k 21.5/s

__ Tables __________________________________________________ ____________
Open 486 of 1800 %Cache: 27.00
Opened 702 0.3/s

__ Connections __________________________________________________ _______
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Total 4.33k 1.8/s

__ Created Temp __________________________________________________ ______
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6-7 vbulletin sites-vbseo and other scripts online avarage;
120 registered user ve 500+ unregistered user
cookie timeout : 7200
unique hit : 15000-20000

KeepAlive ON
MaxKeepAliveRequests 100
KeepAliveTimeout 2
MinSpareServers 10
MaxSpareServers 15
StartServers 10
MaxClients 180
Maxrequestsperchild value 1000

[root@server ~]# uname -a

Linux server.xxxxx 2.6.9-55.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed May 2 14:04:42 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[root@server ~]# ulimit -aH

core file size (blocks, -c) 1000000
data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals (-i) 1024
max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 32
max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files (-n) 4096
pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) 819200
stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes (-u) 14335
virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks (-x) unlimited

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processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 4
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.60GHz
stepping : 10
cpu MHz : 3600.322
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 1
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall nx lm pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 cid cx16 xtpr
bogomips : 7207.08
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 128
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 4
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.60GHz
stepping : 10
cpu MHz : 3600.322
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 3
siblings : 2
core id : 3
cpu cores : 1
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall nx lm pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 cid cx16 xtpr
bogomips : 7199.29
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 128
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor : 2
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 4
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.60GHz
stepping : 10
cpu MHz : 3600.322
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 1
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall nx lm pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 cid cx16 xtpr
bogomips : 7509.03
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 128
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor : 3
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 4
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.60GHz
stepping : 10
cpu MHz : 3600.322
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 3
siblings : 2
core id : 3
cpu cores : 1
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 5
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall nx lm pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 cid cx16 xtpr
bogomips : 7199.26
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 128
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
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creating a setup that will host a site which is expected to receive 50-60K visitors in the first few hours after its launch. The site is membership based and the backend (member system) runs on PHP5-MySQL5.

Here is what I have thought of until now.

Site's sales page (which also happens to be the first page that visitors hit) hosted with Amazon S3 service. All public media files are off loaded to amazon S3 service to keep the number of requests on the hosted setup to minimum.

At the front we can have a high performance firewall like Cisco ASA 5520 followed by two dedicated load balancers in Active/Active state.

Behind the load balancers we have 3 front end servers acting as web-servers. These have SAS disks, 4GB RAM, RAID 1 setup, Dual Xeon Quad core processors each.

Behind the front end servers - we have a dedicated load balancer for the database cluster.

The database cluster consists of 3 Storage/API nodes and one of the front end servers acts as the management node. Each storage node has 8GB RAM, Dual Xeon Quad core processors, 4x RAID 10, SAS setup.

The private network is on a GigaLan.

Do you see any possible/obvious flaw in this design or anything that should be added/subtracted from the setup?

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Mysql Server Hanging On A High Traffic Site

Feb 28, 2008

My video sharing site has high traffic, alexa rate:3,000

My site has 2 servers to split the load. 2 servers share a mysql server. Using rrdns to load the balance.

Server A running mysql 5.0,lighttpd
Server B running lighttpd.
Server B connect to A's mysql database.

During peak time. B can not connect to A's mysql server. It says server not responding. But A still running fine.
When I check mysql log file.
/usr/libexec/mysqld: Forcing close of thread .....

And when run top, the load average is 20.

The spec of Server A
Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.06GHz dual core.
2G Ram.

Here is the my.cnf

Quote:

[mysqld]
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
# Default to using old password format for compatibility with mysql 3.x
# clients (those using the mysqlclient10 compatibility package).
old_passwords=1
max_connections = 1000
wait_timeout=60
connect_timeout=10
interactive_timeout=120
join_buffer_size=1M
query_cache_size=128M
query_cache_limit=2M
max_allowed_packet=16M
table_cache=1024
sort_buffer_size=2M
read_buffer_size=2M

My question, do I need another maching C to run lighttpd, and just keep mysql on A.
Or I can do some mysql optimization on A.

Also, if my site keeps going, can I have 1 mysql server and 5 http servers?

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Dedicated Or Clustered? Which One Is Better For Extremely High Traffic Sites

Apr 24, 2008

hosting solution for 3 very high traffic blogs, all running on WordPress.

I have been researching dedicated and I came across a couple posts where people recommended Clustered hosting over Dedicated for better handling high traffic DB driven sites in the times of Digg or Slashdot frontpage exposure.

I would like your feedback, and your opinion on what to choose from the following options:

1. Netfirms Enterprise III (Clustered)

2. ResellerZoom Failover (Clustered)

3. LiquidWeb Dedicated Webmaster Series (Dedi w/ 2GB DDR and a 3Ghz Intel Hyperthreaded)

4. HiVelocity Dedicated (Dedi w/ Quad-Core Xeon 2.4GHz and 2GB DDR)

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Best Linux Flavor For Large High Traffic MySQL5

May 31, 2008

We just ordered a new Dell server and trying to decide which flavor of Linux to use. The server is going to be used exclusively for a MySQL 5 database.

The MySQL database is very large about 9 gigs, (GIS data), and will be hit quite hard.

I was looking at CentOS and Fedora.

Here is the server specs:
2 Intel Quad Core Xeon 5410 2.33GHZ
8 Gigs Ram
2 146GB 15000RPM SAS Drives In Raid 1

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