[support] Dev Site Impact Impact on Server Resources

[Shai Gluskin]

Greg and all,

Thanks.

To restate differently: though as little as one task can use significant
server resources, zero tasks cannot. And for a site to be "on", "ready" for
a visitor to visit, it doesn't have to run *any *tasks (though the very next
visitor *could* cause server issues if the task were intense enough). So
running Drupal is NOT like a computer operating system: it does not require
extra overhead (other than the basic overhead of the LAMP [or whichever]
stack) in order to be "on."

And thanks for the suggestion about pingdom.com. I'm going to be looking
into it. I've been using websitepulse.com which can get really expansive and
the UI is a bit tough. The expense has caused me to run limited tests.
Though they certainly offer very fine grained controls and custom tests.

Thanks again,

Shai

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Greg Knaddison <
Greg at growingventuresolutions.com> wrote:

> It's unlikely it would cause a problem, but it's totally possible. For
> example, if you have a task that completely consumes the CPU/Disk/RAM
> then having 1 user running that task would slow down the other sites.
>
> Given that it's unlikely, I suggest you "try it and see."  Get a
> monitoring service for the live sites that shows their performance. If
> you notice it degrading after you setup this crazy site you'll know
> you've got a problem.
>
> FWIW, I like pingdom.com for monitoring.
>
> Cheers,
> Greg
>
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>
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Shai Gluskin <shai at content2zero.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello folks,
> > Let's say you have a super-complicated Drupal site with ubercart + a
> > gazillion other modules, but you have 0 visitors.
> > Will that site use significant server resources? Or does a site require
> > actual traffic in order to make an impact on server resources?
> > Thanks for the help.
> > Shai
> >
> >
> >
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