Question for site owner or admin

[bmoeller]

Is the shoutbox hard on your server(s). it something that i wonder from time to time. Seems like every time the server is running slow i think about the shoutbox eating up all the resources. Not that its ever the cause.

bmoeller Reviewed by bmoeller on 23rd May 2011. Question for site owner or admin Is the shoutbox hard on your server(s). it something that i wonder from time to time. Seems like every time the server is running slow i think about the shoutbox eating up all the resources. Not that its ever the cause. Rating: 5

[Invisian]

Yeah, shoutbox known to be very resource intensive.

[Cory]

Yes, Shoutboxes, Chatrooms or Chat Boxes are known to be resource intensive because;

Server it's on is slow. (CPU, RAM, Network)
Writing to Flat files (temp file and writes to an XML)
Uses MySQL (MYSQL is a resource hog all it's own.

If the chat uses XML, could also make it slow (Ajax too)

[Eplexx]

Thats why I don't have one on my site.

[bxflow]

Is the shoutbox hard on your server(s). it something that i wonder from time to time. Seems like every time the server is running slow i think about the shoutbox eating up all the resources. Not that its ever the cause.

for what kind of script?

for vbulletin, I wouldnt really say it makes a big difference (well not in my case), I had the CYB shoutbox in a 512mb ram VPS and It really didnt make a difference, Im guessing on shared servers it does.

But alone php chat scripts do consume alot of resources tho

[bmoeller]

BXFLOW, i was referring to the chat box at this site

[SuicidalMedia]

@bmoeller
KWWHunction is using the CYB Chatbox, same Chatbox that bxflow used, and it makes a big difference when it comes to the load if site has active users like KWWHunction. But again, KWWHunction has no other fancy mods so the loading is pretty much okay.

[eLight]

Is the shoutbox hard on your server(s). it something that i wonder from time to time. Seems like every time the server is running slow i think about the shoutbox eating up all the resources. Not that its ever the cause.

It was, but, that's all fixed now. Has been for some time actually. Hopefully we don't see any further slow parts of the site for some time to come. If anyone wants the modifications to the code, PM me. I'll get around to posting it up shortly (currently away from regular PC). I don't mean the "design" either BTW.

With 10-20 or even 30 people in CB now, plus our regular site load, we rarely use 30-40% of available resources with a fairly low end server, that's with 350+ people online the site with quite a few page views. We used to be 60-70%, so the "standard" CB code isn't the greatest, far from the worst though.

[toothmaniac]

Mr eLight you are the best owner i have seen so far on big sites..keep rocking