Server Hammered by Notifications

[MScDre]

Hello lately my server seems to get overwhelmed by

/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=kleo_bp_notifications_refresh&current=1

I saw that there is a couple of old threads with this is issue where Radu gives some files to replace, BUT he also mentions that they have now been included in the release since 2.4.1

Should I try those files anyway? Is my issue different?

Thanks,

Dre

[MScDre]

I have updated to the latest version of both Theme and associated plugins

[Abe]

Hello, in Theme options – BuddyPress try to set the refresh interval to 40000 which means 40 seconds refresh time or what you think is appropiate.
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[MScDre]

Thanks Abe but I had already set it to 60 seconds. Last night I tried turning it off by setting it at 0 and this morning things seems better but I am not sure if they will last. Also it’s a feature I would much rather have on and working.

[Abe]

For 60 seconds then the value is 60000
0 will disable the live notifications ajax request
Please make sure you have the latest Kleo version installed

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[MScDre]

I indeed used 60000 as the value for the last two days but it didn’t seem to help much.

Now it is at 0 and my server is not crashing anymore but it might also be due to the fact that there is very little traffic on Friday mornings.

I make sure to update Kleo within 24hrs of every new version so that is all good. Although I wonder if users watching my content (videos are 2-3 hours) would technically be on older versions of the page and therefore Theme code which would result in a long delay before I could see positive effects of any of the changes we have discussed.

[MScDre]

I am using New Relic to analyse performance and after 12hrs of having notifications on 0 the calls for
/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=kleo_bp_notifications_refresh&current=1 seem to have died down (i hope I am reading it right)

But /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php is still under heavy load, anything else that could be calling on it?

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[Abe]

You can watch in your browser console if any ajax requests are still made

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[MScDre]

Could the issue be as simple s the fact that all the Ajax effects are cosmetic but that the content is actually all loaded immediately?

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[MScDre]

Is 7th Queen available for hire for custom work? I have parted ways with my previous developers and could really use some assistance, would be great if the new Devs were also the creators of the Theme I am using

[Abe]

Yes, please give an email to cornel@seventhqueen.com who is in charge with custom development.

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[gm713]

@Dre. What program are you using processes (screenshot above).

Probably unrelated to the theme, I’m having trouble with admin_ajax.php, but due to incompatibility with backbuddy which was causing my Apache Server to shut down due to overwhelming requests to mySQL server.

I’m on DreamPress and Varnish is (believed to be) caching admin_ajax resulting into unfinished processes, ultimately overwhelming the sever.

[MScDre]

That is a really good tip @gm713 🙂 I am on a Rackspace Startup account for my servers and they have enabled Varnish for caching, I am thinking it’s more than just a coincidence will see if I can exclude admin-ajax.php from varnish.

The tool I am using is http://newrelic.com/ and its pretty darn awesome.

[gm713]

@mscdre My backupbuddy issues started about a month or two ago. Prior to that backupbuddy worked without any issues, so you’re right it could be more than a coincidence.

Let’s stay in touch to see if our issues may be related. I’m working with the backupbuddy support team to see if they’re able to zero-in on the problem or not. I will report back with findings. Please let me know how your issue and resolution progresses.

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