Hi Bill, That's a helpful page and I did already have that bookmarked. Their config files at https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/ are also somewhat helpful.
Thanks, Justin On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 6:44 PM, Bill Traynor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Justin, > > Have you seen the following: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_servers > > That's certainly a good place to start in gathering knowledge. > > Cheers > Bill > > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 8:48 PM, Justin Lloyd <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm not sure where the best place to post this request would be, so I > > figured I'd start here. If there is a better place, or someone I should > > contact directly, please let me know. > > > > So, I haven't found much in my research about best practices for running > > multiple large, busy wikis across multiple servers. As such, I am very > > interested in discussing architectural considerations at the various > layers > > (e.g. web server, database, caching, operating system, hardware, > > deployment, config management) with someone with first-hand experience in > > running larger, busier wikis, especially Wikipedia itself. :) > > > > I originally posted a thread on this list back in mid-November titled > > "Troubleshooting stuck Apache requests". I did get some feedback from a > few > > people, for which I am thankful, and fortunately the problem seems to > have > > disappeared, at least for the moment, despite not having done anything. > > (It's possible our community members may have acted upon a couple of > emails > > we'd sent them regarding certain kinds of pages and templates.) > > > > I followed up that list thread with a /r/mediawiki post > > <https://redd.it/3t2apu> discussing my hardware and software > architecture > > in much more depth, but didn't receive a single reply. Thus, I'm really > > hoping to find people with the appropriate knowledge and experience who > > would be willing to have an in-depth conversation on these topics. > > > > I'd be happy to have such a discussion on this list, but if you prefer to > > email me directly for whatever reason, that would be great as well. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Justin > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
