Busy Server

When the server load is higher than specified, show an error message instead of loading the page.

Author:Lubos Svoboda (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.4.2
WordPress version tested:3.9.34
Plugin version:0.2.2
Added to WordPress repository:17-07-2014
Last updated:17-07-2014
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Plugin URI:http://wordpress.org/plugins/busy-server/
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Even though servers do have their “protection” against overload throwing a 503 error, at the time when this happen, server can be really overloaded already. This plugin checks the actual CPU load and if higher than specified (by default 2 per every core), displays an error message.

Very simple checking is used and by no means is this a replacement to proper load balancing. Can be useful though, especially when your server system is undergoing a tuning or heavy maintenance, is under weak attack, etc. and you don’t want to disable the site completely.

Currently only Linux servers are supported ( = tested), other UNIX systems should work as well.

Roadmap:

  • Cache detection (if page is cached, serve it regardless the load)

  • Support for Win servers

  • Test server compatibility

  • Storing settings outside of database for speed improvement

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