While dealing with server slowdowns, I'm getting into a relatively little known function in WordPress: wp-cron and what it is doing behind the scenes. A cron is a subroutine that performs future tasks according to a schedule, so it's necessary to make sure it is running and running well. It's also good to lighten the load on your server to ensure the best experience for your visitors. There are reports of wp-cron sometimes using a lot of CPU; which happened to us a couple of days back and brought the server to it knees. Everything was going along as normal then BOOM! the server load spiked through the roof: Apache had 500+ connections open, CPU at 100%, physical RAM exhausted, swap space nearly full before it finally died down. During that time, the blogs exhibited Error Connecting To Database in the browser. All blogs were off line. Not good.
Each time I observe or participate in a spacecraft launch I wonder at all that we have been able to do with The Technology of Fire.
An Artist-Engineer:
Blown Glass Sculptor, 3D Modeling, Film & Animation, Space & Astronomical Artist, Production Designer, Technical Illustrator, Writer, Constructor of Kinetic Sculptures Employing Exotic Materials— Predominantly for the Aerospace Industry.
