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Re: [WWdevel] pink pages
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From: Michael G. <ga...@ma...> - 2006-09-19 00:57:31
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Hi Martha, I would not recommend an update to version 2.3 in the middle of the =20 semester. It jumps several years of development and would not be easy with existing classes running. I would =20 recommend that you plan to do something like this during a semester or quarter break. Anecdotal evidence indicates that WeBWorK2 runs 2 to 3 times faster than WeBWorK1 on the same hardware -- mainly because certain =20 interpreted code is cached. Exact comparisons are tricky because changing hardware and load also changes the amount =20= of time spent rendering. (In the short run it is often easier to speed up a program by speeding up the hardware =20 rather than the software.) The other advantage to switching to WeBWorK2 is that new features are available =20= which are not available on webwork1.9 and the software is being actively maintained. (I can create a sample =20= webwork2 course on our hosted server for you and your fellow instructors to try out.) Since you are using the WeBWorK 1.9 software, which has not changed =20 much in two plus years, I suspect that the slow down you are experiencing is due to increased demand. If the =20 slow down has been a sudden over a few days time then perhaps it is caused by a runaway process =20 and rebooting the server would fix the situation. It's difficult to =20 say much more without more information about the symptoms. Hope this helps. Take care, Mike On Sep 18, 2006, at 8:45 PM, martha simon wrote: > Mike, > Would an update to version 2.3 be likely to improve our situation? =20= > I am not the person on campus who is "webmaster" for the program =20 > and would not be able to do the actual installation, but can urge =20 > that it be done if there is a good chance of significant improvement. > > How would the update affect current classes and problem sets which =20 > have been edited/built? > > THanks for your help, > Martha > > ---- Original message ---- >> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:32:15 -0400 >> From: Michael Gage <ga...@ma...> >> Subject: Re: [WWdevel] pink pages >> To: Martha Simon <mar...@cs...> >> Cc: Michael Gage <ga...@ma...>, openwebwork-=20 >> de...@li... >> >> Hi Martha, >> Which version of WeBWorK are you using? The >> current version (out this last week) is 2.3. In >> inspecting your site at >> at >> https://webwork.csun.edu/ it seemed like the server >> was using verision 1.9.x but perhaps this is an >> old url and I didn't findthe new server. >> Take care, >> Mike >> >> On Sep 18, 2006, at 2:45 AM, Martha Simon wrote: >> >> Our installation is experiencing an unexpected >> amount of slowness (including for =93professor=94 >> functions) and many =93time out=94s when accessing >> problems/inputting answers. This was not a >> significant complication until this semester and >> seems to occur even when only a few students are >> on the =93active users=94 list. >> >> >> >> Is this a common problem with the current version >> of WW, or is it just our server? >> >> >> >> Martha Simon >> mar...@cs... >> >> >> >> =20 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------=20= >> ---- >> Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support >> web services, security? >> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated >> technology to make your job easier >> Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 >> based on Apache Geronimo >> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?=20 >> cmd=3Dlnk&kid=3D120709&bid=3D263057&dat=3D121642_______________________= ______=20 >> __________________ >> OpenWeBWorK-Devel mailing list >> Ope...@li... >> https://lists.sf.net/lists/listinfo/openwebwork-devel |
