Automatic Performance Mode

[Mellisa]

In many cases I come and I see the whole site unsable due to server load and it takes hell of time to figure things out. Sometimes you just can't!

I really wish there is way to automatically enable performance mode in ipb when load goes above a certain ratio and disable it again when it goes below another certain ratio.

This way site will always run smoothly when we are not around. I this this tweak will be the most useful addition!

What do you think guys?

[AndyF]

I can see the value in something like that, although (just my thought) is it might be better as a third party hook. Some care would have to be taken to build in a safety margin so it did not rapidly switch itself on and off for tiny spikes though. Perhaps it could work from load averages rather than current loading...

[Mellisa]

well this is why i said 2 threshold.

a high threshold to switch performance mode on, and another threshold that it will switch it back to off. thus making a safe gray area. and no need to fetch server load, just use what value ipb gives!