# FUP and LAG

"Mike Moore" (mike@datasys.net)
Sun, 2 Mar 1997 16:51:07 PST

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    This is just a quick note to let you all know that FUP is GOOD.

    I run a MOO with 4,200 objects and is steadily growing.  We have 10-20
    connections at slow times, 20-30 at "normal" times, and we've peaked at
    close to 60.

    We use FUP.  We use it on descriptions, on help, on verbcode documentation,
    player and $mail_recipient mail, and lots of other long text type things.
    We use about 4.0 % CPU of the machine we're running on, and the process is
    at about 14 MB.  Our MOO is also a Web server (running ThwartedEfforts'
    E_WEB code, modified).

    We have never had a FUP-related problems.  No lag, no crashes.  Just a very
    nice decrease in the size of our text db and process size after
    implementing it.  At 50+ connections the MOO gets a little jerky...but who
    wouldn't, with that kind of activity?

    The machine this MOO runs on is a fairly typical Linux setup, with a
    Pentium, 128 MB RAM, tons of swap, and some top-quality, very fast hard
    drives.  It is the home of at least a dozen MUDS, MUSHes, and our MOO.

    I guess that for every success story there is a horror story.

    --Mike

    ----------
    > From: Edward L. Haletky <elh@secretariat.astroarch.com (none)>
    > To: MOO-Cows@parc.xerox.com
    > Subject: FUP and LAG
    > Date: Wednesday, February 26, 1997 4:31 PM
    >
    >
    > Hello,
    >
    > Just a quick note to let you all know that FUP is BAD. We thought it
    could
    > be very useful but it ended up costing us nearly a diskdrive, a few
    machine
    > crashes, and huge amount of lag when being accessed.
    >
    > So we ripped it out this AM. Only thing FUP'd now is our Help.
    >
    > Best regards,
    > --
    > Edward L. Haletky, President            BATS (ISP Billing and Tracking
    System)
    > AstroArch Consulting, Inc.              http://www.tpoint.net/astroarch
    > elh@astroarch.com
    >