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    • thwrT
      thwr @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

      @JaredBusch said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

      Our server definitely does perform better on a Windows OS as we use .NET instead of Mono.

      While native .NET does have advantages over Mono, that statement alone doesn't make sense. That's only one piece of the puzzle.

      Totally agree here. Mono does a pretty good job in most cases, even performance-wise.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @thwr
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        @thwr said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

        @scottalanmiller said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

        @JaredBusch said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

        Our server definitely does perform better on a Windows OS as we use .NET instead of Mono.

        While native .NET does have advantages over Mono, that statement alone doesn't make sense. That's only one piece of the puzzle.

        Totally agree here. Mono does a pretty good job in most cases, even performance-wise.

        And why even use Mono? Native .NET is available. I wonder why they don't mention it?

        https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#linuxredhat

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        • gjacobseG
          gjacobse
          last edited by gjacobse

          Current htop sorted by memory:

          0_1486401995311_2017-02-06 12_25_59-gene@dny-lnx-sc_~.png

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          • JaredBuschJ
            JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

            @thwr said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

            @scottalanmiller said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

            @JaredBusch said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

            Our server definitely does perform better on a Windows OS as we use .NET instead of Mono.

            While native .NET does have advantages over Mono, that statement alone doesn't make sense. That's only one piece of the puzzle.

            Totally agree here. Mono does a pretty good job in most cases, even performance-wise.

            And why even use Mono? Native .NET is available. I wonder why they don't mention it?

            https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#linuxredhat

            That is quite new, and they probably have not spent time to change because they prefer windows.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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              @JaredBusch said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

              @scottalanmiller said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

              @thwr said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

              @scottalanmiller said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

              @JaredBusch said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

              Our server definitely does perform better on a Windows OS as we use .NET instead of Mono.

              While native .NET does have advantages over Mono, that statement alone doesn't make sense. That's only one piece of the puzzle.

              Totally agree here. Mono does a pretty good job in most cases, even performance-wise.

              And why even use Mono? Native .NET is available. I wonder why they don't mention it?

              https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#linuxredhat

              That is quite new, and they probably have not spent time to change because they prefer windows.

              I'm not surprised that they've not put time into it, but just saying that it's slow on Linux because of Mono needs a qualifier like "and we've decided to use Mono for now" or "Native .NET isn't ready yet and lacks something we need". The statement that they make is sensible only because we know Mono is being used by them, but on its own, the statement is weird because Linux is a fully viable Microsoft .NET platform now and it's been a big deal.

              I'm not upset that they haven't tested or ported yet, but they could present that better, I feel. And it suggests that moving to Windows for .NET isn't a long term thing as we already have it native on Linux now. So we just have to wait for them to start using it.

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

                @JaredBusch said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

                @scottalanmiller said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

                @thwr said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

                @scottalanmiller said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

                @JaredBusch said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

                Our server definitely does perform better on a Windows OS as we use .NET instead of Mono.

                While native .NET does have advantages over Mono, that statement alone doesn't make sense. That's only one piece of the puzzle.

                Totally agree here. Mono does a pretty good job in most cases, even performance-wise.

                And why even use Mono? Native .NET is available. I wonder why they don't mention it?

                https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#linuxredhat

                That is quite new, and they probably have not spent time to change because they prefer windows.

                I'm not surprised that they've not put time into it, but just saying that it's slow on Linux because of Mono needs a qualifier like "and we've decided to use Mono for now" or "Native .NET isn't ready yet and lacks something we need". The statement that they make is sensible only because we know Mono is being used by them, but on its own, the statement is weird because Linux is a fully viable Microsoft .NET platform now and it's been a big deal.

                I'm not upset that they haven't tested or ported yet, but they could present that better, I feel. And it suggests that moving to Windows for .NET isn't a long term thing as we already have it native on Linux now. So we just have to wait for them to start using it.

                Looks like they are testing it. I asked about it.

                That was a subject of our meeting with development last week. They hit some kind of roadblock, but it's definitely being looked into.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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                  @JaredBusch Cool, if they had it out on that in 6-9 months I'd be thrilled. Our performance has been okay with Mono, but the whole Mono-wrapper thing is an unnecessary bit of overhead. I'm guessing the Linux server will surge forward in speed once they get that working. Hopefully no major roadblocks.

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch
                    last edited by JaredBusch

                    Alright, upped the memory to 4gb for testing and wiped the sessions.db file.

                    So far only a single high CPU warning right at boot time, so going to expect/accept that.

                    2017-02-06 11:41:29 CPU user (82.1/84.6/87.0)
                    
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                    • JaredBuschJ
                      JaredBusch
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                      Session.db changed dramatically.

                      [root@bnasc ~]# ls -l /opt/screenconnect/App_Data/Session.*
                      -rw-r--r--. 1 root root    794624 Feb  6 11:41 /opt/screenconnect/App_Data/Session.db
                      -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 322928640 Feb  6 11:29 /opt/screenconnect/App_Data/Session.db.2017.02.06
                      -rw-r--r--. 1 root root     32768 Feb  6 11:50 /opt/screenconnect/App_Data/Session.db-shm
                      -rw-r--r--. 1 root root   4128272 Feb  6 11:50 /opt/screenconnect/App_Data/Session.db-wal
                      
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                      • gjacobseG
                        gjacobse @JaredBusch
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                        @JaredBusch

                        Question on that - Do you have the system do DB maintenance?0_1486403889779_2017-02-06 12_57_57-NTG Remote Portal.png

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                        • JaredBuschJ
                          JaredBusch @gjacobse
                          last edited by JaredBusch

                          @gjacobse said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

                          @JaredBusch

                          Question on that - Do you have the system do DB maintenance?!

                          That answer, is no. My bad on that.

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                          • gjacobseG
                            gjacobse @JaredBusch
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                            @JaredBusch said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

                            @gjacobse said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

                            @JaredBusch

                            Question on that - Do you have the system do DB maintenance?!

                            That answer, is no. My bad on that.

                            It wasn't set on the NTG system at first either. But once set, and allowed to cycle it's kept the DB in check. If you set today, it's likely that it won't process until the next run time, which will be Tuesday Night / Wednesday Morning....

                            At least that is what SC Support explained to me.

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                            • JaredBuschJ
                              JaredBusch @gjacobse
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                              @gjacobse said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

                              @JaredBusch said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

                              @gjacobse said in ScreenConnect on CentOS is sluggish:

                              @JaredBusch

                              Question on that - Do you have the system do DB maintenance?!

                              That answer, is no. My bad on that.

                              It wasn't set on the NTG system at first either. But once set, and allowed to cycle it's kept the DB in check. If you set today, it's likely that it won't process until the next run time, which will be Tuesday Night / Wednesday Morning....

                              At least that is what SC Support explained to me.

                              I have a clean Session.db, so nothing there now anyway. Debating if I should put the old one back and let this run.

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                              • JaredBuschJ
                                JaredBusch
                                last edited by JaredBusch

                                ok, just moved the new session DB out and copied the old one back in. going to setup the maintenance task and see what happens.

                                [root@bnasc ~]# ls -l /opt/screenconnect/App_Data/
                                total 635964
                                -rw-r--r--. 1 root root       803 Nov  4 12:41 ExtensionConfiguration.xml
                                drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root        42 Jan 31 17:59 Helper
                                -rw-r--r--. 1 root root       381 Aug 10 01:05 License.xml
                                -rw-r--r--. 1 root root     16220 Jan 31 17:59 Role.xml
                                -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 322928640 Feb  6 17:03 Session.db
                                -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 322928640 Feb  6 11:29 Session.db.2017.02.06.old
                                -rw-r--r--. 1 root root   1163264 Feb  6 16:30 Session.db.2017.02.06.new
                                -rw-r--r--. 1 root root     32768 Feb  6 17:00 Session.db-shm
                                -rw-r--r--. 1 root root   4132392 Feb  6 17:00 Session.db-wal
                                -rw-r--r--. 1 root root      1045 Jul  1  2014 SessionEventTrigger.xml
                                -rw-r--r--. 1 root root      3250 Jun 21  2016 SessionGroup.xml
                                drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root        86 Jan 31 18:09 Toolbox
                                -rw-r--r--. 1 root root      6001 Feb  6 12:07 User.xml
                                
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                                • JaredBuschJ
                                  JaredBusch
                                  last edited by JaredBusch

                                  big ba-da boom

                                  0_1486422455491_upload-f82269d1-a1fe-4d52-bdfc-4ec92b42ad64

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                                  • JaredBuschJ
                                    JaredBusch
                                    last edited by

                                    Put the new one back and it start up just fine /sigh

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                                    • gjacobseG
                                      gjacobse
                                      last edited by

                                      Well at least the new one is still okay... would be a major pain otherwise.

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                                      • JaredBuschJ
                                        JaredBusch
                                        last edited by

                                        A week later, the database file is still small with 157 devices having reported back in.

                                        -rw-r--r--. 1 root root   1163264 Feb  6 16:30 Session.db.2017.02.06.new
                                        -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 322928640 Feb  6 11:29 Session.db.2017.02.06.old
                                        -rw-r--r--. 1 root root   1654784 Feb 11 16:03 Session.db.2017.02.11.new
                                        

                                        Time to test the backup and contact support if it doesn't load.

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                                        • JaredBuschJ
                                          JaredBusch
                                          last edited by

                                          Worked perfectly this time..

                                          0_1486850965597_upload-c6d2970b-3c2b-4e43-8c70-b0ee87330a9c

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                                          • JaredBuschJ
                                            JaredBusch
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                                            Going to run the DB maintenance on this and see what happens.

                                            You can only choose one thehour inthe drop down, so the next hour is 17:00.
                                            Currently 16:12 here.

                                            0_1486851135047_upload-f5ed5085-c033-4287-af54-a559f84760da

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