August 22, 2002
And the hits just keep on coming…
At some point this morning, my faithful Newton web server passed the 30,000 hit mark. Scoff if you must, but this number represents a year’s worth of traffic passing through the cabling to my slightly larger than pocket-sized friend. To be honest, it’s significantly more traffic than I ever expected to see. Not only did we pass this particular milestone today, but I also tracked down a small, yet important trick to keeping the server running that much better. You see, the NPDS software has a plug-in module specifically for watching various processes while the server is running. If one of those processes or connection states goes kerflunky, the watcher application is supposed to attempt to restart the server. Sometimes this means the Newton gets cold booted. A lot of the time it means that the server just sits there not serving. Bummer. However, what I found out today is that if you don’t minimize the watcher application window, it’s able to continually monitor the server processes and does what it’s supposed to do. When the window is minimized, it’s basically a crap shoot as to whether the server will get restarted when there’s a problem. Alright, I realize that the majority of your folks reading this are either nodding off right about now or have your index fingers twitching over your mouse button in order to click the hell out of here. I completely understand. It’s just that for the two or three dozen other people like me who also run NPDS on their Newtons, this is wonderfully chewy stuff. One little change makes for a much more reliable server. Sometimes I just need to share.
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