Step-by-Step: Diagnosing cascading database downtime during admin-ajax.php request spikes on OVH Servers
Initial Triage: Identifying the `admin-ajax.php` Bottleneck Cascading database downtime, especially when triggered by seemingly innocuous spikes in admin-ajax.php requests, is a classic symptom of an overloaded WordPress backend. On OVH servers, this often manifests as slow response times, database connection errors, and eventually, complete service unavailability. The first step is to confirm that admin-ajax.php is […]