We're currently running 1.7.2 on an Ubuntu LAMP stack. I was preparing for an upgrade today, and noticed the ost_session table seems to be growing - it's at about 7mb. I know that's not huge, but we've only used the system for about 6 months. It looks like a log of every session. Would it be safe to purge entries from before two months ago?Thanks!
Interesting.I don't see why not. Although I'm curious what would be causing that. Do you have access to your php.ini? I'm wondering if your session time out is set really insanely high. (you can find more information about your php session time outs here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1516266/how-long-will-my-session-last/1516284)
Thanks for the response!PHP Session is currently set to 1440 (for session.gc_maxlifetime). 24 minutes is the standard for php5, correct?Thanks!
Yeah I that sounds right.IF you dont mind, can you perform a site and database back up of your setup and upgrade to 1.8.0.1 and see if the problem persists?
Absolutely. We actually upgraded to 1.8.0.1 yesterday. What would be the best way to check to see if the problem persists? Monitor growth from this point on? Thanks!
