Maximum site visitors

Last one for tonight,

There have been a few occasions over the past couple of weeks where i've had a high level of traffic and its caused the site a few issues. The visitor count stopped at something like 699, is that something inbuilt? Can it be/is it wise to increase it?

When the maximum is hit i get a load of emails about the CRON. Although i managed to set up the CRON job, i dont really understand it. Is this a type of error message?

Because i dont really understand CRON i've no idea if these emails are telling me something significant or not. Is it something that needs fixing, or is it just for info purposes?

My version 8.1 had a default Maximum users 100 in the settings.

Admin Zone » Setup » Configuration » Site options  its in the Closed site section.

I have set up CRON jobs as well in the past but just because they had step by step directions. I know it does a refresh type or recall to update info so you dont have to manually. That is all I really know. I hope that helps if not maybe someone else can chime in.  

Ollie8557 said

Last one for tonight,

There have been a few occasions over the past couple of weeks where i've had a high level of traffic and its caused the site a few issues. The visitor count stopped at something like 699, is that something inbuilt? Can it be/is it wise to increase it?

When the maximum is hit i get a load of emails about the CRON. Although i managed to set up the CRON job, i dont really understand it. Is this a type of error message?

Because i dont really understand CRON i've no idea if these emails are telling me something significant or not. Is it something that needs fixing, or is it just for info purposes?

This issue has been filed on the tracker as issue #564, with a fix.