Title: server code: 504 error and similar – solution
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# server code: 504 error and similar – solution

 *  Resolved [dingdang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dingdang/)
 * (@dingdang)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-code-504-error-and-similar-solution/)
 * Hello,
 * (thank you for the great plugin!).
 * After I’ve seen this error for the first time today trying to use it on a different
   server than usual type, it was impossible to run the installer (step 2 were it
   unzips the archive and import the database).
 * It was stopping after the unzipping (but this may vary).
 * I’ve seen that many others have the same problem with some hosting providers,
   while it is not present with others.
 * As we have full control over the server we had a chance to discover what is the
   problem, so this may be of help to you to fix it (if possible at all) – but you
   can reproduce it easily.
 * The difference was LVE and it’s default limits. The kandidates IMO are:
 * EP (which was 20) (Max number of processes)
    NPROC (100) (Max number of processes
   within LVE) IO (1024KB/sec) (IO throughput – combines both read & write operations)
 * Most probably it is the last one. An archive of just 100MB would make the script
   to work 200 seconds and it times out at some point because of some other web 
   server watching module.
 * I hadn’t have time to try which one exactly is the reason for timeout, but when
   set all to unlimited the problem was solved. Bad news is that regular hosting
   users can’t force providers to change those settings for their accounts..
 * Good luck.
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 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-code-504-error-and-similar-solution/#post-6399014)
 * Hey DingDang,
 * Thanks for providing that information, very helpful! For those on some budget
   hosts there are some constraints that just can’t really be coded around very 
   effectively…
 * Cheers~
 *  [Scott Fichter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/surge42/)
 * (@surge42)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-code-504-error-and-similar-solution/#post-6399047)
 * With the deepest respect. The title should be…. 504 error on shared host? YOUR
   TOAST!

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 * Last reply from: [Scott Fichter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/surge42/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-code-504-error-and-similar-solution/#post-6399047)
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