Server problems!

[mol]

Guys. I have been working on this all day. I am going to continue working on it until I fix it. Until then, please don't give up. We have had some rough server problems before.

[Philosophia]

:hugz:

[Morr]

We got your back mol!

HAIL KING MOL!

[Philosophia]

:hailmol:

[Shadow Dreamer]

It appears that the All Powerful Mol has managed to get the server running properly again...ty Mol.

:hailmol:

[Cassie]

Guys. I have been working on this all day. I am going to continue working on it until I fix it. Until then, please don't give up. We have had some rough server problems before.
Thanks Mol!:fpraise:
We certainly arn't going to give up! :)

[fay]

Yay! It's back! I logged onto the internet yesterday and kept getting error messages (MW is my homepage), twas freaky!
We believe in your infinite power oh sitegod! :D

[Njorun Alma]

:fpraise: All hail mol! yeah! :fpraise:

:cheers:

[Willow Rosette]

Give up????? :lol: Never!!!!

[merlo]

Give up????? :lol: Never!!!!



and thank you oh Site God

[Strega Del Vento]

Who's the man?? Mol!

:hailmol:

[WitchJezebel]

Who's the man?? Mol!

:hailmol:


He da man.... awwww right!

[amakaliani]

All Hail Mol, All Hail Mol - Sorry just watched Flash Gordon.......but, yay, mol!

[Aleannah]

*snicker* okay...you're asking a bunch of computer junkies to not give up? Heck, we'd all be there, watching over your shoulder, giving you...erm, "helpful" suggestions :idea: and generally making a nuisance of ourselves if we were closer. Aren't you glad we're spread out all over? :boing:

[Kalika]

:boing:

[Penthesilea]

Give up? NEVER!!!!! I don't do "give up" so you are stuck with me! (Ain't that a scary thought!) :hugz:

[BlueMoon13]

Phew! Thought I broked it_wedgie_

[KiNoRonin]

The Server wont let me Search or look up my Past Posts or Threads!!!

Fix that!!!

I wanted to post onto my Buy Nothing Thread, but I can not find it!

Help! Tasukete!

KNR

[KiNoRonin]

I found my Buy Nothing Thread.

It was in the Very First Forum I looked through.

But I still can not Search or find Past Posts or Threads.

KNR

[Deranged Hermit]

I found my Buy Nothing Thread.

It was in the Very First Forum I looked through.

But I still can not Search or find Past Posts or Threads.

KNR

meh, I can't search today either...but for future reference, you should change your subscription settings to auto-subscribe to everything you post in. It makes things lots easier. :)

[MalPixie]

I can't view new posts!

[Flaire]

http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=128960

Mol is away right now, but I'm sure he'll check it out when he gets home.

[mol]

Search is fixed! Sorry about the wait!

[Brenda]

Yay, thanks :yayhawaii

:bothsides

[mol]

Yay, thanks :yayhawaii

:bothsides
No problemo!

[Lunacie]

What a great little site god you are ! http://home.mindspring.com/~kevin_elder/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/thumbsup.gif

Thanks for fixing it. Sorry we whined. http://home.mindspring.com/~kevin_elder/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/av-1400.gif

[mol]

What a great little site god you are ! http://home.mindspring.com/~kevin_elder/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/thumbsup.gif

Thanks for fixing it. Sorry we whined. http://home.mindspring.com/~kevin_elder/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/av-1400.gif
Don't be sorry! And you were not whining...I want this place to be everyones home on the net so if something is broken then I need to be told about it.

[LostSheep]

hey welcome back!

:fpraise: :fpraise:

:blowcandl

hope you had, um, a nice time .... doing whatever it was...

[Lunacie]

"On the whole, he'd rather be in Philly."
http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=128981

[Cassie]

Don't be sorry! And you were not whining...I want this place to be everyones home on the net so if something is broken then I need to be told about it.
You're a really lovely guy!:hailmol:
Enjoy your "holiday" ;)
No need to rush back while you are having fun. And I hope your 'fun' continues and keeps you feeling bouncy! :):boing:

[Lunacie]

Don't be sorry! And you were not whining...I want this place to be everyones home on the net so if something is broken then I need to be told about it.

You're just saying that because you can't hear the "tone" in the written word :lol: or so I'm told whenever I think I know what tone a poster is trying to convey. As far as internet landlords go, you're better than a lot I've seen.


BTW, my kitchen light fixture is broken, any chance you could fix that? http://mysticwicks.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[mol]

You're just saying that because you can't hear the "tone" in the written word :lol: or so I'm told whenever I think I know what tone a poster is trying to convey. As far as internet landlords go, you're better than a lot I've seen.


BTW, my kitchen light fixture is broken, any chance you could fix that? http://mysticwicks.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
Kitchen light, eh? Need to replace the ballast or what? =P

Ok, folks. I did some server tuning. Actually, that's not correct...I changed some of our vb settings. I turned off the similar thread option, which most of you probably never looked at anyway...I also changed it so that thread and attachment views are only updated once an hour. So, if you post a thread and look at it 30 minutes later and 3 people have posted in it, but the thread views still say 0 then that's why. It saves server resources.

I also implemented a server load limit. From now on if the server gets overloaded you might be met with a message that says "Server Too Busy - Try Again Later". This is temporary until I can figure out how to limit the number of guests only.

Other than that, I am going to be upgrading the server software again to see if we can squeeze a few more months out of this server. Right now money is tight on my end. MW is my only income and the server bills take a large chunk of that on top of getting through this divorce thing, etc. So, please be patient and I promise I will stay on top of this to minimize any more downtimes.

Love!

[LostSheep]

*hugs mol for all his hard work*

[Lunacie]

Kitchen light, eh? Need to replace the ballast or what? =P

Ok, folks. I did some server tuning. Actually, that's not correct...I changed some of our vb settings. I turned off the similar thread option, which most of you probably never looked at anyway...I also changed it so that thread and attachment views are only updated once an hour. So, if you post a thread and look at it 30 minutes later and 3 people have posted in it, but the thread views still say 0 then that's why. It saves server resources.

I also implemented a server load limit. From now on if the server gets overloaded you might be met with a message that says "Server Too Busy - Try Again Later". This is temporary until I can figure out how to limit the number of guests only.

Other than that, I am going to be upgrading the server software again to see if we can squeeze a few more months out of this server. Right now money is tight on my end. MW is my only income and the server bills take a large chunk of that on top of getting through this divorce thing, etc. So, please be patient and I promise I will stay on top of this to minimize any more downtimes.

Love!

Thanks for the update. I don't really understand all this technical stuff, but I'm glad to know that you do understand and are working on it.

[zede]

if you say in philly we could hire you mol. we are about to start finishing a basement. wanna help? any good with your hands?

[Lunacie]

Arrgghhh, half the time I can't log in, and the other half my responses aren't posting. But I am grateful that you let us know that you're aware of the problems and are working on a solution.

[Kimberlily]

Aah, so THAT'S what happened... Thanks Mol :fpraise:

[Deranged Hermit]

I also implemented a server load limit. From now on if the server gets overloaded you might be met with a message that says "Server Too Busy - Try Again Later". This is temporary until I can figure out how to limit the number of guests only.



:hairraise Just kidding. You're doing an awesome job, and we're just a bunch of whiny addicts. :hehehehe:

[Ahautenites]

Hmmmmm. How to limit guests. Toss them a cookie that bounces them to a "sorry you're not logged in... please sign in here or register now" page after 10 minutes of viewing?

[RavensEye]

I turned off the similar thread option, which most of you probably never looked at anyway... Ah I did I found that useful :lol: Anyways thanks for letting us know and man I am glad I do not have these problems at my place :D

[Jenne]

Good to have you back and at the helm again, mol.

:hugz:

[LostSheep]

I still blame the Mayans. :2G:

[Jenne]

good point, LS...but I think mol can be absolved of ANYthing the Mayans have thrown at us lately.
:hahugh:

[mol]

Hmmmmm. How to limit guests. Toss them a cookie that bounces them to a "sorry you're not logged in... please sign in here or register now" page after 10 minutes of viewing?
That a good idea, but now I am finding that it is actually the spiders moving through the threads too fast. I am setting a delay so all the search engines and spiders will have to wait 20 seconds between views. Lets see what happens!

[mol]

Good to have you back and at the helm again, mol.

:hugz:
*salutes*

Glad to be back! Server should be running a lot faster now.

[mol]

if you say in philly we could hire you mol. we are about to start finishing a basement. wanna help? any good with your hands?
Sounds like fun!! =]

[mol]

=] These problems are going away...guaranteed!

[Pagan Mantis]

Like the new look!

[mol]

Like the new look!
Thanks!! Ok, folks...taking off for now. I don't have internet access here in Philly, yet. I am working from Borders. =P Gotta grab a bite to eat and then head out soon to GEBS' brothers house.

I will be back on later to check and make sure things are running right.

[RavensEye]

Gotta grab a bite to eat and then head out soon to GEBS' brothers house Lucky duck :D Have fun.

[GEBS]

any good with your hands?


yes he is.



:bigblue:

[Lunacie]

TMI. :geez: ;)

[GEBS]

um.... I meant painting. He's great with his hands when he paints. ;)

[Lunacie]

Oh.
Well.
Okay then.
:lol:

[Flaire]

Yay mol!

[mol]

Yay mol!
Yay me!

What? =]

[Ahautenites]

That a good idea, but now I am finding that it is actually the spiders moving through the threads too fast. I am setting a delay so all the search engines and spiders will have to wait 20 seconds between views. Lets see what happens!

A shame you can't redirect all the spiders to a single web or net. I'm not sure how online spiders operate.

Hmm. When I was younger, I used to have "pet" funnel spiders in the juniper bushes in the backyard. I'd feed them grasshoppers and other bugs now and again. I don't suppose you could devise something that feeds spiders to slow them down with some tasty morsels of your own choosing?

[mol]

A shame you can't redirect all the spiders to a single web or net. I'm not sure how online spiders operate.

Hmm. When I was younger, I used to have "pet" funnel spiders in the juniper bushes in the backyard. I'd feed them grasshoppers and other bugs now and again. I don't suppose you could devise something that feeds spiders to slow them down with some tasty morsels of your own choosing?
Hehe...well, I think I have it figured out. The delay seems to be working. The load on the server is down quite a bit....actually, WAY down...it's very nice. So, let's keep our fingers crossed.

[Ahautenites]

**crosses toes, fingers and eyes (and finding it impossible to type like that, so let's just pretend I did it, 'kay? ;) )**

[mol]

**crosses toes, fingers and eyes (and finding it impossible to type like that, so let's just pretend I did it, 'kay? ;) )**
=P Okay.

[Storm Moon]

you're the man, mol! :hailmol:

[Flaire]

Yay me!

What? =]

Can we use super-sized Raid on the spiders? :halohead:

[mol]

you're the man, mol! :hailmol:
Damn, that kitty is pissed off!

Can we use super-sized Raid on the spiders? :halohead:
=P

[Penthesilea]

Damn, that kitty is pissed off!
I'd say it was my War Queen if I didn't know better.

[Aequitas]

Hmmmmm. How to limit guests. Toss them a cookie that bounces them to a "sorry you're not logged in... please sign in here or register now" page after 10 minutes of viewing?
Assuming the vast majority of guests are spiders, a crawl-delay directive in the robots.txt file does just fine.

Heck, if you only did it for the Slurp Agents, your problems would decrease 10-fold. Yahoo is running amok lately and it's affecting quite a few boards out there. From what I've seen, they launch so many requests so quickly, then end up forking enough apache child processes that one of two things happen; The server starts dropping requests, or the CPU load gets high enough that the machine just tanks.

[Shadow Dreamer]

From what I've seen, they launch so many requests so quickly, then end up forking enough apache child processes that one of two things happen; The server starts dropping requests, or the CPU load gets high enough that the machine just tanks.

And for those of us who aren't computer literate, the Alta Vista Babelfish translator translated the above from Techinese to English, and came up with:

Say What?!