Last-nights Server Failure

[tml12]

I didn't realize how addicted to this forum I have become...

I couldn't log in all day yesterday and had trouble sleeping last night (OK that is a bit of an exaggeration).

But seriously, what did happen???

[August1991]

I was out wandering the streets looking for a fix. Awful.

[Greg]

I didn't realize how addicted to this forum I have become...

I couldn't log in all day yesterday and had trouble sleeping last night (OK that is a bit of an exaggeration).

But seriously, what did happen???

For some reason their was a memory overflow on the server which caused the database server to fail. I was able to get everything restarted this morning and it looks like we're back to smooth sailing.

Sorry for the inconvience.

[GostHacked]

Doin a fine job Greg. Must have been all the extra posts from Harper's win. Crashes (shit) happens.

[Greg]

FYI, traffic on the website is way way up. To give everyone an idea of the sites popularity, this month we'll easily hit 3.5 million hits from over 200,000 unique visitors.

So you could be right, the server may have been strained under the post-election traffic. It that is the case, I will watch the servers preformance over the new few days, and if we're still seeing problems I'll upgrade the memory and processor.

Rest assured, I don't want any of you going elsewhere for your fix

[Canuck E Stan]

That's good news.

I thought it had something to do with how I voted on Monday.

Had to watch American Idol last night just to feel connected with a group who have the same interest.

Thanks Greg, I didn't know how addicted I was.