I'm having a hell of a time reading anything, much less posting.
Is anyone else having this much trouble? And do we have any information from our hosts as to what's causing the connections not to close?
Jeez, don't get all Movie of the Week. I was just too cheap to buy you a real present.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
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Consuela - Oct 17, 2003 10:02:27 am PDT #5276 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Sean K - Oct 17, 2003 10:04:28 am PDT #5277 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'm not having enough trouble to make posting or reading difficult, but I am getting the error message fairly often.
Nutty - Oct 17, 2003 11:23:33 am PDT #5278 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
It comes and it goes, for me. Three errors in a row, and then no problems for an hour.
I was reading something else and remembered that this same problem happened 3 weeks ago. Back before, our server usage problem was such that it was invisible until the number of open connections racked up enough for us to go into the red WARNING section of the dial. And it was, like, every 3 months, or something like that: build up, crash, lose database bits, restart (and reset the connection counter to 0), and we're fine for another 3 months.
So, this pattern is different -- for one thing, we haven't been taken completely offline at any time, to my knowledge -- but we are experiencing a build-up of errors server-usage-related errors, a peak, and then a slow die-off of those errors. Every 3 weeks, so far, since the code got adjusted and the people Kristen talks to installed the Magic Doohickey that times out connections.
I'm just thinking out loud, trying to help construct this all in my mind, in hopes it's a help. What is there about the installation of the Magic Doohickey, or the change in code, that could perpetuate the cyclical problem, on a smaller time- and disaster-scale? I mean, as disasters go, I like small ones, but I prefer no ones.
DXMachina - Oct 17, 2003 11:43:20 am PDT #5279 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The current behavior is slightly different than last time, because we don't appear to be losing post numbers as we did last time around. Thanks for small favors.
When I get some time tonight I'm going to go over to the test site and bang away to see if I can get the error to crop up there. It didn't show up there last time, but who knows.
sj - Oct 17, 2003 12:22:59 pm PDT #5280 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The current behavior is slightly different than last time, because we don't appear to be losing post numbers as we did last time around. Thanks for small favors.
I noticed a couple post numbers being lost in Bitches earlier.
eta: 7428 is missing.
Elena - Oct 17, 2003 12:40:09 pm PDT #5281 of 10000
Thanks for all the fish.
Is it okay for me to run a deathmatch now or should I continue to hold off?
I await a techy opinion.
§ ita § - Oct 17, 2003 12:41:51 pm PDT #5282 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Holding off is for the best.
Investigation continues.
Elena - Oct 17, 2003 12:42:46 pm PDT #5283 of 10000
Thanks for all the fish.
Okay fine.
Holding pattern continues. (though it would happen when I've a stretch of night shifts and little enough to occupy myself)
tina f. - Oct 17, 2003 1:10:20 pm PDT #5284 of 10000
Whether stompies and in-the-know folks do anything to fix this almost mystical disturbance to the board or not, I just wanted to say thanks before I go home. While this might be a bit of annoyance for us (the fun of the Magic 8 Ball does fade after a while..) it is just that and not any kind of task to take up time in my day or weekend.
So thanks for all your work and concern tech folk who make the Phoenix function.
helentm - Oct 17, 2003 3:56:06 pm PDT #5285 of 10000
Religion isn't the cause of wars. It's the excuse. - Christopher Brookmyre
I'm getting no problems at all now. Which was not the case a day or so ago.