Or leave one up there static.
As long as it's not "It's all about the coat."
No. And yes. It's always sudden.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Dana - Aug 20, 2003 11:21:28 am PDT #4344 of 10005
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2003 11:22:51 am PDT #4345 of 10005
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, I'm going to put up whatever quote comes up when I hit post now.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 20, 2003 11:23:59 am PDT #4346 of 10005
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Should we just try to limit our posting? Or reading?
Fred Pete - Aug 20, 2003 11:24:10 am PDT #4347 of 10005
Ann, that's a ferret.
Sean K - Aug 20, 2003 11:26:43 am PDT #4348 of 10005
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Yeah, I'm perfectly fine with just yanking the quote generator right now, if ita's all about the draconian. I say just go do it.
I mean, we still can't tell if that makes a big improvement in the number of SQL queries yet, can we? We're waiting for a tool maybe?
Sean K - Aug 20, 2003 11:27:21 am PDT #4349 of 10005
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
There's me - a day late and a dollar short, as usual.
Kristen - Aug 20, 2003 11:52:30 am PDT #4350 of 10005
Is there a specific post or series of posts you could point me to?
It all starts here: Kristen "Buffistas Building a Better Board" Aug 1, 2003 12:07:23 pm PDT This is my post following our account's temporary suspension.
The most recent information, based on my conversation last night with IH, is here: Kristen "Buffistas Building a Better Board" Aug 19, 2003 6:41:18 pm PDT
For those who don't want to wade through it all, let me sum up. Yes, we have a serious problem with the amount of server resources we are using. But there is a very strong possibility that this problem is fixable. We are working on a solution. Until that time, I am asking that we do nothing to increase the server load.
Thread spread kills servers dead.
Sean K - Aug 20, 2003 12:04:02 pm PDT #4351 of 10005
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
But there is a very strong possibility that this problem is fixable.
Do we know if ita's recoding to make sure we closed SQL connections had any effect, are we in even slightly less dire circumstances?
Kristen - Aug 20, 2003 1:17:50 pm PDT #4352 of 10005
We're in slightly less dire circumstances. The changes helped some. The new server helped a lot. It bought us some time. I'm hoping [*crosses fingers*] that the removal of the random quote generator cuts our usage in half.
At half, we'd still be at higher than acceptable levels but well within sight of meeting that goal.
Sean K - Aug 20, 2003 1:20:03 pm PDT #4353 of 10005
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
But the down side seems to be that even if we do meet that goal, we're at a point where we can't put in any new threads without going dedicated.