Downtime today

LincLinc OwnerDetroit Icrontian
edited November 2009 in Community
We experienced a significant stretch of downtime today. We're still investigating the source, but we're pretty certain it isn't a hardware problem or a sudden traffic surge. We'll let you know more when we do.

I've temporarily disabled some of the site's plugins to ease load on the database, but IRC is back up and running.
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  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    We traced it to the Newest Posts plugin (which shows those 5 posts at the start of the forum index), which was doing too much work and in too many places due to some sloppiness on my part. When it found a new post with a ton of links to parse, things went south very quickly.

    This, we believe, explains the very intermittent "database problems" we've been having over the last 6 months or so. It was actually a post with lots of links getting stuck in Newest Posts.

    Nice to finally find the root of our issues; not so nice that it took most of the day to do so.
  • WinfreyWinfrey waddafuh Missouri Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    This is why we pay you the big bucks!
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    Awwww YEAH.
  • KoreishKoreish I'm a penguin, deal with it. KCMO Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    You get paid?!? With real money?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    If only. D:
  • MAGICMAGIC Doot Doot Furniture City, Michigan Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    No he gets paid in Icrontic Fun Bucks. Its ok though, you can use them anywhere.
  • SPIKE09SPIKE09 Scatland
    edited September 2009
    :thumbupTY for fixing it
  • FelixDeSouzeFelixDeSouze UK New
    edited September 2009
    Oh noes! I was worried, very worried :) -- But hey hey, it's sorted!! :)
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    MAGIC wrote:
    No he gets paid in Icrontic Fun Bucks. Its ok though, you can use them anywhere.
    Fast on their way to becoming the new standard currency worldwide, RAWR!
  • jaredjared College Station, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    with a big picture of snuffie in the middle on the $100 bills :o
  • UPSLynxUPSLynx :KAPPA: Redwood City, CA Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    Just don't try to export, the TSA doesn't like that.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    We should totally have a SnuffieDog(TM) image as our downtime alert.

    "Sorry, I slobbered on the mainboard again. We'll be back in a minute."
  • jaredjared College Station, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    can we have a picture of Snuffie being carried away from ICHQ by birds?

    /me thinks failwhale - errr, fail snuffie
  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    MAGIC wrote:
    No he gets paid in Icrontic Fun Bucks. Its ok though, you can use them anywhere.
    ;D
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Ah, everything's under control, situation normal. Had a slight weapons malfunction, but ah....everything's perfectly alright now, we're fine....we're all fine here now, thank you - how are you?

    Apologies for the 6 hours of downtime today :-/ All sorted now.
  • WinfreyWinfrey waddafuh Missouri Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    That's 6 hours of Icrontic I won't be able to get back :(
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    That conversation was boring anyway. Look out, we're about to get some company!
  • GrimnocGrimnoc Marion, IN
    edited November 2009
    Seriously though Lincoln, thanks for the all work you put in to get it back up and running (and the continual work on the site).
  • Cliff_ForsterCliff_Forster Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Snarkasm wrote:
    That conversation was boring anyway. Look out, we're about to get some company!

    Wookie battle cry!
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Who is this? What is your operator number?
  • Cliff_ForsterCliff_Forster Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    You know, something about Star Wars just makes it all better. Everything is better with Star Wars.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    and I thought downtime looked bad on the <i>out</i>side.
  • Cliff_ForsterCliff_Forster Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Thrax wrote:
    and I thought downtime looked bad on the <i>out</i>side.

    That we both get that is awesome!
  • shwaipshwaip
    makes out with his sister.
     bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    makes out with his sister.
  • bindlestickbindlestick
    edited November 2009
    shwaip wrote:
    * shwaip makes out with his sister.

    Yub Yub
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    I've got a bad feeling about this...
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    THERE IS NO TRY.
  • the_technocratthe_technocrat IC-MotY1 Indy Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Snarkasm wrote:
    THERE IS NO TRY.

    Don't get cocky, kid.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Search your heart - you know it to be true.
  • KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Myself, the boy, two droids... and no questions asked.
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