CougTek
Hairy Aussie
I've been unable to access SF for most of the day. I'm sure it's the CIA, alarmed by Flagreen, that shut it down because of my (and Merc's) anti-Bush comments.
Damn conservative rednecks!
Damn conservative rednecks!
Why was the site down today?
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Man I'm steaming right now. The support staff was non-existent ALL day. I've opened several tickets and heard nothing until roughly 30 minutes ago. Apparently some problem with MySQL happened tonight requiring a patch to the OS?!? WTF.
So, in short, I'm sorry for the downtime. I was not able to do anything other than change the front page to indicate my displeasure with their response time.
So, in short, I'm sorry for the downtime. I was not able to do anything other than change the front page to indicate my displeasure with their response time.
Buck
Storage? I am Storage!
Handruin said:
Yes.
sechs
Storage? I am Storage!
No.
mubs
Storage? I am Storage!
Actually is quite a bit slower for me now.
Explorer
Learning Storage Performance
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Warning: mysql_connect(): Can't create a new thread (errno 11). If you are not out of available memory, you can consult the manual for a possible OS-dependent bug in /home/handruin/public_html/forum/db/mysql4.php on line 48
Warning: mysql_error(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/handruin/public_html/forum/db/mysql4.php on line 330
Warning: mysql_errno(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/handruin/public_html/forum/db/mysql4.php on line 331
phpBB : Critical Error
Could not connect to the database
mubs
Storage? I am Storage!
I saw that too.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
I've been unable to access SF during the past few minutes, but then poof, it went back like if nothing happened. I even took the time to write Doug a message (which I now think I should have waited before).
Anyone else experienced the same?
Anyone else experienced the same?
I wasn't around during that time, but maybe another client on the server created a new hosting account. That causes apache to restart. It's nothing new with this server, but it will cause a moment of downtime. Either way, thanks for letting me know.
Tannin
Storage? I am Storage!
Yeah, there was some weirdness. I couldn't acceess the top-level pages (forum index for e.g.) but could get the individual pages. Top-leevel pages gave me the dreaded white page of death. But it's fine now.
Sorry guys, I don't honestly know. I was out all night and this morning so this is the first I'm hearing about it. Seems to be fine now, perhaps our server had a bad night and apache needed a restart. Thanks for letting me know.
Tannin
Storage? I am Storage!
Is it time to consider better hosting? Over the last couple of months, Storage Forum has been down more often than I can count of late. It's never off for long at a time, typically 5 or 15 minutes, but it's starting to bug me, and it must be driving you mad, Doug.
OK, I'm here in Australia, but I'm comparing with my own little stable of sites, and they are much more reliable. If you are looking for a better hosting company, you might do worse than try the California-based firm I've been using for the last three yeras or so.
OK, I'm here in Australia, but I'm comparing with my own little stable of sites, and they are much more reliable. If you are looking for a better hosting company, you might do worse than try the California-based firm I've been using for the last three yeras or so.
ddrueding
Fixture
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
The web site was unaccessible for me for the previous 15-20 minutes at least.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Over an hour by my count. Came back just as I started to bitch at Handy about it. 
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
I also don't know how much work it would be to switch providers. If it is 20+ hours of work, then it is a pretty big pain, but if it is 2-3 hours, then I don't see the drawback. If the new provider turns out to be crappy, then try someone else. Just make sure not to sign a 1 year contract with the new host.
I'm sure the regulars would be willing to donate to the cause.
I'm sure the regulars would be willing to donate to the cause.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
It looks like only their dedicated servers offer SSH.
I don't know if any of those are doable, pricing seems pretty steep.
That's usually the catch I face when looking for a new place. I'd either have to find a hosting service that allows SSH access or get a dedicated box. I'm not ready to swing $100-150/month just yet. We don't have that much traffic.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Is there an alternative method you could use for doing the nightly backup?
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
I don't know of any (I'm open to suggestions). The database is close to 200MB, which I know isn't enormous by any means, but it does rule out most of the ways I can think of. This is why I use a bash script to run mysqldump for me and then compress it which brings the size down greatly.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
LunarPages pisses me off.
I know there are people who hate Dreamhost with a passion but honestly, I e-mail dreamhost about a problem and they help. I call Lunarpages for something and the answer I've gotten every time is some variation on "Well, what do you expect on a shared hosting plan?"
I know there are people who hate Dreamhost with a passion but honestly, I e-mail dreamhost about a problem and they help. I call Lunarpages for something and the answer I've gotten every time is some variation on "Well, what do you expect on a shared hosting plan?"
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Dreamhost, at least my server, has issues with oversold capacity.
We have tons of disk space, and awesome bandwidth, but my server has 1107 accounts listed in /etc/passwd and every time I log in and look, load averages are way high (4.5 - 6 is common), making shell access unresponsive and a little frustrating.
Dreamhost more or less does not limit disk usage; most anything I'd want as far as software is already installed. Dreamhost DOES put quotas on CPU time. Tons of php and MySQL might stretch what's allowed, were we to move there.
I'm more than willing to give Handy a sub-account off my hosting, if he wants to try it out.
We have tons of disk space, and awesome bandwidth, but my server has 1107 accounts listed in /etc/passwd and every time I log in and look, load averages are way high (4.5 - 6 is common), making shell access unresponsive and a little frustrating.
Dreamhost more or less does not limit disk usage; most anything I'd want as far as software is already installed. Dreamhost DOES put quotas on CPU time. Tons of php and MySQL might stretch what's allowed, were we to move there.
I'm more than willing to give Handy a sub-account off my hosting, if he wants to try it out.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
I too noticed that the site was erratic yesterday in the late afternoon / early evening.
Stereodude
Not really a
I noticed a few hiccups today...
sechs
Storage? I am Storage!
Ditto
ddrueding
Fixture
Considering that there are no new posts, I can assume the site was down for everyone?