Why is Snowest so slow and unavailable so much lately?

BigHoe said:

It seems like every other time I try to sign in I get a "database error" and then sometimes when it's working it's super slow. I made a post at work today, clicked submit, went and got coffee and when I came back it was still working on submitting. What's the problem?

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BigHoe said:

What's the problem?

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christopher said:

It's 100% MY FAULT!

Over the last week we have been load testing the servers and beginning a process of optimization on all the data on the forums. Last night the servers were offline for a couple hours as part of this.

Last night we saw server loads exceeding 400% of capacity.!

I hope by the end of the week we will begin bringing down the load on the servers as many of the behind the scenes modifications start bearing fruit in terms of performance.

HANG IN THERE.

I do think it will get better in just a couple more days.

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LiveAlaska said:

My apologies.........................I likely accounted for 390% of that

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Fordman said:

These outages need to be scheduled in advance.....Please submit a change request.

...and thank you.

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christopher said:

Ya, Sorry.
It wasn't planned to be an outage at all.
But the Server load is SO HIGH that anything even remotely intensive is causing it to lock up the forums while processing, even at 1:00AM last night.

These forums are VERY BUSY, and appear to be increasingly so on a weekly basis now.

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LiveAlaska said:

My apologies.........................I likely accounted for 390% of that

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skibreeze said:

Yes, please schedule the outages from 2-5 am, this prime time stuff is really screwing with me!

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christopher said:

It's 100% MY FAULT!

Last night we saw server loads exceeding 400% of capacity.!


I do think it will get better in just a couple more days.

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christopher said:

We tried to upgrade the Database Server this afternoon.
The parts did not work.
Have ordered new parts, and they should be here by yeusday next week.

Once installed, things should get better.

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