Board Limits / Board Problems

DrivingMissLazy · April 10, 2006, 10:07:01 AM

With about 15 people on the board I just got this message :

Service Temporarily Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.
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Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.busconversions.com Port 80

I suspect we do not have enough bandwidth or something. I was able to get back on in just a few minutes.
Richard

Busted Knuckle · April 10, 2006, 10:12:09 AM

Yeah I got it too! And I think I lost the reply I was posting, gotta try to remeber what it was! An check on it! Knuckle

Busted Knuckle · April 10, 2006, 10:16:04 AM

Yep I was right as I hit post I got "The Server is too busy!" so now I'll go back an try it again!

Knuckle!

DrivingMissLazy · April 10, 2006, 10:28:26 AM

Just got kicked off again for a couple of minutes. Some of you guys get off the board! LOL
Richard

Busted Knuckle · April 10, 2006, 10:34:17 AM

Yeah I did too! I agree with DML! LOL

Nick Badame Refrig/ACC · April 10, 2006, 11:59:57 AM

Hello Guys,

I had the same thing happen on thurs nite, I don't belive it's board limits because we had 38 users online at once last nite at 9:30pm.

What I belive is happening is, internet connections vary weather it's the server or, your connection. But by the signs you guys expierenced, it's the server!
If it continues, we will dig deeper into the problem!

I have spoke to Phil about this problem on thursday allready.

Nick Badame-

Nick Badame Refrig/ACC · April 10, 2006, 12:18:32 PM

Hi Guys

I moved this topic up to sticky until we solve it.

It seems that so many posts come in at once, that I don't want to loose track of board problems!

Nick Badame

Busted Knuckle · April 10, 2006, 12:20:53 PM

You da man Nick!

DrivingMissLazy · April 10, 2006, 01:31:30 PM

The board has received over 50,000 hits this month already. I would suspect that the server is not set up to handle that volume of traffic, but what do I know?
Richard

El-Sonador · April 10, 2006, 01:31:43 PM

Quote from: Nick Badame Refrig. Co. on April 10, 2006, 12:18:32 PM
Hi Guys

I moved this topic up to sticky until we solve it.

It seems that so many posts come in at once, that I don't want to loose track of board problems!

Nick Badame

These boards should be able to handle 1,000's of members and 100,000+ postings and topics.
Maybe contact Lewis Media http://www.lewismedia.com/
or
Simple Machines at http://www.simplemachines.org/
They may even have a suport forum to get some answers...

Busted Knuckle · April 10, 2006, 01:36:18 PM

Hey Steve hows it coming on yer bus? I haven't seen any updates posted! Just curious! Knuckle

plyonsMC9 · April 10, 2006, 02:20:54 PM

Quote from: Nick Badame Refrig. Co. on April 10, 2006, 11:59:57 AM
Hello Guys,

I had the same thing happen on thurs nite, I don't belive it's board limits because we had 38 users online at once last nite at 9:30pm.

What I belive is happening is, internet connections vary weather it's the server or, your connection. But by the signs you guys expierenced, it's the server!
If it continues, we will dig deeper into the problem!

I have spoke to Phil about this problem on thursday allready.

Nick Badame-

I am working with our ISP on this issue. We are mainly throttled by underlying database connections. So far, we are only using about 1/2 our allotted capacity of simultaneous connections. I will be having more conversations this evening with support. Who knew we would have such volume? Wow!

More later - hope this helps, Phil

plyonsMC9 · April 10, 2006, 03:31:52 PM

We are growing very fast! Just ran some numbers on usage. Amazing. That is the good news. Looks like we need to add more bandwidth to keep up. Will keep all posted. Thank you for your patience. We knew there would be some bumps along the way, but we will work hard to minimize!

Best Regards, Phil

DrivingMissLazy · April 10, 2006, 06:36:22 PM

Quote from: El-Sonador on April 10, 2006, 01:31:43 PM
Quote from: Nick Badame Refrig. Co. on April 10, 2006, 12:18:32 PM
Hi Guys

I moved this topic up to sticky until we solve it.

It seems that so many posts come in at once, that I don't want to loose track of board problems!

Nick Badame

These boards should be able to handle 1,000's of members and 100,000+ postings and topics.
Maybe contact Lewis Media http://www.lewismedia.com/
or
Simple Machines at http://www.simplemachines.org/
They may even have a suport forum to get some answers...

They do have a support forum that I found and sent to Phil. Probably should have sent it to Nick also. I'll see if I can find it again.
Richard

Nick Badame Refrig/ACC · April 12, 2006, 04:14:57 PM

Phil,

Just recived a message again at 7:13 pm 4/12/06 eastern time!

It said- The requested URL could not be retrieved

Nick-