Server issues fixed June 16th 2009

***Corey*** · 06-16-2009, 04:20 PM

I am sure many of you noticed the problems the server was experiencing over the past few days.
There is a thread in this section on it.

The techs have ironed out the problems which you will see detailed below.
Many problems cropped up all at once which led to much diagnosing to get a hand on it.
Plus we are on an even bigger server now than before.

Please post in this thread if you see any snags happening.
It is running great for me right now

Quote:

Hi Everyone,

The site is back up and running, and hopefully at full speed.

Over the past week there has been a number of items which caused significant performance and access issues on the site (which you may have noticed).

What transpired was a proverbial “perfect storm” of issues.

1st – The sites database size reached a level of “critical mass” whereby its resource dependency on its server increased exponentially.

2nd – The traffic accessing this database has also increased, compounding the problem

3rd – The forum size out grew the sites original settings and configurations.

4th – The sporadic nature of the timeouts and failures to load were not occurring on a frequent enough basis for our monitors to catch based on the frequency of queries received.

The issues managed to get progressively worse, and throughout late last week, and over the weekend we were attempting to alter configurations to improve the performance – such changes were not successful.

So – first we thank you for notifying us of the performance and access concerns you were having, we really appreciate it.

When we became aware of the issues accessing the site we discovered the above problems, we first had to build a new server for the site to be hosted on, and configure it in such a manner that would be capable of handling much greater traffic, and a larger database (for future growth!).

Upon building the new server and moving the site to the new server, the database became corrupted on the move (this occurred late yesterday), we began the tedious task of rebuilding the database, and re-configuring the new server.

The site should now be accessible, and fully functional, and we did not lose any posts in the process.

We will be tweaking a few of the server settings as we monitor, and we appreciate your feedback in this.

Thankyou for your patience thoughtout this, but we feel that Yotatech is much better placed for more users and posts in the future now!

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**aviator** · 06-16-2009, 09:28 PM

Seemed to be down for most of the past two days for me but touch wood it's working fine now... except for 300+ threads to check through that is lol...

edit: everything seems to be working... search feature, member list, edit function, have'nt had to use any of the heavy duty "mod" features yet... only hiccup slowing me down now is the old scirev one...

toyota4x4907 · 06-16-2009, 09:52 PM

Woohoo!! Glad it's back working

thanks dudes

***Corey*** · 06-20-2009, 06:28 AM

Yesternight I was seeing lots of lag, and I continue to see it this morning as of 6 am PST.

Also I got the black white page when I clicked a link.
Anyone else been seeing issues?

The lag is sporadic.
One minute it might be fine, the next minute it is back.

**aviator** · 06-20-2009, 03:46 PM

I've noticed it seems to lag a little during the late night/early morning hours ET. Maybe that's when they are performing maintenance?
Get that white page of death now and then too... when that happens IK the site is acting up and just log off for a while...

***Corey*** · 06-22-2009, 04:46 PM

Lots of lag right now for me, and I got the dreaded blank white page again.
Anyone else getting that right now?

**aviator** · 06-23-2009, 07:31 AM

No white page but it was slow as molasses in Jan. I just did a "slow" troll for rps and shut down.
Seems ok this morning though...

06-16-2009, 09:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
aviator Super Moderator Staff Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: COTKU,Ontario,Canada Posts: 7,445	Seemed to be down for most of the past two days for me but touch wood it's working fine now... except for 300+ threads to check through that is lol... edit: everything seems to be working... search feature, member list, edit function, have'nt had to use any of the heavy duty "mod" features yet... only hiccup slowing me down now is the old scirev one... __________________ Silver 1994 Hilux Xtra cab 4x4 3.0 K&N cone filter, ported MAF, advanced timing, oversize exhaust, free flow cat, "rumble" muffler custom covered SR5 seats, map lights, factory AC tv4184 style black interior conversion started mods to come... header, custom centre console, stereo upgrade tinted windows Founding member 1972TLC fan club - Get well soon Mary Toyota Hilux... Get in or Get out of the way. Last edited by aviator; 06-16-2009 at 10:20 PM.

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06-20-2009, 06:28 AM	#4 (permalink)
*Corey* Co-Founder/Administrator Staff Join Date: May 2002 Location: Auburn, Washington Posts: 26,018	Yesternight I was seeing lots of lag, and I continue to see it this morning as of 6 am PST. Also I got the black white page when I clicked a link. Anyone else been seeing issues? The lag is sporadic. One minute it might be fine, the next minute it is back. __________________ Corey 2007 FJ Cruiser Built for 4wheelin', expedition, camping, and overlanding use PNW FJ Cruisers ☺ Detailing 101 ☺ Join Topsites ☺ Muffler Comparisons ☺ Maggiolinas In The Wild FJ Cruiser Buildup ☺ New Roof Top Tent ☺ Video Of My Penthouse Part II ☺ Rehinge Your ARB/Engel Fridge Blog About Roof Top Tents ☺ FJC Magazines Online Review Of My Tent ☺ 2009 Specialized Rockhopper Pro

06-20-2009, 03:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
aviator Super Moderator Staff Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: COTKU,Ontario,Canada Posts: 7,445	I've noticed it seems to lag a little during the late night/early morning hours ET. Maybe that's when they are performing maintenance? Get that white page of death now and then too... when that happens IK the site is acting up and just log off for a while... __________________ Silver 1994 Hilux Xtra cab 4x4 3.0 K&N cone filter, ported MAF, advanced timing, oversize exhaust, free flow cat, "rumble" muffler custom covered SR5 seats, map lights, factory AC tv4184 style black interior conversion started mods to come... header, custom centre console, stereo upgrade tinted windows Founding member 1972TLC fan club - Get well soon Mary Toyota Hilux... Get in or Get out of the way.

06-22-2009, 04:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
*Corey* Co-Founder/Administrator Staff Join Date: May 2002 Location: Auburn, Washington Posts: 26,018	Lots of lag right now for me, and I got the dreaded blank white page again. Anyone else getting that right now? __________________ Corey 2007 FJ Cruiser Built for 4wheelin', expedition, camping, and overlanding use PNW FJ Cruisers ☺ Detailing 101 ☺ Join Topsites ☺ Muffler Comparisons ☺ Maggiolinas In The Wild FJ Cruiser Buildup ☺ New Roof Top Tent ☺ Video Of My Penthouse Part II ☺ Rehinge Your ARB/Engel Fridge Blog About Roof Top Tents ☺ FJC Magazines Online Review Of My Tent ☺ 2009 Specialized Rockhopper Pro

06-23-2009, 07:31 AM	#7 (permalink)
aviator Super Moderator Staff Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: COTKU,Ontario,Canada Posts: 7,445	No white page but it was slow as molasses in Jan. I just did a "slow" troll for rps and shut down. Seems ok this morning though... __________________ Silver 1994 Hilux Xtra cab 4x4 3.0 K&N cone filter, ported MAF, advanced timing, oversize exhaust, free flow cat, "rumble" muffler custom covered SR5 seats, map lights, factory AC tv4184 style black interior conversion started mods to come... header, custom centre console, stereo upgrade tinted windows Founding member 1972TLC fan club - Get well soon Mary Toyota Hilux... Get in or Get out of the way.

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