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Old 06-12-2009, 02:05 PM
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New server 6 10 2009

We moved again to a faster server a few days ago, but you may have noticed that we have had some speed/lag issues.

This was due to the database file, and it is being rebuilt right now, and the speed should come back.

We may be up and down some, as I hardly notice anyone on right now.
You can also see at the very top of the window a message.
ATTENTION: This site will be going down shortly for maintenance; we apologize for the inconvenience and will return online shortly.
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Old 06-13-2009, 07:14 AM
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They are still ironing out the bugs.
I just noticed the whole site was a white page with no text, no matter if I went to the home page or the forum listings page which if the one I keep bookmarked.

Anyone else notice that too?
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Old 06-13-2009, 07:17 AM
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That happened to me a few times yesterday. Hope you can get it all ironed out. Thanks for all the hard work, and a great forum. Adam.
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Old 06-13-2009, 07:41 AM
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Man, I was so sad when I couldnt access YotaTech for like 30 to 60 minutes at a time yesterday!! I even made an "FML" about it! okay not really, but I was bummed. Sure do love this site.
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Old 06-14-2009, 04:09 PM
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Site still has trouble, I am getting the white blank page and slow loads.

Tech will be diving into it on Monday.
Limited staff to work on issues over the weekend.
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Old 06-15-2009, 03:37 PM
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They found the problem.
Forums use two parts.
1. The software that runs the forum.
2. The database that contains all the post/threads since day one.

Turns out the server the database was on was a wee bit small.
Our database is HUGE since we have been active since May of 2002.

Database will have much more room to grow shortly, hopefully within thirty minutes.

[YOUTUBE]wbUpGoOjFWw[/YOUTUBE]
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Old 06-15-2009, 03:43 PM
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right when im getting off work of course the sites beena joke to me all day with going down and not loading. Sucks aspecialy right when I would post in a thread thus loosing everything I just wrote. Will see if it happens in this too
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Nope worked that time
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that would be cool...keep getting errors when posting or trying to search...

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage
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Old 06-15-2009, 04:30 PM
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What I always do on any forum, and I mean others besides here, is to copy my post.
You never know when a server might flake out.

It seems to be running better right now, hopefully the bugs are getting worked out
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Hey Corey,

I've been coping posts and all but recently I get communication errors frequently!!! Between IE8, safari on my computer and on my government controlled-big brother-computers at work I get it all the time. This last couple of days it's been bad.
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Here's what happens with Safari:

"Safari can’t open the page “https://www.yotatech.com/visitormessage.php?do=message”. The error was: “unknown error” (CFURLErrorDomain:302) Please choose Report Bugs to Apple from the Help menu, note the error number, and describe what you did before you saw this message."
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I see now...it's been better today than it has been in the past few. I tell ya I never really noticed how much I'm on this site till it quits working right...No wonder I don't get anything done at work...
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is it me or is firefox not working soo good lately cause when i try to go here it wont load or it will then when i click new post it says data base error or it works
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It is not over yet.
They have lots of upgrades going on, so they have more work to do still on this server.

It could be a few days now before we are up 100%.
One of the main guys who works on the servers was on vacation last week too, so they are limited.

No ETA on a 100% fix as of yet.
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Old 06-16-2009, 10:05 AM
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I was informed the server has been worked on and the database should be good.

I can search again and hit the "New posts" feature.
Is it good to go for everyone else, or are you still seeing issues?

I will leave the text up at the top of every page for awhile to make sure all is good.
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seems to be working better now
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Old 06-16-2009, 10:19 AM
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Still laggy for me, but no error messages.
I let them know I am seeing lag.
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Was completely unable to get on as of 15mins ago.

Loaded fast this time - not a huge lag for me yet.
New Posts seems to be working as well, haven't tried search yet.

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She's super fast for me now.
As long as it stays up this looks to be a good improvement.

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