Farked/Boing Boing'd tonight - Page 2

Undertoad · 04-08-2006, 12:39 PM

Right sorry all, this is just about the modern equivalent of a denial of service attack. Double-farked, Boing'd, Attu'd, all at the same time... the whole thing would be permanently down except that I'm basically stopping and starting the web server every 30 minutes to untangle it.

04-08-2006, 12:47 PM

So, if the cellar continues to rise to this level of fame, will you have to buy more band width to deal with it, UT? How does that work?

Undertoad · 04-08-2006, 12:54 PM

We have plenty of bandwidth, it's just the thousands of connections to the web server and database and it's only a problem for today, when the links are really flying in. If I'd have known, I would have optimized for it and we probably would have been ok. There are tricks one can do to improve speed.

carouselle · 04-08-2006, 08:43 PM

Congratulations UT and thanks for the explanation. I'm glad AGers aren't to blame this time ;P

Undertoad · 04-15-2006, 06:02 PM

Boing Boing'd against tonight, this time the foam pictures. We rebooted about ten minutes ago but things are going well now.

Web geekery: I think the reboot cleaned some things up, but also helping is the fact that I've put the pictures on another system and are hosting them there instead of here. This is load balancing on the cheap: since there are over 500K of images, let's have another machine serve them while this machine manages the forum and everything else.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-15-2006, 06:56 PM

Thank's UT, I was wondering why I got knocked off. Came back from looking at a link and everything was frozen.

Tried to post this and got, "The server is too busy at the moment. Please try again later." Wheeee.

04-15-2006, 09:32 PM

I haven't been able to get on until just now. Maybe its because all I have is stupid dial-up.

WabUfvot5 · 04-16-2006, 06:26 AM

Your "load balancing" sounds like a good plan. Everbody wins more or less.

glatt · 04-16-2006, 04:28 PM

Wow. It's slow. Can't do anything.

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Cyclefrance · 04-16-2006, 04:53 PM

Still pretty bad conecting from this side of the pond - 7 0r 8 attempts to get here

DucksNuts · 04-16-2006, 05:15 PM

Same from way down here Cyclefrance

zippyt · 04-16-2006, 10:38 PM

WTF , Friday a fiber optic cable gets back hoe'd some where so No cell phones , or long distance land lines , and no NET , ( this is about the 3rd time in 10 years )
Sat The celler gets Farked and Boinged
Then again Yesterday nite , now things are slow !!!!

Its a Communist Plot I tell ya !!!!!!!

seakdivers · 04-16-2006, 11:02 PM

I kept trying to access the cellar from Oz, but I kept getting the "too busy" thing. I thought it was just my connection from there, but I got it at home too.
Oh well.... looks like all's ok for the moment.

skysidhe · 04-17-2006, 09:27 AM

Yes it's very slow for pages to turn this am.

Happy Monkey · 04-17-2006, 09:45 AM

Metafiltered yesterday...

04-15-2006, 06:56 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Thank's UT, I was wondering why I got knocked off. Came back from looking at a link and everything was frozen. Tried to post this and got, "The server is too busy at the moment. Please try again later." Wheeee. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-16-2006, 04:53 PM	#10
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Still pretty bad conecting from this side of the pond - 7 0r 8 attempts to get here __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

04-16-2006, 10:38 PM	#12
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	WTF , Friday a fiber optic cable gets back hoe'd some where so No cell phones , or long distance land lines , and no NET , ( this is about the 3rd time in 10 years ) Sat The celler gets Farked and Boinged Then again Yesterday nite , now things are slow !!!! Its a Communist Plot I tell ya !!!!!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

04-17-2006, 09:45 AM	#15
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Metafiltered yesterday... __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

04-08-2006, 12:39 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Right sorry all, this is just about the modern equivalent of a denial of service attack. Double-farked, Boing'd, Attu'd, all at the same time... the whole thing would be permanently down except that I'm basically stopping and starting the web server every 30 minutes to untangle it.

04-08-2006, 12:47 PM	#2
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	So, if the cellar continues to rise to this level of fame, will you have to buy more band width to deal with it, UT? How does that work?

04-08-2006, 12:54 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	We have plenty of bandwidth, it's just the thousands of connections to the web server and database and it's only a problem for today, when the links are really flying in. If I'd have known, I would have optimized for it and we probably would have been ok. There are tricks one can do to improve speed.

04-08-2006, 08:43 PM	#4
carouselle Eavesdropper Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 24	Congratulations UT and thanks for the explanation. I'm glad AGers aren't to blame this time ;P

04-15-2006, 06:02 PM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Boing Boing'd against tonight, this time the foam pictures. We rebooted about ten minutes ago but things are going well now. Web geekery: I think the reboot cleaned some things up, but also helping is the fact that I've put the pictures on another system and are hosting them there instead of here. This is load balancing on the cheap: since there are over 500K of images, let's have another machine serve them while this machine manages the forum and everything else.

04-15-2006, 09:32 PM	#7
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	I haven't been able to get on until just now. Maybe its because all I have is stupid dial-up.

04-16-2006, 06:26 AM	#8
WabUfvot5 Operations Operative Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 634	Your "load balancing" sounds like a good plan. Everbody wins more or less.

04-16-2006, 04:28 PM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Wow. It's slow. Can't do anything. Currently Active Users: 909 (3 members and 906 guests)

04-16-2006, 05:15 PM	#11
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Same from way down here Cyclefrance

04-16-2006, 11:02 PM	#13
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	I kept trying to access the cellar from Oz, but I kept getting the "too busy" thing. I thought it was just my connection from there, but I got it at home too. Oh well.... looks like all's ok for the moment.

04-17-2006, 09:27 AM	#14
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Yes it's very slow for pages to turn this am.

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