Changes to the server, please look and comment - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: gnif
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 14, 2013, 07:36:35 pm
content: Hi Everyone,Over the past few hours I have implemented some performance enhancements to the server's configuration as a load spike is expected in the next 24 hours. Due to these changes, while you use this site over the next few hours, if you notice things faster/slower, etc, please post it in here and let me know.There may be a slight slowdown for new visitors the first time they load the images on some pages as I have added rate limiting to the server to prevent the odd user from trying to mass download the entire forum causing the server load to spike through the roof. If this is working correctly (as it seems to be according to logs) you should not see any errors, and performance should be as good as it was without it.Thanks for your patience during the last few weeks while Dave and I have worked on getting this server up to scratch and tuned.

author: ZOMGVTEK
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 12:30:04 am
content: Things are quite sluggish for me right now.

author: gnif
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 03:19:41 am
content: Quote from: ZOMGVTEK on March 15, 2013, 12:30:04 amIs this still occurring? I have made a few minor changes, and we are now getting the expected load spike, so we do expect the server to be a little slower then usual.

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 03:59:06 am
content: Everything working fine here. Thanks for setting all that up. That can be a job and a half.Does hackaday really push that much extra traffic or are you expecting the story to get picked up by slashdot too?

author: peterthenovice
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 04:03:21 am
content: it is pretty quick here in mississppi.

author: gnif
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 04:18:52 am
content: Quote from: Smokey on March 15, 2013, 03:59:06 amWas not sure, I have seen sites linked to by HaD in the past go offline as the traffic the link generated was too much, so instead of just watching it happen I thought it would be better to err on the side of caution.Dave has since informed me that he has been able to handle HaD links to these forums in the past without any issues, so my efforts may have been futile in the short term, but for the long term with site growth etc, it was a good thing to do anyway.

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 04:28:11 am
content: There is still time. I could see that story making the front page of slashdot. It may not be like the good old days slashdot effect, but it should still be a ton of traffic. Guess we will see tomorrow.Who is the biggest traffic threat these days? Reddit?

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 04:35:58 am
content: Quote from: Smokey on March 15, 2013, 03:59:06 amThe site and forum has been mentioned quite a few times on HAD before, and I don't recall any server issues or slowness.From logs I recall the load isn't close to being "slashdotted".Server load is currently a staggering low 0.15Dave.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 15, 2013, 04:38:27 am
content: Quote from: gnif on March 15, 2013, 04:18:52 amAlmost everyone who hosts a site that gets HADed is using some sort of cheap shared server.I do remember it being a bit of and issue with the shared server.Never a problem with the cloud one (when it worked!), or the new dedicated one.Dave.