POLL: Do you get forum database errors? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 01:28:49 am
content: The odd person has reported this error.Trying to decide if I need to try and do anything about it.Thanks.Dave.

author: Fsck
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 01:33:21 am
content: I'd say 1-2 times a week on average.

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 01:42:55 am
content: I get some sort of database error once every couple days. (I'll post the error message if it comes back.) It doesn't go away with a refresh, but it does go away after waiting 1-2 minutes.

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 01:44:27 am
content: Quote from: Fsck on February 28, 2013, 01:33:21 amAnd can last up to 15 minutes. Very annoying when it happens.

author: Fsck
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 01:57:03 am
content: Quote from: ivan747 on February 28, 2013, 01:44:27 amAt least I know it's not Telus' weird peering.

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 02:10:12 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 28, 2013, 01:28:49 amSo who is this person, and why are you calling them "odd"? ? ?(No errors here)

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 02:26:47 am
content: Quote from: Fsck on February 28, 2013, 01:33:21 amSee, now that's the weird thing. I'm one of the heaviest users of the forum, and I virtually never see it.So to me it seems it can't be solely the server at fault here?Dave.

author: mariush
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 02:34:46 am
content: Yeah, I had it happen on me probably two-three times this week, once today.But usually it doesn't last more than 5-10 minutes.Slightly annoying but not a big deal, though you should check it out (increase mysql connection limit, or kill apache processes/threads more often in case php leaks mysql connection handles etc)

author: FenderBender
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 02:41:07 am
content: Nope, I don't. Maybe once...like a year ago? That doesn't count.

author: kolonelkadat
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 03:36:32 am
content: I hadnt seen it until after I posted in the thread about the error.ETA:I am pretty new here though. I only joined a few days ago.

author: ElektroQuark
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 08:26:24 am
content: Once a day. But I peruse the forum...

author: firewalker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 08:35:16 am
content: Couple times a week, but refreshing the page addresses the issue.Alexander.

author: JuKu
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 09:55:51 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 28, 2013, 02:26:47 amMaybe distance (network lag, number of hops) has something to do with that. I see that very often. When I'm here, I stay maybe 10-15 mins at a time. I haven't kept count, but maybe 30% of the sessions end to that. I read the forum on iPad or on an XP machine.

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 12:39:33 pm
content: so issuesserver loadRTT timeouts (most of errors ive had connecting to forum database)are the forum servers shared dave ?

author: SLJ
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 01:29:37 pm
content: Never had a error message or a problem.

author: AlfBaz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 01:44:54 pm
content: I've only ever had it happen once on my desktop PC and that was around the time of the original post. It has happened many more times on tapatalk on my tablet, but nothing worth worrying about as refresh sorts it

author: mzzj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 01:52:21 pm
content: Pretty often, almost every day. I feel like certain time of day is worse, AFAIK around 15 to 18 o'clock (EET, UTC +2h) is the worst time.YES, Dave You should do something about this.

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 03:29:49 pm
content: perhaps it is a load issue

author: Chet T16
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2013, 04:15:34 pm
content: I voted for "rarely but fixed with a refresh" but i think it would be more accurate if i could pick "sometimes, but a refresh fixes it" %-B

author: andersm
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2013, 01:37:16 am
content: I haven't been keeping record, but the errors do seem more frequent during certain times of the day. I'm guessing this would correlate to the heaviest loads on the server (lunch hour and evenings in the US?)

author: ve7xen
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2013, 07:02:45 am
content: Never.Your DB server should be logging if you're e.g. hitting max connections or something like that (have you checked?). This could be a more insidious problem. How busy is the server, and is it yours (or a VPS)?

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2013, 12:31:04 pm
content: I get it early evening, it's either server overload or the lines to Australia or the Pacific region are clogged by traffic, I just turn off or wait, usually comes back after half an hour or so but on a couple of occasions not until the next day.

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2013, 01:46:16 pm
content: I see db errors several times at one day and then none at all for some weeks. My guess is that the db error is triggered by a high usage (lot of connections), maybe caused by some skript kiddies or malware tools trying to enter/spam the forum. I would monitor the http and mySQL processes, also the CPU and RAM usage over time, and try to optimize the setup. But you can't do anything if the usage suddenly rises several times, unless you're going for load balancers and on-demand cloud servers or stand-by servers.

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2013, 02:29:47 pm
content: Just happened a few seconds ago.Quote

author: IanJ
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 02, 2013, 02:41:44 pm
content: Never get this error.......heaviest use is after 8pm UK time, also browse on & off during the day.Ian.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2013, 02:45:35 pm
content: Just got this error. Retired three times. Eventually did as was told. (Went and had a beer). Came back and all good.

author: jack32
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 11, 2013, 09:11:08 pm
content: i have never seen that msg

author: RickieSalad
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 12, 2013, 10:35:05 am
content: I've never gotten any error messages.

author: grumpydoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 12, 2013, 01:03:08 pm
content: Haven't had any since the upgrade.

author: la6ala
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 12, 2013, 01:32:57 pm
content: never got an error this short time I have been here on this forum