In case you're wondering, the connection problems on Saturday were the result of server overloading. I've asked my ISP to try and figure out whether it was a DOS attack or simply high but non-malicious traffic, but either is possible, since I don't have a dedicated server (I'm using shared hosting).
In any case, there was no server infection and no reconfiguration; the site simply came back up when the traffic attack ceased.
PS. For those spacebattles.com regulars who crowed victory when this forum went down, thanks for verifying that your mentality is precisely what I suspected it to be.
PPS. I haven't said anything about these problems before now because I was out of town for the weekend. Sorry about that, but, well, I do have a life, you know ...
Connection problems on Saturday
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Connection problems on Saturday
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But now, you shall witnesss ... its dismemberment!
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Re: Connection problems on Saturday
AdmiralKanos wrote:PPS. I haven't said anything about these problems before now because I was out of town for the weekend. Sorry about that, but, well, I do have a life, you know ...
Anyways... when are you going to be updating the site? Is that upoholstery stuff done, it's been a entire month.
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This is kinda off-topic, but why haven't any additions been made to the main page? Is it because you are too busy with this or some other reason?
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I strongly suggest reveiwing your php.ini configuration as well as your dbase config.
I suspect the profromance issue is a problem with a non-optimal php config. (note i didn't say mis-config)
I suspect the profromance issue is a problem with a non-optimal php config. (note i didn't say mis-config)
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Probably a Denial of Service attack.....
That's my gut instinct.......
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part of the same community here...and we gotta stick together...
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I doubt it was DOS. The Problem was not endemic of the entire site, just the php boards, and unless this hosting service does php clustered, I doubt it sincerely. It looks to be more like a persistant dbase connections issue/ max connections issue.
That and the script could probably stand to reoptitimized for high traffic capacity as well as some other "enhancements", that requirre some research on the part of the hoster regarding implementation. If you klnow what you are doing, you could speed this site (php part) up 400%
That and the script could probably stand to reoptitimized for high traffic capacity as well as some other "enhancements", that requirre some research on the part of the hoster regarding implementation. If you klnow what you are doing, you could speed this site (php part) up 400%
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