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Everwhat Studios
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Posted: 25th May 2004 00:38
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Okay so this has happenned to me MANY times in the last week, usually for only half an hour or so, but the forum sql just completely freezes. I'm sure its not my connection or pc, as all other websites continue to function.

Its not too much of a problem, but its ceratinly frustrating. why do I visit the forums so much? I just check it every hour or so when I'm working as often I have to wait for a few minutes whilst something renders/downloads etc.

Has anyone else noticed this, and is there something that can be done? Perhaps the database is getting overloaded or the site bandwidth is struggling?

I'm not trying to be critical of the site, heaven forbid. Its just that it appears to br freezing more and more regularly. Its not a browser cache problem on my part, I've checked this. I'm using the lastest IE on the latest XPHome, surfing on 512kbs Broadband BTW

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Posted: 25th May 2004 00:40
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Yup, I'm with you Sam.

Usually around this time of the day when I come home, relax, then check the forums they just freeze. Probebly just an overflowing SQL database or something.

Hopefully it'll get sorted.



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Posted: 25th May 2004 00:43
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yeah, seems a daily occurence. I don't know if the SQL is freezing so to speak, but the site just basically locks up.

hope they can sort it


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David T
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Posted: 25th May 2004 00:52
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Yep. Become v unreliable this week

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Posted: 25th May 2004 01:54 Edited at: 25th May 2004 01:56
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Possibly the web site is exceeding the quota limit - it was certainly doing it a fair bit last week.


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Posted: 25th May 2004 02:12
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Ahhh glad its not just me then, I was preparing to be flamed. I'm sure Rich is aware of this happenning there must be a log/record being put somewhere by the sql? Here's hoping its easy to fix. I wouldn't know where to start

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Posted: 25th May 2004 02:17
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this has been happening for many months but sometimes it's worse than others (ie days of newsletter release, etc). I notice when it's early evening in the UK I can't get on at all or it's very very sluggish, and that's pretty much every weekday - weekends don't seem a problem, probably because everyone is out in the pub having a pint!

Cheers to that mate


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Posted: 25th May 2004 02:58
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Yeah, the site has played up for awhile.

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Posted: 25th May 2004 05:12
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Same thing here

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Posted: 25th May 2004 10:27
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me too

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Posted: 25th May 2004 10:45
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No problems for me, probably because I'm the only one visiting in Australia time.


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Posted: 25th May 2004 12:59
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There are two distinct things going on here.

1) Simple high load.
2) An attack on the forums.

1 - There ARE definitely times of the day when this site will respond slower than usual. Infact, I'll show you them. Remember all times below are local server time (GMT -5).



I'll leave it to you to figure out which hours are likely to be the slower ones.

2) Over the past few days our site has been attacked by some Romanian jerk from the IP address: 217.19.12.10. They were running a script to request numerous forum pages and thus causing quite a strain on the MySQL server. This IP has been blocked out at a router level (hence things are running smoothly now).

We (and our host) are keeping a close eye on things given this coming to light.

Oh, and we don't have bandwidth quota limit - so it's not that!

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Posted: 25th May 2004 15:27
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Thanks for posting his IP address. DoS here i come

j/k


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Posted: 25th May 2004 15:30 Edited at: 25th May 2004 15:31
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Unfortunately its rather illegial...

Quote: "Oh, and we don't have bandwidth quota limit - so it's not that!"

Good to know


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Posted: 25th May 2004 15:36
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<jots down IP - plans sinister activities >

Thanks for posting that chart - that directly correlates to the times I see this site bog down. Why is the tgc site server time GMT -5 as if the server was located in the eastern USA? I thought you blokes were blokes, mate?


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Posted: 25th May 2004 15:42 Edited at: 25th May 2004 15:43
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@TCA

so is hacking into a website (TGC)

But i wouldn't do that anyway.....












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Posted: 25th May 2004 15:46 Edited at: 25th May 2004 15:47
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more info on our romanian friend (proably the real geri - lol )

http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl (enter 217.19.12.10)
http://www.ripe.net/perl/whois?form_type=simple&full_query_string=&searchtext=217.19.12.10


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Posted: 25th May 2004 15:52
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Lol, its a computer shop.

It has an address.

I have a 1m PVC pipe. Hmmmmm







PIPE BOMB











(j/k again, but i could if i wanted...)


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Posted: 25th May 2004 15:56
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*Copies down IP*

Oh wait, I don't have super powers.

*Scrunches up IP and eats it*


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Posted: 25th May 2004 16:12
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Thanks for responding Rich

Bad news about that guy (or gal) attacking the forums, good to know you've sorted it though Good work!

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Posted: 25th May 2004 16:29
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Flibble, you scare me.
But for best results use steel pipe, not pvc



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Ah, but PVC get hot and burny and sticky, kinda like plastic napalm. Not that i know this. A friend told me, yeah, a friend. Who isn't me, but a lot like me. But not me.


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Is it me?


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Posted: 25th May 2004 16:43 Edited at: 25th May 2004 16:45
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you know if someone used that ip to take down that romanian bugger i dont think any one round here would notice

Edit: (they are routed through Level3.com...just a point of interest )

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Posted: 25th May 2004 16:43 Edited at: 25th May 2004 16:44
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@Exeat

lol, all us aussies are alike


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Flibs,

well if your packing your shrapnel proper, the hot sticky pvc shouldn't matter


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