Why does it keep going down every 5 min.?

Good question. It pings fine when it's down, so it's not a connectivity issue. Something's up with the server itself.

Mr. Frezza, any ideas?

When are you seeing this happen????? Need more info.

When are you seeing this happen????? Need more info.

Many times this weekend, especially yesterday, at random times whenever you click on a forum or a thread in the forum, or even reply to a thread you're in, it takes several minutes to load the new page. There have been times where the site was inaccessible for 20-30 minutes in the past. This hasn't been limited to just this weekend, but it's been pretty frequent the last few weeks.

Any particular time?? I've been on the site quite a bit and haven't seen the problems you are describing. I need more info to investigate.

Any particular time?? I've been on the site quite a bit and haven't seen the problems you are describing. I need more info to investigate.

It hung up for a couple minutes at a time a couple of times between 10PM and 10:30PM last night. Also, there are a couple of threads in the lounge with titles along the lines of "who broke it?" that came up right after a long hang-up on the site.

2:00 PM EST yesterday. It was unavailable ("server not responding" error messages) from my work and my home. Total downtime was ~5 minutes.

I've only mentioned this 9,000 times.

its cause someone asked why it weighs 3800 pounds!

^:lol:

still seeing it happen

It just did it for the past 5-6 minutes

I couldn't log in today on my lunch break.....The page would attempt to load for a few minutes and then it went to "internet explorer cannot display the webpage"

I couldn't log in today on my lunch break.....The page would attempt to load for a few minutes and then it went to "internet explorer cannot display the webpage"

same here just a few min ago and it logs me out when it does it

just did it again when I sent a PM took like 5 min. to send it then site not found

Again a couple minutes ago

OK, happened just now. I first noticed the lack of response around 1:05 EST, and it lasted until about 1:15.

I could still ping the server during this time, but trying to telnet to port 80 resulted in the connection timing out after about five minutes.

I've seen this kind of thing happen on our servers when the proc load spiked really high for whatever reason. Connection requests didn't get refused outright, they'd just hang and eventually time out until the proc load came back down.

Are you guys monitoring proc load on the server at all? That'd be my first guess; the outages are way too long IMO to be Apache restarting or croaking, plus you'd expect outright refusals instead of timeouts.

Hope this helps.

Just did it again for about five minutes. I don't know how to do any of the fancy stuff Gutterboy did to test stuff though. :p

Just did it again for about five minutes. I don't know how to do any of the fancy stuff Gutterboy did to test stuff though. :p

Confirmed, it was down. Ping was fine; I didn't try telnet.

was just down for me for about 5 minutes. :shrug:

was just down for me for about 5 minutes. :shrug:

Did the same thing to me at about 10:00PM too.

sounds like a personal problem guys ;)

The site was just down again for a few mintes. :(

network speed

did it just go down for anyone else again? other sites worked for me, just not this one. I wish I knew if there was something I could do when it happens to try and point out any issues.

Yeah it was down for a few minutes, got a "page could not be displayed" message. Welcome to the internet, nothing is perfect i just deal with it.

any updates?

any updates?

I haven't seen any downtime in a couple weeks... how's that for an update? ;)

haven't noticed it for a while either. if anything was changed to help correct it, I guess it worked :shrug:

been seeing it happen again....

be in the middle of something, like open a page or something and the site just locks up, won't do anything, but others work fine.

I never keep any details but I will try to next time if it will help

It happened around midnight last night. I'm not sure how long it lasted, because I gave up and went to bed.

Did it again from ~11:12 to 11:17 am this morning.

About 11:30 PM-11:45PM Eastern, just now. Same troubleshooting stuff as before... pings come back fine, telnet times out.

about 11:30 pm-11:45pm eastern, just now. Same troubleshooting stuff as before... Pings come back fine, telnet times out.

+1.

Was just down again from ~6:06-6:11pm eastern.

EDIT: Still very sluggish, took about a minute to post this.

went so long without it happening...now its becoming some what frequent again.

went so long without it happening...now its becoming some what frequent again.
I agree, it's been happening a whole lot lately.

11:15-11:30

11:15-11:30

Ditto.

Just happened again from ~ 2:55 p.m. to ~3:05 p.m.

Just happened again from ~ 2:55 p.m. to ~3:05 p.m.

Seconded. Seemed to go until about 3:10 for me.

Thanks!

No problem!

I think it just happened again. started about 8:45pm and came back about 9:55PM EST.

at least this was the only site not working for me at that time...

I think it just happened again. started about 8:45pm and came back about 9:55PM EST.

at least this was the only site not working for me at that time...

I experienced the same thing

Site was just down again, not sure when it went down but it was for several minutes and just now came back.

^x2. Same thing just happend to me

I have noticed it happening a lot more lately over the past week or so. could traffic have something to do with it?

Site just came back up after being down almost 20 minutes.


I :cry:'ed

She was down a again for a bit.

Any updates on what th issue might be?

Chris is on vacation and he's been doing some maintenance lately. Thanks, though.

I've actually been using part of my vacation to do some maintenance and some optimizations on the server. I'm hoping there won't be too many more slowdowns at all now. Definitely let me know if you guys experience anymore with the times of the slowdowns.

It just took the last ten minutes for my reply to a thread to go through.

It just took the last ten minutes for my reply to a thread to go through.

I haven't noticed any slowdowns whatsoever. It's been blazing fast for me.

I haven't noticed any slowdowns whatsoever. It's been blazing fast for me.

not here....keeps taking forever to do anything. No other sites have any issues at all. This one is very slow, sometimes replies take several times to go through\

not here....keeps taking forever to do anything. No other sites have any issues at all. This one is very slow, sometimes replies take several times to go through\

+1 Especially in the afternoon

not here....keeps taking forever to do anything. No other sites have any issues at all. This one is very slow, sometimes replies take several times to go through\

Agreed. I ran into it at least three or four times this evening. Click "reply" and it sits there loading for five or six minutes. Type your response and hit "submit" and the same thing. Loading bar for several minutes and then it finally goes through.

Meanwhile, I've checked my email, looked on FaceBook, farted around on Craigslist, and by the time I'm done with all that, my response has just gone through. Seems that this is the only site that gives me any trouble.

about 7:24 to 7:27pm EST

It's been happening on here for as long as I can remember. I just chalk it up to a normal happening and don't give it a second thought anymore. Only reason I replied here was because it was the top thread for this category on the main forum page.

The site was completely down today from before 2:10-~2:15

Was just down again from ~8:19pm to ~8:55pm

yep, kept getting a "database error" whatever causes that. someone trip over the power cord?

I unplugged it. :leaving:

It was down again from ~6:19 to ~6:43

It was just down for at least ~20 minutes. It started dragging ass just before 9:00 EST, and by 9:18, the forum still wouldn't load, so I closed the window out.

it happens a lot more than what has been posted.

it happens a lot more than what has been posted.

Yep, it's a daily occurrence. Sometimes many times a day.

Yep, it's a daily occurrence. Sometimes many times a day.

Interesting; It's been weeks since I last encountered it.

Interesting; It's been weeks since I last encountered it.

Back when I used to be on the board all day, I would encounter it at least once a day, and usually many times a day. Even now, with visiting the board less often, I still encounter it at least once every day that I spend any appreciable amount of time surfing the forums.

But that is what is strange...you are certainly not the only ones on it all day and others don't share the same issues, including myself.

I am not saying it is YOU, but there is definitely some inconsistencies with whatever issue may be happening.

I notice it quite a bit too, usually around 6-7pm PST.

It was just down again. :(

One way to know for sure if it was down is when there is large gaps in lounge posting. :)

Just happened again. It was down for at least five minutes, and most likely longer. I got tired of waiting for the site to load up, so I took a shower.

I think I actually have Frezza's number....i'm going to annoy him next time this happens

It's been down for the last 20 minutes or so. :bang:

'T'was down for me as well.

Me too

T'was down again. :irk:

Down 8:30-8:50 AM central

wow I thought it was just my computer..did it to me last night.

Its been doing it almost every time I get on here for the past week or so for me, all at random times.

Its happened multiple times tonight for me. It seems like it takes about 30 seconds to reply to a post.

Just went down for me from about 2:10 - 2:28

Even if you go here:
http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/
it would say it is down when we are having issues

Went down for a bit just now as well.

:p

It was just down for the last 30 minutes, and it's still slow.

It was just down for the last 30 minutes, and it's still slow.

I can vouch for this.

I can vouch for this.

Me too, I had just got back from lunch and was :freakout: when I couldn't get here

I think it was down again for a little bit. I just said f**k it and went back to work.

Started freaking out there for a little bit. Site was unavailable for about 20 minutes.

Happened to me about 1 min ago.

BTW I find this to be a character trait of this site, it's done it for years it seems like. I feel like I posted in a thread about this same issue a long time ago.

Edit: I knew it! From 2006

Click this (http://www.camaroz28.com/forums/showthread.php?t=443089&page=4)


C'mon guys really :lol:

I'm playing, I wouldn't know the first thing to do to fix it. :o

Happened to me about 1 min ago.

BTW I find this to be a character trait of this site, it's done it for years it seems like. I feel like I posted in a thread about this same issue a long time ago.

Edit: I knew it! From 2006

Click this (http://www.camaroz28.com/forums/showthread.php?t=443089&page=4)


C'mon guys really :lol:

I'm playing, I wouldn't know the first thing to do to fix it. :o



Yes, it happens all the friggin' time. It's been sluggish as all hell for the last half hour.

Just had a good hour-long dropout. Sigh.

I still think it's a server proc load issue. The browser connection doesn't get refused, it just hangs up forever on the response, until the browser finally times out. So it's not like a straight network issue, or Apache just dying completely... just serious sluggishness.

I still think it's a server proc load issue. The browser connection doesn't get refused, it just hangs up forever on the response, until the browser finally times out. So it's not like a straight network issue, or Apache just dying completely... just serious sluggishness.

I think it behaves more like a thrashing problem (not enough physical RAM) than an overloaded CPU. It goes very suddenly from perfectly responsive to totally gone.

It goes very suddenly from perfectly responsive to totally gone.

I agree with this part of the statement, I don't know what the first part means...

Trust me folks, i'm just as frustrated here as anyone. I've opened yet another ticket my our hosting provider. Here is what they have said so far - "there may be a problem with the raid controller. I have also found by checking the apache error logs is that you have hit a maxclients setting and this will cause any other requests to be held until an open connection becomes available."

I will keep you up to date on resolutions.

I dont know what that means, but anything with apache and raid can't be good

seems like it gos down at 4 oclock on the dot every mornin

I dont know what that means, but anything with apache and raid can't be good

:lol:

seems like it gos down at 4 oclock on the dot every mornin

That's a scheduled server update or something like that. It's different from the lag that's experienced throughout the rest of the day.

At 4am EST everyday, we do our mysql database dumps for backup.

Here is the latest from our hosting provider - "have checked the server raid and it appears to once again be functioning normally. I found that the Raid was set to temporary write through to the disk which can indicate a problem with a bbu (battery backup) on this server and cause some performance problems since it is not writing to a cache, which is much faster. I would like to schedule about 15 to 30 minutes of downtime to see if this server has a BBU and that it is operating correctly.

I have also increased the MaxClients setting as requested. Please let me know when you are ready to have us check for the BBU."

I asked them to schedule the downtime as soon as possible to look at the BBU.

I'll keep you up to date when I hear more.

Thanks, CeilingMod. :thumb:

you have hit a maxclients setting and this will cause any other requests to be held until an open connection becomes available

Well yeah, that might cause it. :lol:

:D

Here's hoping that this clears everything up. Thanks for keeping us in the loop, Chris! :)

That would be great if it clears it up. There was about a ~minute and a half bog just a moment ago, but nothing like the hour outage the other day.

I hadn't seen any downtime for several days, and I was starting to wonder if it was all fixed, but then I saw about ten minutes worth around 4:30 PM EST today.