Army.ca Status- The History of Outages & Dark Days

[George Wallace]

Well.

Mike has published the problems and what he has done to rectify them.  He has given a timeline of how long he anticipates it to take to solve and get the site up to functioning in the manner to which you expect.  He has posted a couple of topics on the matter.  So, all you can do now is have a little patience.

 

[Nfld Sapper]

Well.

Mike has published the problems and what he has done to rectify them.  He has given a timeline of how long he anticipates it to take to solve and get the site up to functioning in the manner to which you expect.  He has posted a couple of topics on the matter.  So, all you can do now is have a little patience.

So can we stop

.

And maybe just inform Mike when there is a slow down and stop the p***ing match?

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

It's frustrating for everyone, and I include myself in that list. There are a lot of people here who have contributed generously to the solution, and I've finally started to do my part on it, so hopefully we will only have to endure this for a short while longer.

Thanks for your patience and support all.

 

[Mike Baker]

Super slow now. Mike, I am always patient, I refresh the page at least 12 times every 2 mins when the site is down 

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

lol, I'm sure that helps.

 

[Mike Baker]

lol, I'm sure that helps.

That, and the fact that I can watch Band of Brothers when the site is down  ;D

 

[NL_engineer]

working fast for me now  ;D

 

[rmacqueen]

I like it whenn the sight is down, it is only time I get to eat and sleep ;D

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Sorry for the downtime, I tried a few things to help reduce server load. I don't think it will make a noticeable difference, unfortunately.

 

[pylon]

lol, I'm sure that helps.

Sheesh, I thought this MSN speak was getting cleaned up...  mods?!?!

;D

Couldn't resist...


kc

 

[Mike Baker]

30 Guests, 6 Users (1 Buddy)

That is crazy. Guess the refreshing works  ;D

 

[Mike Baker]

and now:

81 Guests, 8 Users (1 Buddy)
Quick build up. The site is fast now  ;D

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

Mike,
What if we firewall block those IP addresses that I mentioned, that would cut the "guests" in half.

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

I might do that... I've been tinkering (as you have probably noticed), trying a few things to detect the source of the slowdown. It doesn't seem to be any one thing in particular, just a lot going on.

 

[NL_engineer]

I might do that... I've been tinkering (as you have probably noticed), trying a few things to detect the source of the slowdown. It doesn't seem to be any one thing in particular, just a lot going on.

Whatever you did Mike, it speed up for me  ;D


Too bad there is still a long delay when posting  :-[

 

[Nfld Sapper]

Was having army.ca withdrawl symptoms with the site down.  ;D

Glad its back.

 

[Mike Baker]

Was having army.ca withdrawl symptoms with the site down.  ;D

Glad its back.

You thought it was bad, eh? My internet was down almost all day, and when it came back, Army.ca was slow. So, yes, it was a terrible day. But now she is back  ;D

 

[warspite]

You thought it was bad, eh? My internet was down almost all day, and when it came back, Army.ca was slow. So, yes, it was a terrible day. But now she is back  ;D

Mwhahahah been workin for me all day.  :evil:

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Folks,

As you have unfortunately noticed, the last few weeks have see Army.ca brought to it's knees on a regular basis. In fact, recently, the site has been down or unbearably slow more often than not.

First, I apologize for this, I know it's very frustrating. I have spent literally days trying to track down the source of the problem, and it all seems to come back to the same thing: we've become too popular. The site simply cannot keep up with the demand, and is suffering through a number of problems as a result. I've considered a variety of approaches from rolling blackouts to automatic shutdowns to cutting some services, but each has it's problems. You may have even noticed me experimenting with some of these over the last week.

There is a bright spot though, the recent Server Replacement Program means that new hardware has been ordered and is on the way. Right now the ETA is a bit hazy, but I think I can safely say it will be roughly 4 weeks before the new hardware is in place. In the mean time, our options are limited, but I will continue to research the possibilities. Please bear with me through this, as unfortunately it's going to mean at least 4 more weeks of ridiculous wait times and the occasional outage.

I'll keep you updated as things progress.


Cheers
Mike

 

[GAP]

You can only do what you can do....the rest will sort itself out.

Thanks Mike for all your efforts