Anyone else having problems getting onto the forum?

[ross]

Apparently the server's /var folder had filled up, they cleared it this morning.  One of those things I guess.

Cheers, Ross.

[bolus]

[quote="Alec"]
Was the forum out of action last night as I was getting no response for ages?

There were no posts made between 12:04:09 AM & 08:34:21 AM, which covers the time I was having trouble.
[/quote]

Yeah, talk about withdrawal. 

[MadMaxedAtom]

Was the server down again?I could not log on all day yesterday (Oct. 2nd.) I was having DT's...

[wisp]

Yes, I couldn't connect for +24Hr. I actually got some work done 

[Alec]

Bruce posted on Pistonheads to explain the problem.

[quote="Bruce Fielding"]It's a sorry day for the Atomclub Forum when it goes down for a day - I hope those of you who spend an inordinate amount of time there aren't getting withdrawl symptoms...

But we can always take refuge here...

The reason is that it seems like Zen have decided to move the box that holds the forum from one site to another (happening now) but didn't bother telling Ross which was a bit stupid.  That's the problem with favours. Ross is going to see about moving the forum and gallery to a standard production box rather than the dedicated testbox we have right now.

Anyway...welcome back to Pistonheads for the time being - I hope it's just for today...
[/quote]

With a couple of responses from a few sad people off here. 

[quote="A1ec"]It's alright, I just increased my medicine to get me through the day. :wobble: [/quote]
[quote="John Lloyd"]Ah, the wonders of PistonHeads.  Just like the old days, no yanks! [/quote]
[quote="benyeats"]Just out of interest if the chaps at Zen drop the server on a concrete floor is the forum backed up anywhere ?

Ben[/quote]
[quote="A1ec"][quote="John Lloyd"]Ah, the wonders of PistonHeads.  Just like the old days, no yanks! [/quote]

Funny you should say that John as the four who have posted here on this thread are the four going over to meet the Yanks at AtomFest.[/quote]

[Driver]

I keep geting this error when trying to moderate a post:

(not that I expect this will post either)


"Database Error: MySQL server has gone away
File: /home/rosscp/public_html/forum/Sources/Subs-Post.php
Line: 1895"

[ross]

btw, I take backups of the forum each week and have tested a complete rebuild from scratch (although not recently to be fair so I should do that again some time).

Cheers, Ross.

[Alec]

When it was off for the day I was getting this response (if it means anything to anyone)  .

Database Error: MySQL server has gone away
File: /home/rosscp/public_html/forum/Sources/Security.php
Line: 272
Database Error: MySQL server has gone away
File: /home/rosscp/public_html/forum/Sources/Load.php
Line: 2005

[ross]

I think there are still some issues with occasional timeouts occuring that I'm going to have to talk to the ISP about.

[Alec]

Has anyone been having problems with the forum recently?

It's just taken me 20 minutes to post a reply as I kept getting a message saying that it had 'Gone Away'.

Also, last night Ultrasound posted on Pistonheads saying that he was having problems getting on the site.

[ross]

I'm not aware of any problems Alec - I think there'll always be the odd person having some kind of problem somewhere, but right now I don't think there are any issues at the server end.

Cheers, Ross.

[Wmcmanus]

I couldn't get on for several hours last night, but no problems today.  Strange how quickly you become a junkie around here!  You must be a bunch of good people because I don't like hanging out with fools!

[Alec]

[quote="Ross McWilliam"]
I'm not aware of any problems Alec - I think there'll always be the odd person having some kind of problem somewhere, but right now I don't think there are any issues at the server end.

Cheers, Ross.
[/quote]

I hadn't had any problems last night when Ultrasound was asking but it just came to mind when I had difficulty getting through to make that post so I thought I'd mention it just in case.

No more problems after that however.

[ross]

Perhaps there was some kind of problem last night.

[Atom120]

[quote="Ross McWilliam"]
Perhaps there was some kind of problem last night.
[/quote]

The internet's brilliant - most problems just go away, given time! In fact, I think BT use this as the central pillar of their business model!