Server Busy

[Crash]

am I the only one who gets this messsage like 5 times a day? wassup Johnnie?

[DimHalo]

Ditto

[GameMaster]

You're not alone. Ever since the new changes were implemented, I've been experiencing a busy server several times a day that last anywhere from a couple minutes to an hour or two. We really need to find what the problem is because it's drastically hurting our activity and new member quota.

And it's just downright annoying. :mad:

[Null]

its happening more recently. however the problem has been there for at LEAST a year that i can remember seeing it.


it have something to do with a bandwidth limit on the server or something?

[Blackmane]

I have been experiencing this issue a lot, but most of the time I can refresh and get right back on. Maybe somebody IS hacking GT as Neo's stories suggest...


/me looks around at people shiftily

[Neo]

Well I've disabled the load warning so hopefully that will fix it.

[MuGen]

No, I've been running websites for the past 8 years. When the server is too busy, on a forum script like this one, it doesn't have anything to do with the bandwidth... otherwise the forum itself would not load and you'd get a cogent message saying Bandwidth Limit Exceeded.

However, seeing this message it means that there are too many connections to mySQL happening at once, and the script cannot handle the parse load.

.... MEANING... lol.......... when you see that message.... usually too many people are trying to post a topic all at once. It doesn't necessarily mean too many people on the forum. But usually too many people calling the script to parse an action, it will say it is too busy.

The forum will be able to handle many connections to the forum, but when many people ALL AT ONCE try to post a topic or parse the php script, it becomes busy. I hope that's easy to understand.

[Canyarion]

What I never got is that NOBODY can use the forum when that happens. I'd understand it if there were a que. :confused:

[bobcat]

nu uh.

I get it 100 times a day

[Vampyr]

I've been getting it A LOT recently as well, and it's usually after I try to post a message, which leads me to believe what Kyuzo says.

Is there any way to fix it?

[Bube]

I once couldn't get on for a whole day becasue of that. And once, I had written a long message, then when I tried to send it, I got that message. For I don't know how long. Then I quit. Nobody saw that message again...

[Canyarion]

:baby:
/me tries to comfort Bube*

By the way, I just saw the top40 of Turkey. There are a few Dutch artists in there! Especially Within Temptation is so cool..... :cool:

[Jonbo298]

I get it a few times a day. Hopefully the "hotfix" Neo did will alleviate the problem a bit.

[GameMaster]

What if we click File> Save As?

Then we can access and use GT without having to bother going online?

[Fox 6]

I suffer from this also. Some times when i have a reply fresh in my head i can't post it. :(

[Vampyr]

What if we click File> Save As?

Then we can access and use GT without having to bother going online?

I don't think that will work, because you have to be online for the site to update with new posts.

[Blackmane]

People should get into the habit of ctrl c'ing all of their stuff before they post. That way, even if it doesn't accept it right away, you can try again a little later.

I know that now, since this has started happening more, I save all my big posts because I fear losing them to the crazy wiles of the server.

[Yan]

I once couldn't get on for a whole day becasue of that. And once, I had written a long message, then when I tried to send it, I got that message. For I don't know how long. Then I quit. Nobody saw that message again...


Hmmm, not for me. I know I've been getting the server busy notices a lot more these days after the update but when it pops up after I hit 'Submit Reply', my post is usually there...

[Vampyr]

People should get into the habit of ctrl c'ing all of their stuff before they post. That way, even if it doesn't accept it right away, you can try again a little later.

I know that now, since this has started happening more, I save all my big posts because I fear losing them to the crazy wiles of the server.

I do that if it's a really HUGE post, but on the occasions that the server HAS been "busy" after I submit something, I just click the "back" button, and there it is.

[MasterMind]

No, I've been running websites for the past 8 years. When the server is too busy, on a forum script like this one, it doesn't have anything to do with the bandwidth... otherwise the forum itself would not load and you'd get a cogent message saying Bandwidth Limit Exceeded.

However, seeing this message it means that there are too many connections to mySQL happening at once, and the script cannot handle the parse load.

.... MEANING... lol.......... when you see that message.... usually too many people are trying to post a topic all at once. It doesn't necessarily mean too many people on the forum. But usually too many people calling the script to parse an action, it will say it is too busy.

The forum will be able to handle many connections to the forum, but when many people ALL AT ONCE try to post a topic or parse the php script, it becomes busy. I hope that's easy to understand.


Maybe the connections aren't terminating correctly and just sit there until they time out? Then once too many connections are opened up, you start getting the server is busy? Just a thought. Not even sure how this site is set up or how php works.