Monday, July 6, 2009
F$% your status!
No one reads it anyway and you are just going to bitch. I don't know why I care enough to spend my time. Go somewhere else.
Slow server is slooooooow...
We are aware that there are some issues with the server being slow. this is because the rebuild of the database means that nothing is cached and every query has to hit the server and build a cache at least once per thread. Or at least I hope that is the only problem.
Right now, only 3% of the post content is cached. As each person views a thread, it will cache it and that will make it faster for everyone as it it builds up.
While that happens, I put the site into "performance mode" which means that some of the more CPU intensive features are disabled temporarily. You may get messages that say that you are not able to access something, but it is not because of security, it is because they are temporarily turned off.
Hopefully I can rebuild the cache manually overnight tonight when there are fewer users online. Either way, it will take a day or two to rebuild the cache. Bear with us.
Right now, only 3% of the post content is cached. As each person views a thread, it will cache it and that will make it faster for everyone as it it builds up.
While that happens, I put the site into "performance mode" which means that some of the more CPU intensive features are disabled temporarily. You may get messages that say that you are not able to access something, but it is not because of security, it is because they are temporarily turned off.
Hopefully I can rebuild the cache manually overnight tonight when there are fewer users online. Either way, it will take a day or two to rebuild the cache. Bear with us.
It's alive
The forum is rebuilt and back in action as of about 8 AM This morning.
It is drastically different, so spend some time familiarizing yourself with some of the new features. Post any bugs or problems in the forums themselves so that I can address them.
There will be some smaller, additional features that are rolled out over the week, but they will be minor and cosmetic in nature.
Enjoy!
It is drastically different, so spend some time familiarizing yourself with some of the new features. Post any bugs or problems in the forums themselves so that I can address them.
There will be some smaller, additional features that are rolled out over the week, but they will be minor and cosmetic in nature.
Enjoy!
only halfway done...
I am afraid to announce that the rebuild process is only halfway done as of 12:30 and I have to work in the morning. I am afraid that I will have to hit the bed soon and the site will probably be down all night.
While it is rebuilding, however, I was able to get a lot of the pre-configuration and customization done that I was not going to get to until later in the week so when it does come back up, it will have lots of new features:
1) A working reputation system in place. Know which users suck and which users are elite.
2) HAL = HAcking Links. A Links system that users can contribute to. All users can help build a nice resource of links that we can all share.
3) Upgraded blog, gallery, and forum system.
4) Better reporting system for faster response to SPAM and trolls.
5) A new portal as the official landing point of binrev.com instead of the old PHP/HTML green and black page.
And that is just scratching the surface. It will be worth the wait!
While it is rebuilding, however, I was able to get a lot of the pre-configuration and customization done that I was not going to get to until later in the week so when it does come back up, it will have lots of new features:
1) A working reputation system in place. Know which users suck and which users are elite.
2) HAL = HAcking Links. A Links system that users can contribute to. All users can help build a nice resource of links that we can all share.
3) Upgraded blog, gallery, and forum system.
4) Better reporting system for faster response to SPAM and trolls.
5) A new portal as the official landing point of binrev.com instead of the old PHP/HTML green and black page.
And that is just scratching the surface. It will be worth the wait!
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Upgrade taking longer than expected...
We did the upgrade in a test environment and it did not take this long however, that was a smaller limited record test database. When we upgraded the live database, which has over 336,000 posts, it is taking a good bit longer to rebuild every post.
Once we get the post database rebuilt, I will probably bring the board active again overnight and I will do the rest of the less-intrusive upgrades over the course of the week.
I think the forums will be down at least another 1-2 hours tonight. I hope to have them back up by Midnight, but I am at the mercy of the machine right now.
Once we get the post database rebuilt, I will probably bring the board active again overnight and I will do the rest of the less-intrusive upgrades over the course of the week.
I think the forums will be down at least another 1-2 hours tonight. I hope to have them back up by Midnight, but I am at the mercy of the machine right now.
Sunday night = upgrade night
ATTENTION ALL USERS:
I am making some major upgrades to the site including the forums. The site will be enormously unreliable for the new several hours. The forums will be taken down so please finish up your posts by 7 PM EST. The site will likely be down for anywhere from 1 to 3 hours. The new and improved BinRev will be back up Sunday night (hopefully) by 9 PM.
Know in advance that it will look quite a bit different. We will be on a default skin until we get some graphics work finished up. I know some of you will be complaining heavily about the changes, but you should know now that we have been discussing these changes and testing them for quite some time now. The decision has been made. Deal with it.
UPDATE: You now have until 7 PM EST on 07/05/2009 - The backup is still running and will take longer than I expected. You get an extra hour.
UPDATE: You now have until 8 PM EST on 07/05/2009 - The backup is still running and will take longer than I expected. You get another extra hour.
NOTE: This downtime will only affect binrev.com and none of the other sites will be affected other than possible slowness due to server load during the upgrade.
I am making some major upgrades to the site including the forums. The site will be enormously unreliable for the new several hours. The forums will be taken down so please finish up your posts by 7 PM EST. The site will likely be down for anywhere from 1 to 3 hours. The new and improved BinRev will be back up Sunday night (hopefully) by 9 PM.
Know in advance that it will look quite a bit different. We will be on a default skin until we get some graphics work finished up. I know some of you will be complaining heavily about the changes, but you should know now that we have been discussing these changes and testing them for quite some time now. The decision has been made. Deal with it.
UPDATE: You now have until 7 PM EST on 07/05/2009 - The backup is still running and will take longer than I expected. You get an extra hour.
UPDATE: You now have until 8 PM EST on 07/05/2009 - The backup is still running and will take longer than I expected. You get another extra hour.
NOTE: This downtime will only affect binrev.com and none of the other sites will be affected other than possible slowness due to server load during the upgrade.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Software updates
Be aware of possible intermittent problems or downtime this week as we do some software upgrades. We will try to minimize the downtime, and do not anticipate any problems at this time. Check back here for updates.
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