Issue: Pages have been timing out
Analysis: The majority of web traffic is coming from bots aggressively spidering the site.
Action Taken: Blocks have been put in place to block bots hogging server resources.
Outlook: Page timeouts still evident. Situation being monitored.
Analysis: The majority of web traffic is coming from bots aggressively spidering the site.
Action Taken: Blocks have been put in place to block bots hogging server resources.
Outlook: Page timeouts still evident. Situation being monitored.
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Issue: Pages still timing out
Analysis: Tracing of database queries showed that searches were creating traffic jams for the database
Action Taken: Search has been disabled for the next 24 hours while we monitor the situation.
In the meantime please use Google for your searches using the search format:
site:diyaudio.com beer
Outlook: At the time of writing this post, server behaviour is back to normal, with average response time matching historical averages of 85-120ms.
We will wait 24 hours and monitor the situation before making a decision on how to restore search without it impacting the regular use of the site.
Analysis: Tracing of database queries showed that searches were creating traffic jams for the database
Action Taken: Search has been disabled for the next 24 hours while we monitor the situation.
In the meantime please use Google for your searches using the search format:
site:diyaudio.com beer
Outlook: At the time of writing this post, server behaviour is back to normal, with average response time matching historical averages of 85-120ms.
We will wait 24 hours and monitor the situation before making a decision on how to restore search without it impacting the regular use of the site.
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