Sometimes I get this error.I just want to know whether is it my fault or LYN server is really packed.I observe when there is 1k++ users ...my get these kind of error..Tq for ur help...

u already answer ur Q

So it is flooded?Is any action going to take by the admins or owner?

i oso laggy la lyn just a couple of day..

iz it bcoz flooded..

We're aware of the problems and are already in the midst of upgrading our current infrastructure to cope with the increase in traffic.

Please bear with the occasional server busy messages till we complete the upgrades.

Woa, upgr8 again? Urm, May I know the server spec?

ya, everyone is so curious about the server spec...


Btw, upgrading hardware again? or just some database tweaks or something like tat...

This post has been edited by amyhs99: Jun 22 2007, 07:02 PM

last time upgrade is when aledi...
aledi forgot...

but this time is aledi ok
becoz last time even the search function also need to disable...

Ok ok i'll stop Ddosing.

So admin please keep us up on what happen.....Sometimes reallly sick with that busy message...haha...anyway thanks...

lyn so big it pawns
click more ads , ppl!

WTF!! is that affect torrents dowloading or anything with downloading activities???

you guys can start by

1. learning to control your posts, spams aren't good.
2. learn to adjust image size before posting

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=452728

Urm, If I host my image myself, it wont affect the server right? meaning the server uploading didn't interrupt right?

donnt flood... aiyo.. keep congested.. want cry..

yes. correct. sorry i forgot to mention - attachments only.

because if you host it some place else, the loading is between the browser machine and the server that hosts the images.

in fact stuff like posts, spams and signatures are the ones that add to load. in short - anything that requires transfer of data from LYN server to your machine.

This morning i have to refresh LYN page many time, got message server busy. Maybe need to upgrade.

did you read thoroughly...????

nvm...its paid using advert money. all the google adsense. the adverts at the main page..etc.etc. no prob la.

any idea on the connection bandwidth ar???

The lag is caused by the huge database, coupled with a slight misconfiguration on our database machine.

We've already ordered a new machine to replace it, and we believe things will be back to normal in a week or two.

We're not too keen on deleting old postings outside the tradezone and kopitiam as these posts usually have some kind of value that might come in handy in the future.

agreed, especially on technical support

ask se7en to give us his phone number so that ppl will call if lyn is not working?



just kidding

LOL. What makes you think se7en uses a Maxis line?

At any rate, most of the moderation team has his number. But its not for that purpose. It's to call him up for partays only.

Btw, total guest also around 220(now lar). Any idea mod or admin that someone using autosurf program to increase server traffic??

Of course not. What is the point of wasting the server's resources ?

What i mean is others

i dont see the server 1 specs on dell website
the highest Xeon speed i saw on dell is 2.66Ghz

dude, the first server was bought in 2005. Its the old hyperthreaded xeon, not the new dual core one. If i'm not mistaken those xeon speeds went all the way up to 3.6ghz.

lyners.. do ur part..
click on em adverts like u just dont care... wave up yer hands in the air...

a new server will be arriving next week.. should sort out the database issues.

the new server will be Power Edge 860 or 1950?
mind telling us the new spec of the server

Hope to hear good news upgrading your server. Lately I've been getting server busy around 4-6pm (peak hours??)

PE860. quad core xeon, 4gb ram, 2 x 73GB SAS.

I also select the same specs
i hope its the Quad Xeon 2.4Ghz

how far can the new PE860 scale over the current one??

@jinaun

a lot wey ....

Hard question to answer. It's a database server upgrade, but the scale of the site as a whole depends on the webserver and also our external bandwidth to the Internet, both which should run out of steam before the new DB server.

But just for the DB subsystem, I'm hoping to see at least 4x more throughput for disk IO and 2x for CPU.

Sorry for my ignorance but this is new to me.

Do you mean to say that clicking on adverts will generate income for LYN? If so, I will start clicking!!!

No, please don't. Everyone loses out in the long term if you engage in click fraud.

OIC. I understand. Thx.

if you guys like LYN - start by learning to not SPAM.

for each spam, every user has to load it. and if it deserves action, it's another processor (or 2.....or 3........ or more!) for deletion and so on.

perhaps can allocate 1 of the cores to handle spamcentral.lowyat.net.

spam is a part of life. anyway, wowee new server, quad core sumore !

hmm it seems
that once the server hit a surplus of 1300
the "server is busy to handle......" page will come out

plus
i sort of feel that being a member here could delay this effect
once i log out and try to anonymous lurk
i get non-stop "server is busy to handle......" pages
:hmm

In my opinion, the kopitiam board has overloaded spam. I can see some thread in kopitiam has become like MSN/Yahoo messenger chat. A lot of lame 1 line reply or simple emotion reply in some post. Incredibly some newly open thread in kopitiam would exceeded more than 2,500 posts in less than one week. It has replies in every few minutes or more and it always have new versions. Maybe those spams in kopitiam has caused the LYN server overloaded. Just my opinion though.

I'm facing a few minutes of Board Message saying server too busy. Hard to update my sales thread sometimes.

Believe me, I'm waiting for the new server just as much as you guys. Latest word from se7en is that it has arrived. No idea when it's going to be hauled to the datacenter. There should be a lot more breathing room after it's all setup

I lol'd @ all you Screamyx users

LOL..it's not because screamyx..
i'm jaring user,cant even reply PM
go back,try again still can't send..

Yes that's right. This is more to a heavy load on the server due to many concurrent users at the same time during peak hours.

We're aware and deeply concerned about your inability to update your sales thread and how important it is to you as it could probably be your rice bowl. We're working on installing the new server to ensure you will have absolutely no problems updating your very important sales thread. We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience in updating your sales thread

ok.. now the backend DB is taken cared of, how abt the front end??

maybe do web server clustering with old db server??

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/li...dex.html?ca=drs

Right now we don't need web clustering of that sort as we don't have that scale nor do we need the availability, but it can be incorporated as and when it's needed..

my problem even worst then past few week

when i click lowyat.net (normally go back to first page)

now,alway show server too busy to handle ur request ,even i press refresh also cannot ,i must click back back back and back to my previous viewed thread then only that msg dissappear

we're at the final stages of configuring the new database server. It should solve the load issues we're currently having during peak hours.

ummm
do you guys install additional cooling system inside and add more heat sink?
or depend on the air conditioner and internal cooling by DELL only

I haven't heard of anyone butchering their server that way.

Although I did butcher my Poweredge 850 to fit a third hard disk in the PCI bay

hi,
is the server flooded causes the limit of pm that we send out?

Nothing to do with the server.

Read this

Noted.
Sorry, I jz din go through that announcement.
Thanks for pointing out.

Ok. Thanks for the concern, and up till now so far no problems already.

The 15krpm disks (ST373455SS) are heavenly. Ahh~~ T_T

changing?? or changed edi? So far no problem on my side already.

Nopes not yet. Read the announcement above.

Omg =.=" I got the server busy again. Always between these times?

Well, sometimes you just need to refresh your browser, it's not that serious lah, if it can happen to Maybank2U and other websites, it's perfectly normal that it happens here once in a while. Bottlenecks do happen and it's beyond our control.

Cant wait for the new server but can't view the forum for 6-7hours

quad core xeon x3210
4gb ddr-2 667 ecc ram
2 x 73GB 15k SAS Drive

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Added on September 5, 2007, 5:41 pmwah

base on this spec

the dell price already rm7.5k without software

woot........

This post has been edited by k8118k: Sep 5 2007, 05:41 PM