ばか！バカ！　馬鹿ー月！

This is to report on yet another server malfunction.

I'm on one of my routine editing of the Clannad SEEN files, and upon clicking save, first it gives me the usual crap about "too much session data" when the text file is huge, which I normally resolve by clicking save again, only that this time 90% of the file has been WIPED OUT for unknown reasons. Feeling annoyed, I went to history in order to rollback the error, and infuriatingly, the stupid server had to malfunction now of all the times.

F*ck it, I'm going to go to sleep, can someone please do the rollback for me once the server's back on again? The file is the Sunoharas Sibling SEEN. It should have 5000+ lines, not 500.

On the other end of the spectrum, for the past 2 days I have been monitoring a condition in which a certain individual is once again mirroring the whole site (and ignoring my robots.txt, to boot), and taking the server down occasionally.

I am usually very lenient at these sorts of stuff, but not when the server load get push up to ~25 for 2 days straight. (normally, it's .3 to 3)

I have 3(4) options-
1. Pay more money to get a real server (hahaha)
2. Turn off pdf output (heaviest load on server)
3. decrease concurrent connection count per IP (right now its 4, which is already lower than optimal)
4. Ban the idiot's IP

Guess which one I just did?

Of course, the person can always try again from another IP; if that happen, I will be disabling the PDF function.

As for Kinny, sorry about that :/ I can't promise you to get your data back, but I will try.

Edit: Nevermind, it seems the database finally rebuild its' Recent changes page after the load was taken off.

good riddance!

But i have to ask, what is the point of mirrors the entire site? Is there a real benefit?

And how would disabling the pdf function stop this from happening?

So that the person can view the site content when the server is down/slow, probably.

Since people don't bother to tune their crawl bots to exclude the Build PDF link, the bot will attempt to visit all the mentioned PDF links.

Building PDF is a very server intensive operation. By disabling PDF, it allows the server to function at an acceptable speed even when people are mirroring it.

didn't even know we had a pdf function. never used it, i don't think i'll miss it if you do turn it off.

oh, what's up with your title?

Are you hiding?! Stop hiding! Everyone knows who you are Big Boss!

I never like the bold print anyway

Was there something wrong with the server yesterday? I couldn't load baka-tsuki.org the whole day.

I had some trouble as well...and it's always depressing to wait a whole day, only to come back after that time to see practically no postings in the forums.../sigh

Same for me. Didnt load the sites proper for ca. 24-36h, but always with an error message. What was the reason? Was the server really for 24-36 hours down? Or is this only perceived passed time?

Krikit wrote:I had some trouble as well...and it's always depressing to wait a whole day, only to come back after that time to see practically no postings in the forums.../sigh

HAHA...Looks like I wasn't the only one with such sentiments.

Zyzzyva165 wrote:

Krikit wrote:I had some trouble as well...and it's always depressing to wait a whole day, only to come back after that time to see practically no postings in the forums.../sigh

HAHA...Looks like I wasn't the only one with such sentiments.

i feel the same. so to starting making up a day lost is to post one here

Hello comrade-citizens.

I have received word from our beloved Big Boss regarding the temporary server issues,

The web software, lighttpd crashed. Still investigating reason why.......

Several Hours later....

Somehow the php scripts were stuck, and lighttpd for whatever reason didn’t terminate them. I don’t see any errors from the server log, so I am guessing it’s some sort of bug in lighttpd. Still investigating. In the mean time, I have restarted the http process.

If anyone think they have any ideas as to how this mysterious "lighttpd" might of glitch, I'm welcome to relay them to the Big Boss.

Was the server down? I wonder because I couldnt connect for some time and feared a little that they know have snatched the server and it could be the end...

I couldn't access it either so it was most likely down.

Baka-Tsuki Ninja Shrine Maiden Witch hunting Bug Hunters, have detected a Ghost in The wiki which we suspected caused the server to go offline for a moment.

It is being addressed and...the loli's are losing, I have requested backup from HQ.

For further information or comments please refer to this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3201