repeated long-term forum downtimes - Page 5

Plux · 12-09-2004, 14:26

Same problem here a few days ago. Kemal had no access to CDZ while I had on the exact same moment

col · 12-09-2004, 19:29

I'm having a lot of intermittent problems too.

anarres · 13-09-2004, 13:31

I've been in touch with our ISP recently to try and resolve some of these long term problems.

Last week I rang them when I was unable to log in, and after investigation they said one of the servers was down. After some time they eventually got it back up and running, however I should never have been unable to get on the site.

We use load balancing, which means our site is held on 3 machines and we get directed to the machine with the least load on it. This should ensure that when one machine goes down we automatically get sent to another one, but this obviously isn't happening properly. This also explains why some people can get on when others can't...

We need everyone to start noting te times CDZ is unavailable so we can take this informaiton to our ISP. If we can show that the load balancing isn't working we can maybe get them to find out why and then solve it.

One final thing: Can everyone please bookmark this static html page, and when you can't get in to the site could you also try this page:

http://www.civ3duelzone.com/CombatCalc2.html

Logs of downtime should look something like this:

Sat 9am to midday: no response from forum, no html page
Mon 10.30am to 1.30pm: error page '500.13' from forum, html page accessable

P.S. Please post, even if someone else has reported the downtime.

ProPain · 13-09-2004, 13:36

it has been terrible for me lately. I'll start logging.

Shabbaman · 13-09-2004, 16:35

Wow, suddenly the site is back up! But it has been down for me since yesterday evening... but I see people have posted in the mean time.

Kingreno · 13-09-2004, 18:56

Could get online till late afternoon, though the occasional refresh was needed. Between 4 PM and 7 PM it was off again.

Banzai · 13-09-2004, 19:18

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by Kingreno

Between 4 PM and 7 PM it was off again.

Same here

Grille · 19-09-2004, 18:48

couldn't get to the forum last night, i.e. Sep 18 between 22:00 and 00:00 cet
no error message this time
html page accessable

Pastorius · 19-09-2004, 23:12

I got mail from cdz about a pm the other day, but could not access till today. Dont remember when it first occurred to me, but part of it could be my isp not updating dns after your website came back up...

Lt. Killer M · 21-09-2004, 09:50

Mo, 20.09.2005: 15:15 CEST to at least 21:25 CEST - no response from forum, but post notification emails

12-09-2004, 19:29	#42
col King Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Sandwich Islands. Posts: 1,529	I'm having a lot of intermittent problems too. __________________ I can't be arsed.

13-09-2004, 13:31	#43
anarres anarchist butcher Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: United States of Whatever. Posts: 4,677	I've been in touch with our ISP recently to try and resolve some of these long term problems. Last week I rang them when I was unable to log in, and after investigation they said one of the servers was down. After some time they eventually got it back up and running, however I should never have been unable to get on the site. We use load balancing, which means our site is held on 3 machines and we get directed to the machine with the least load on it. This should ensure that when one machine goes down we automatically get sent to another one, but this obviously isn't happening properly. This also explains why some people can get on when others can't... We need everyone to start noting te times CDZ is unavailable so we can take this informaiton to our ISP. If we can show that the load balancing isn't working we can maybe get them to find out why and then solve it. One final thing: Can everyone please bookmark this static html page, and when you can't get in to the site could you also try this page: http://www.civ3duelzone.com/CombatCalc2.html Logs of downtime should look something like this: Sat 9am to midday: no response from forum, no html page Mon 10.30am to 1.30pm: error page '500.13' from forum, html page accessable P.S. Please post, even if someone else has reported the downtime. __________________ <b>Calculate the probability of culture flips: Flip Calc</b>

13-09-2004, 13:36	#44
ProPain Customized Admin :) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: sailing the seas of cheese. Posts: 5,852	it has been terrible for me lately. I'll start logging. __________________ I fed my Dog the American Dream Well, he rolled over and he started to scream He said, I dig the taste of salt but it don't keep me alive yeah, yeah

13-09-2004, 16:35	#45
Shabbaman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Costa La Haya Posts: 8,494	Wow, suddenly the site is back up! But it has been down for me since yesterday evening... but I see people have posted in the mean time. __________________ "Our spam is backed with COMETS!"

13-09-2004, 18:56	#46
Kingreno Moderator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Netherlands. Posts: 3,270	Could get online till late afternoon, though the occasional refresh was needed. Between 4 PM and 7 PM it was off again. __________________ Go ahead punk. Make my day.

12-09-2004, 14:26	#41
Plux King Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,214	Same problem here a few days ago. Kemal had no access to CDZ while I had on the exact same moment

19-09-2004, 18:48	#48
Grille Join Date: May 2003 Location: in a swamp. Posts: 901	couldn't get to the forum last night, i.e. Sep 18 between 22:00 and 00:00 cet no error message this time html page accessable

19-09-2004, 23:12	#49
Pastorius Custard used tile Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Opening a can Posts: 3,158	I got mail from cdz about a pm the other day, but could not access till today. Dont remember when it first occurred to me, but part of it could be my isp not updating dns after your website came back up... __________________

21-09-2004, 09:50	#50
Lt. Killer M Emperor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: HAWK!. Posts: 4,365	Mo, 20.09.2005: 15:15 CEST to at least 21:25 CEST - no response from forum, but post notification emails __________________ One more turn..... just one more turn... one MORE!