Forum is being scraped again

[iRONic]

Relief hamster running on three legs…?

 

[Ken g6]

Seems a bit better now. I don't know if it's improved, or just the load is lower this time of day.

 

[ch33zw1z]

I was unable to access the site for about 12 hours starting yesterday afternoon

 

[DeathReborn]

Who forgot to feed the hamsters?

 

[sdifox]

Hopefully it stays fixed

 

[igor_kavinski]

Who forgot to feed the hamsters?

They were more likely getting trampled by traffic. I think a lot of lurkers have subscribed to a lot of threads and it's taking a serious toll on the site having to notify them all. As a developer, I would seek out the more recent members who have subscribed to a lot of threads in different sections. Those could be bots.

 

[Jimminy]

Relief hamster running on three legs…?

For me, the varmint must have had only one leg. And it was arthritic at best.

 

[sdifox]

Lol back to molasses

 

[Red Squirrel]

Seems to be happening every evening now. Some kind of new cron job got added maybe? Might also be worth running an optimize on the database, some process might be making a table very slow over time and it's just starting to be an issue now.

 

[esquared]

I have sent emails to the powers that be.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Who forgot to feed the hamsters?

That's what they get for hiring Wrecking Ball. He eats too much.

 

[sdifox]

Whut? Miley Cyrus is scrawny!

 

[DrMrLordX]

Whut? Miley Cyrus is scrawny!

Wrong Wrecking Ball:

 

[sdifox]

Wrong Wrecking Ball:

ever consider it was on purpose?

 

[DrMrLordX]

ever consider it was on purpose?

No, of course not. There's no way you were using irony. Nope, no sir.

 

[DrMrLordX]

On the plus side it looks like the forums are working fine now, which is much better than it was 1-2 days ago. Thanks to whoever sorted that out. Until the next time it slows to a crawl.

 

[cytg111]

So. Back to crawling. Under attack?

 

[GodisanAtheist]

So. Back to crawling. Under attack?

-Its functional but defo slow at this point. This is the worst stretch of poor performance I've ever seen on AT...

 

[DrMrLordX]

So. Back to crawling. Under attack?

It seems a little sluggish but not as bad as it was earlier in the week.

 

[sdifox]

Crawling, but at least it hasn't died

 

[BoomerD]

Yeah, it's definitely dragging again. I can get pages to load...IF I'm patient and wait for them.

 

[esquared]

Hey guys, can you look into this?
This has now been on and off for the past six days.

@SHaines
@CParsons

 

[DrMrLordX]

It seems to be getting worse and worse as the moments drag on.

edit: and just like that, the problem is gone.

 

[BoomerD]

It seems to be getting worse and worse as the moments drag on.

edit: and just like that, the problem is gone.

intermittent for me. One page will load fast...the next one hangs and takes more than a minute to load.

 

[VirtualLarry]

CPU-based mining is a thing again. Coincedence? Or nefarious things afoot?