Well, it turns out the site is still getting tons of errors now that traffic has picked up a bit. We're still working on it. We think we have pinpointed the problem, but have yet to fix it.

Here's some exciting news... In the near future, MySQL will be able to support clustering. This means we can balance the database load over multiple servers, whereas before we could not. Our current database server is theoretically strong enough to handle the current load (once we fix the configuration issues), but it will become a bottleneck as the site grows. MySQL clustering will ensure that the site can keep growing to meet demand. Yay!

Huzzah! So, that means no more errors right Tom? That's great that the servers can grow with the site. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside just like after drinking whiskey. On an ironic note, I got 3 errors trying to post this message.

earlier today NG was working great, hardly ant errors, but now, a few hours later, it takes a couple of refreshes before the page loads up instead of the error page!

Finaly I wont get as many errors, chances are as soon as I try to post this, I'll get a type 3

yup I did

At 1/12/04 03:46 PM, TomFulp wrote: Well, it turns out the site is still getting tons of errors

Yeah, it's hell trying to do anything, i tryed to have some fun in the BBS but gave up in the end, WAY TO AMNY ERRORS, well i really hope you guys sort the problem out soon <3

side note this is the 4th time i have tryed to post this

well i how it all will work tom. it's getting way to hard viewing every thing on the site.

At 1/12/04 03:48 PM, mighty_potato wrote: Huzzah! So, that means no more errors right Tom? That's great that the servers can grow with the site. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside just like after drinking whiskey. On an ironic note, I got 3 errors trying to post this message.

i got 4 error trying to view this message.

Oh yes, please fix that.....I'm getting more than 10 errors every page

heh... i hope these errors do get solved... i had 5 just posting this...

btw tom, youre making a lot of stickys about the same thing...your not spamming, are you ;p

That is such great news! I thought it was my computer when everyother page I clicked had to be refreshed about 3 times. Im so happy this problem is getting fixed. Couldn't you also just delete ever submission that is below a certain number of points in the ratings? Just a suggestion.

At 1/12/04 03:46 PM, TomFulp wrote: Yay!

YEs that is good news yay! less errors!,

At 1/12/04 03:46 PM, TomFulp wrote: Well, it turns out the site is still getting tons of errors now that traffic has picked up a bit. We're still working on it. We think we have pinpointed the problem, but have yet to fix it.

Wow, you're right... I think it took me over a whole minute to write this because of all those errors!! It was perfect last night, what happened??? :(

yay!!!

WHAHOO!!! I hope this means less errors... I've had 20+ in the last 30 mins!

that pwns! no more errors? is that really possible (with this news it seems possible.) w00t!

At 1/12/04 03:46 PM, TomFulp wrote:

Here's some exciting news... In the near future, MySQL will be able to support clustering.

thats great news but what the hell is clustering

F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5... F5...

Something's not right... :P

Hmmmm, 26 errors from the front page to this post, probably many more after i try and post this. Meh im giving up after this post till tommorow, or maybe early in the morning dunno yet. Hope you get this problem solved Tom, its imperative i get my daily dose of NG.

At 1/12/04 04:15 PM, inspiron wrote:
thats great news but what the hell is clustering

The software provides a way to cluster a set of mysql servers to provide high availablity and or distributed data.

The master server is a write server where some kind of write dml (insert, update, delete happens ). These writes are picked up by a log reader script then placed into the log database.

The individual other servers that would like to be parallized read from the log database. Which is a pull methodology and requires a small table on the localhost that is pulling to store the id's of the sql that it has ran against the database. Since this is a pull methodology you can use this as a multi mastered (or multi write) solution.

The parellization schema and sloughing off of the data is controlled at the log database. When it comes time to slough the older sql out of the database there is a script (scriptname) that provides the ability to export sql previous to a certain date.

This information is only valid if Tom is talking about the Cluster Tool Kit, if he's not ignore most of what is writen here.

Yay!

yay!

phew, just getting here form the newgrounds artist thread caused about 8 errors.. thank god its almost over :)

jesus tom, it's worse then ever! i got 16 error messages trying to get to a movie on the portal, and had to try another 21 times just to get to the BBS. I know you're trying your best to fix it, but please hurry! NG needs you! :|

Error - the server is under extreme load at the moment and is unable to process your request. Please check back later! Please click here to go back to the main portal listing.

Error after error I keep getting...This is how a website'll lose its members...I try signing in,and blah the server is at extreme load....Why hasnt this been corrected?I dont understand becuase it happens more and more and more...

woah its getting worse by the second, trying to get to this place i gto 300 errors, woah hopefully this new system sorts things

Cool. I got about 7 posting this.

At 1/12/04 04:08 PM, SamG wrote: WHAHOO!!! I hope this means less errors... I've had 20+ in the last 30 mins!

You're lucky... I had 20+ in the last few minutes.

Error - internal server error. The site's administrator has been notified. Please try the site again in a few minutes.Please go back and try again.

I got 5 posting this

Well thats some good news! Im getting god damn tired of trying to load something, and 9 out of the 10 times it comes up as an error! Tom you gotta fix this problem! It might even get to be so bad that people will satop coming to Newgrounds.

What the hell is the problem? Ive been getting so many errors. i cant rate and review flash movies and i remember the good all days when the site didnt have crap like this. Im not blaming it on you i just wanted to voice my opinion being a person reviewing Flash for about two or three years. It doesnt show on my profile cuz i really was not into the rating stuff. Plz for the sake of reviewers like me get this problem fixed asap!

Error - internal server error. The site's administrator has been notified. Please try the site again in a few minutes.Please go back and try again.

I got 6 posting this

Yeah, great news and all...but sorry Tom, I gave up believing before seeing. Can't say i trust/believe you on this one, sorry :-\.

If this is a double post, then I got an error when sending the last one. Rofl, ironic.