The Shoutbox

Discussion in 'This Site' started by Prentice, Jan 31, 2014.

  1. Prentice

    Prentice Administrator

    In light of UEA's thread in here last night, we did crash yesterday but this time it wasn't just an ordinary crash, it caused damage to the SQL DB which I had to (with help) get repaired late last night to bring the forum back online.

    It would seem that this happens every time the shout box is used, or more specifically when it's turned off and my guess would be when everyone who's in the shout box, is then thrown out of it into the main forum, causing an overload. We have had trial upgrades in hosting package to cover this excessive load but it's not fixing it, even with spec well above what we'd need. So the issue isn't a host one, though they have been excellent in helping us out every time it happens.

    I'm having a look at the way the shout box works behind the scenes, to try and manage it or figure out a different way of working, so today and Sunday you may notice some odd things and bits popping up here and there, comment in here if you notice anything going on just to check it's ok, and also if the site seems severely slower than normal.

    The last thing I want to do is completely get rid of a shout box as it's a big part of what this forums about, and there's plenty of alternatives so unless they're all no good - it shouldn't come down to that.
     
  2. Cthulhu

    Cthulhu Keyboard Warrior Staff Member

    Thanks for hard work
     
  3. Diamond

    Diamond First Team

    The shout box is always closed very quickly after the match ends which is when there are usually most people on it. Why not request everyone leaves and give it a few minutes before closing it, maybe up to 15 mins, therefore lightening the load considerably?

    Worth a punt?
     
  4. Prentice

    Prentice Administrator

    Great minds etc, that was one of my lines of thought! Will perhaps give that a trial run on Sunday and see how it goes.
     
  5. Cthulhu

    Cthulhu Keyboard Warrior Staff Member

    Why so we close sb so quickly after games by the way?
     
  6. Prentice

    Prentice Administrator

    To get everyone posting their match reactions in the threads.
     
  7. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

    I've been leaving it for 5 mins or so to see if it was a mass exodus that has been crashing the site. But it seems unconnected to the shoutbox. The instability seems to be down to multiple posts in the same thread at the same time.

    The problem with leaving the shoutbox open is we miss out on the reactions in the match thread and most of the final comments are garbage anyway. The other reason for a quick shutdown is I'm more often than not right royally pissed off at full time and want to do something else.:doom:
     
  8. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

    Additional thought. I think there is a setting to keep the shoutbox open but cease display. If it were switched at the end of the match it would in effect make it available whilst people were on the home page but as soon as they navigate away or refresh then disappear from view. Might be worth a trial.
     
  9. another_mrlizard

    another_mrlizard Squad Player

    Maybe a few more of you should think about actually going to matches
     
  10. Prentice

    Prentice Administrator

    Assumption is the mother of all f ups
     
  11. another_mrlizard

    another_mrlizard Squad Player

    So you're saying some of you go to matches and sit posting on Shoutbox at the same time?

    That's even worse
     
  12. GoingDown

    GoingDown "The Stability"

    Just when I thought this season couldn't get any worse, this happens.

    #PrayForTheShoutbox
     
  13. Prentice

    Prentice Administrator

    I don't know, I myself don't
     
  14. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

    You get the odd post on the shoutbox from people actually at the match. Mind You, Lizard will know that as he monitors it closely.

    Lizard, you left your webcam on by accident for last Saturday's match, I took this screen grab:[​IMG]
     
  15. another_mrlizard

    another_mrlizard Squad Player

    I am long-sighted, I would never need to get that close to a screen - even if the tats were very, very small
     
  16. Norwayhornet

    Norwayhornet Squad Player

    Painful enough to watch on the telly , starting to miss the far less talented bunch we had under Dyche ! well nearly anyway.
     
  17. Darrenje

    Darrenje First Year Pro

    Do you think its an archive problem?

    I know from experience that the auto archive feature burns bandwidth, and this causes many db issues.
     

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