Is it just me, or is something wrong over there? When trying to access stats while they've been doing their updates I've seen a try-again-later page before, but today I'm just getting missing-server or connection-refused errors.

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Is it just me, or is something wrong over there? When trying to access stats while they've been doing their updates I've seen a try-again-later page before, but today I'm just getting missing-server or connection-refused errors.

Boincstats seems to be down. It's several hours already. Unfortunately I don't know more about what exactly is wrong over there.

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Boincstats seems to be down. It's several hours already. Unfortunately I don't know more about what exactly is wrong over there.

BOINC Synergy are also having issues with their stats pages...!

And SETI are still taking their time to get back to normal...

Even the BBC Climate Change site was off earlier today...(but seems OK now !)


Don't suppose a nuke has gone off, sent a huge "EM wave" through everything and no-one told anybody !!


regards,

Tim

edit: typo

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regards,
Tim
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I'm have serious performance issues with the server. The increasing number of visitors, users/teams/host is bringing the server to its knees.

I’ve been putting in faster and more hardware of the past year, and still it’s not enough. Now running Athlon X2 4400+, 3GB RAM, OS on 10000rpb SCSI HD, database on 2x 15000rpm SCSI HD’s in striping), SATA HD for backups and XML files, running a 64bit Debian, MySQL 5.0 and PERL/PHP.

During the updates the server load gets so high that it stalls or reboots. Last it rebooted again, and didn’t boot up again. I went to the datacenter today to fix it, but the current Debian network install had problems with my hard disk combinations. I couldn’t get it to boor properly, without loosing the (very important) backup on the SATA disk.

At last I have decided to take it home, and try it here (which I’m now doing).

I hope to get BOINCstats back up somewhere this week.

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I'm have serious performance issues with the server. The increasing number of visitors, users/teams/host is bringing the server to its knees.

I’ve been putting in faster and more hardware of the past year, and still it’s not enough. Now running Athlon X2 4400+, 3GB RAM, OS on 10000rpb SCSI HD, database on 2x 15000rpm SCSI HD’s in striping), SATA HD for backups and XML files, running a 64bit Debian, MySQL 5.0 and PERL/PHP.

During the updates the server load gets so high that it stalls or reboots. Last it rebooted again, and didn’t boot up again. I went to the datacenter today to fix it, but the current Debian network install had problems with my hard disk combinations. I couldn’t get it to boor properly, without loosing the (very important) backup on the SATA disk.

At last I have decided to take it home, and try it here (which I’m now doing).

I hope to get BOINCstats back up somewhere this week.

That doesn't sound good. Thanks for the info, though. I really hope you can get the server running again.

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I wish you luck with it Willy. Maybe with it at home you can take your time, think it through and get it going again.

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well, you've done a great job so far - I'm sure you'll get it back up. If things do go bad I have alot of the projects XMLs - one for each day for a long period. If you need any, let me know :)

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Willy,
Thanks for the update. I really hope you can get the server working again. You've created a most exellent site. Hope it doesn't turn into the monster that ate Willy. :-)


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Screw it, Willy, go get a beer....It just isn't that dang important. heck, who knows, it just might fix itself.

tony

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heck, who knows, it just might fix itself.

That I would like to see. Currently there is no OS on the server.

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I'm have serious performance issues with the server. The increasing number of visitors, users/teams/host is bringing the server to its knees.

I’ve been putting in faster and more hardware of the past year, and still it’s not enough. Now running Athlon X2 4400+, 3GB RAM, OS on 10000rpb SCSI HD, database on 2x 15000rpm SCSI HD’s in striping), SATA HD for backups and XML files, running a 64bit Debian, MySQL 5.0 and PERL/PHP.

During the updates the server load gets so high that it stalls or reboots. Last it rebooted again, and didn’t boot up again. I went to the datacenter today to fix it, but the current Debian network install had problems with my hard disk combinations. I couldn’t get it to boor properly, without loosing the (very important) backup on the SATA disk.

At last I have decided to take it home, and try it here (which I’m now doing).

I hope to get BOINCstats back up somewhere this week.

Oh great! It's probably my fault. )-:< I've added a feature to my site so users can click a radio button, to pick a project, and enter their user ID to view their stats. Now I know why my tests aren't working. Damn the bad luck! Good luck on getting your site back up. I need it badly.... (-;<

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That I would like to see. Currently there is no OS on the server.

Then, If I may be so bold......I think I've found part of the problem.

Thanks for the update Willy, hope you get it back up soon.

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I'm have serious performance issues with the server. The increasing number of visitors, users/teams/host is bringing the server to its knees.
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I hope to get BOINCstats back up somewhere this week.

Thanks for the info, and best of luck with your efforts at resuscitating the system.

I haven't had occasion to mention it before--unfortunate that it's only the present situation that has provided one--but you have my hearty congratulations for the design and performance of the BOINCstats site to date; I'll certainly miss it while it's down.

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Is it looks now, BOINCstats will be back late today or early tomorrow morning.

If you edit your hosts file, and add your BOINCstats URL to it with the IP 82.161.19.50 you can test it.

(I will do some more tests today, so it may not always be up!)

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Best of luck Willy, Keep up the good work!

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Willy,

Thanks for working so hard in your spare time to feed our addition to the numbers ;-)

I know you've posted on your forum about upgrades and donations, but is there something specifically that we can donate towards right now to help you out? New drives or cards?

Just let us know and I'm sure you'll see a bump in your new hardware fund...

Jombi122

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Willy,

Thanks for working so hard in your spare time to feed our addition to the numbers ;-)

I know you've posted on your forum about upgrades and donations, but is there something specifically that we can donate towards right now to help you out? New drives or cards?

Just let us know and I'm sure you'll see a bump in your new hardware fund...

Jombi122

I don't think the current server is upgradeble. Not at the moment at least. Its hardware is pretty up to date.

The main problem is when visitors request pages that perform a large SQL qeury when the server is also updating (for example all combined hosts for a single user). This causes MySQL to stall queries.

I figured the best way to solve this problem is by adding a webserver in front of the current server, which will then act as a DB server. On the webserver there will be a copy of the latest updated stats.

But maybe two servers for a single stats site is overkill.

Nonetheless I calculated what it might cost me. I found a co-locater who is offering me to add the second server for only €15 a month if it's a 1U, and the connection to the DB server is a dedicated (server to server, cross-link LAN) connection)

But that's not the problem. If I have to buy that server it's gonna cost me about €700~800, depending on how much rebate I get on the components from my company.

So, I'm gonna sleep on that a bit, and in the meantime I'll try to keep things going with the current server.

OR...... I can reduce the detail of the stats, that may solve the problems. What to do, what to do???

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I don't think the current server is upgradeble. Not at the moment at least. Its hardware is pretty up to date.

The main problem is when visitors request pages that perform a large SQL qeury when the server is also updating (for example all combined hosts for a single user). This causes MySQL to stall queries.

I figured the best way to solve this problem is by adding a webserver in front of the current server, which will then act as a DB server. On the webserver there will be a copy of the latest updated stats.

But maybe two servers for a single stats site is overkill.

Nonetheless I calculated what it might cost me. I found a co-locater who is offering me to add the second server for only €15 a month if it's a 1U, and the connection to the DB server is a dedicated (server to server, cross-link LAN) connection)

But that's not the problem. If I have to buy that server it's gonna cost me about €700~800, depending on how much rebate I get on the components from my company.

So, I'm gonna sleep on that a bit, and in the meantime I'll try to keep things going with the current server.

OR...... I can reduce the detail of the stats, that may solve the problems. What to do, what to do???

Well, I would "go" for dual-server setup - one optimized for a db and one for web. I know it do cost a lot with another server - but if u go for a 1u webserver from dell - you should be able to do it for less... maybe one has a old server which they would donate.

By the way, do you cache some of the pages on the site - like main page, and front page for each project?

- Peter

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So, I'm gonna sleep on that a bit, and in the meantime I'll try to keep things going with the current server.

OR...... I can reduce the detail of the stats, that may solve the problems. What to do, what to do???

Hi Willy,
Let me thank you for you great and hard work, we would all like to see boincstats back alive.

Maybe you have just to cut off all requests in the time your server ist updating. Just put a note on your site for the time this will happen, so everybody will have accept this. And we surely would.
A daily outage for one hour or so at a fixed time - better than waiting days for poor Willy bringing his server back to life. Just my opinion.
Thank you again for your hard work!
Walter