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As to problems with uploads and downloads, we're clearly seeing the same issue we always see after an outage -- too many machines trying to connect all at once, probably made worse by people hitting the "update" button or the "retry" button over and over.

Each time one machine completes a transaction (upload, download, or scheduler), the load goes down a little bit. The overall excessive load goes down a little bit, and more transactions complete during the next second. Things should be getting a tiny bit better with each passing minute.

The solution is to relax. Fix yourself a nice beverage, lean back and enjoy the day. If the problem is still around on Friday morning, then look at what might be done to fix it.