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Jim Administrator
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Well earlier today I got the dreaded "too many connections" error, partially the reason some of you are here is because of this error at a previous host. Let me attempt to explain why it happened here. Even though we are "right on it" usually when the Data 1 servers malfunction, server1 had been experiencing a lot of little hiccups. In an attempt to relieve some of the strain from this server I started dialing the settings down (one of them max connections) till I felt the server could handle it. As it turns out the problem all along was a faulty network cable that was replaced about 4 days ago. The cable made a huge difference and everything was smooth for days till about 5PM EST today when so many people accessed their boards that the safe setting I had neglected to change back wasn't high enough to handle the connections. I have raised the max connections and I don't expect any more difficulties. For those of you that read this and are going... "HUH?" the summary is that we watch the servers like a hawk and will do everything in our power to make sure your boards run as well as they can.
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Wild Willy Member
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I did not know this post about the server was here. I started a new topic in the forum software problems. I appreciate your time in helping with this matter.
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Jim Administrator
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I'm still battling it. You can't just set it at a million connections, the server would go in to a panic and freeze up! I am in the process of increasing the connections again and lowering the time a loose connection can stay open. There is plenty of room to move on the configuration but it would be irresponsible to set everything at it's max. Worse case scenario I will move a couple accounts to a bigger server which we should have in place soon. Message being this is not going to be the normal, we will take care of it whatever it takes.
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Jim Administrator
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UPDATE Have increased available connections by 25% and closing open connections in half the time, about where I was before they found the bad cable.
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