Site downtime July 1, 2008

Where we keep all the boring tidbits about the PHPDN site, the news, and what not.

Moderator: General Moderators

Locked
User avatar
RobertGonzalez
Site Administrator
Posts: 14293
Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:04 pm
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Site downtime July 1, 2008

Post by RobertGonzalez »

Sorry about the downtime we had today. I didn't know about it until late this afternoon. After some research I discovered that we had run out of space on our server.

I cleaned some things out and now the server has enough space to work again. I will be working with the admin and mod teams to figure out a way to prevent this from happening again.

Thank you for your patience and I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
User avatar
jaoudestudios
DevNet Resident
Posts: 1483
Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:32 am
Location: Surrey

Re: Site downtime July 1, 2008

Post by jaoudestudios »

just a thought... (which you have probably thought of already)

set up a shell/bash script to run on a cron every night to check disk space and email someone if above 95%?
User avatar
RobertGonzalez
Site Administrator
Posts: 14293
Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:04 pm
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Re: Site downtime July 1, 2008

Post by RobertGonzalez »

That is already in discussion in the moderators forums. Thanks for the suggestion though.
User avatar
Kieran Huggins
DevNet Master
Posts: 3635
Joined: Wed Dec 06, 2006 4:14 pm
Location: Toronto, Canada
Contact:

Re: Site downtime July 1, 2008

Post by Kieran Huggins »

I'll bet it was the apache logs - that got me once already too. They grow fast!
User avatar
RobertGonzalez
Site Administrator
Posts: 14293
Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:04 pm
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Re: Site downtime July 1, 2008

Post by RobertGonzalez »

It was logs, but not so much the apache logs.

Though they do get big in a hurry.
User avatar
Kieran Huggins
DevNet Master
Posts: 3635
Joined: Wed Dec 06, 2006 4:14 pm
Location: Toronto, Canada
Contact:

Re: Site downtime July 1, 2008

Post by Kieran Huggins »

User avatar
JAB Creations
DevNet Resident
Posts: 2341
Joined: Thu Jan 13, 2005 6:44 pm
Location: Sarasota Florida
Contact:

Re: Site downtime July 1, 2008

Post by JAB Creations »

I agree, you should reboot a few more times. :mrgreen:

...the site was unresponsive yesterday morning (3~6am Eastern). I kept getting the squid timeout page (after a while).


*EDIT* - AND AGAIN when I tried editing this post this morning directly after I posted it. :banghead:
User avatar
Maugrim_The_Reaper
DevNet Master
Posts: 2704
Joined: Tue Nov 02, 2004 5:43 am
Location: Ireland

Re: Site downtime July 1, 2008

Post by Maugrim_The_Reaper »

cron and whatever log rotator you prefer. If you're really stuck for space, delete the oldest log archives. What level is your Slicehost VPS out of interest?
User avatar
RobertGonzalez
Site Administrator
Posts: 14293
Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:04 pm
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Re: Site downtime July 1, 2008

Post by RobertGonzalez »

Smallest at the moment. But it will be increased shortly.
Daedalus Hamid
Forum Newbie
Posts: 1
Joined: Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:51 pm

Re: Site downtime July 1, 2008

Post by Daedalus Hamid »

Thats ridiculous. You should be able to make changes on your website and have them show up immediately,with no downtime at all. If your web host can't do any better than they are doing now,then its time to start shopping around for a new host.
User avatar
RobertGonzalez
Site Administrator
Posts: 14293
Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:04 pm
Location: Fremont, CA, USA

Re: Site downtime July 1, 2008

Post by RobertGonzalez »

This topic is incredibly old. I am locking it since there really isn't anything else we can add to it to make it useful.
Locked