So here's our update, people. They have been monitoring the server and the number of concurrent connections is WAY down. Seriously down. Want to know how down?
30.
Yes, that's right. For the past few days, we've been using around 30 connections. Sometimes even lower. A few minutes ago, we were at 5.
So I don't think we have to do anything drastic now. We can breathe easy for a while and see what happens in October. Now that doesn't mean let's add 20 new threads. But we are out of the danger zone.
I'm a happy girl.
WooHoo. Thanks for all the work, Kristen, and for keeping us so well informed.
eta: and Thanks to ita and everyone else as well.
Kristen, do you know what fixed the problem? Was it getting rid of the random quotes, or adjusting the timeout values?
HOORAY FOR EVERYONE!!
Thanks you guys!!!
WOO HOOO!!!
off to make meaningless posts EVERYWHERE
just kidding
Kristen, will this go even lower once the voting on the archiving, combining of of threads etc thing is done, and some of that (presumably) happens?
Kristen, do you know what fixed the problem? Was it getting rid of the random quotes, or adjusting the timeout values?
I'm betting it was 1/3 turning off the RQG, 1/3 adjusting our timeout values and more of us using "Read New", and 1/3 is because we were all scared shitless to post, all weekend. Oh, everyone pretended they weren't panicking, but it was so very slow (posting volume) here, this weekend.
Kristen, do you know what fixed the problem? Was it getting rid of the random quotes, or adjusting the timeout values?
The best way to test this, of course, is to try one at a time. Let's give it a few more days, monitor it for a bit, and then turn on the RCG again, see what happens, if for no other reason than geeky curiosity.
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Allright, you, shut up.
Kristen, do you know what fixed the problem? Was it getting rid of the random quotes, or adjusting the timeout values?
We hadn't done the timeout value adjustment yet. Steven was going to talk to his server admin about that and then he came back to me with the 30 number. I think it was losing the quotes that really helped us out. ita putting in the explicit closes helped a bit. But dumping the quotes slashed our usage in half.
will this go even lower once the voting on the archiving, combining of of threads etc thing is done, and some of that (presumably) happens?
Yes. And it's important to note that we're in really good shape now and I would like to keep us there. I think that we can stop worrying but we should continue to try and be smarter about how we use our resources.
Great news, Kristen. Thanks for you work and Monique's, and thanks to our hosts for their patience while we sorted it out.
