[Jim Robinson]

The system is not handling the increased loads and we do not know why yet. John says the system is not getting overloaded, the db is not overloaded, the cpus are mostly idle, the load averages are low, the db load averages are low, just reaches a point where throughput stalls. I’m not a techie and I have no idea how to fix it. I thought maybe we could add another server or more RAM or replace some older servers or something, but I guess John doesn’t think that will do it. There’s something wrong in the system software or the configuration but he’s having trouble finding it.

And I’m really upset too, but there’s not a freaking thing I can do about it until John gets it figured out.

Thanks.

[Yaelle]

Thanks for the explanation, though it sounds like quite a mystery. Is it at all suspicious that the site crashed just as the debate began?

And why would the site have been able to handle all these people in past election years, I wonder.

I hope something can be done. I will donate but I just needed that explanation. Thank you.