John was monitoring the system during tonight’s debate. Still has not specifically ID’d the bottleneck.
Here was his response when I asked what was happening:
“Database is nearly completely idle (0.25 load average) and web servers aren’t very busy. I don’t know why its screwed up. It doesn’t make sense. It must be a network problem.”
I saw myself that the load average was not high and that the cpu’s were mostly idle all night. I asked him if it could be a DOS attack or a configuration problem and he said could be. He’d look into it. Said the system was not overloaded and it would be a shame to buy a new database server and not solve the problem.
I’m in favor of swapping out the system a piece at a time until the bottleneck is found, but that’s just me. Don’t know what John’s going to do.
THank you Jim, hang in there. Take care.
G
Whatever it is, it seems to be over. That in itself is a clue that the problem was external, which makes it deliberate.
-PJ
Hi Jim ((((Hugs))),What I found strange is that the system crashed more than in the Presidential debate.Most people don’t watch or comment on the Vice-Presidential debate..
Thanks; appreciate the reply. Hope you guys solve the problem pretty soon.
Nite...
Maybe related to exhausted OS/network stack resources.
Load balanced web-servers in front of a clustered DB server might be a good option.
If Chicoms can hack into the WH system, AND channel tons of illegal contributions to Bambi, they are certainly capable of attacking any web site that opposes their Dear Puppet’s reelection.
It would be worth A LOT of money to the Democrat party to put this site out of commission on days like yesterday.
I wouldn't be surprised if they have "people" on salary to deal with the "problem".
I'm just sayin'.