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Undertoad 03-22-2007 07:51 AM

Slow today
 
Things are crawling today because overnight the crystals IotD got Farked

http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comm...IDLink=2688251

They linked to the forum view, which kills us every time.

Up until that point, stumbleupon was finding it a lot.

In the long run I think it may become necessary to split the forums and the database across two different servers. In the short run I will try to point to less interesting IotDs. :D

glatt 03-22-2007 08:19 AM

Well, congratulations on getting Farked again UT.

Shawnee123 03-22-2007 09:08 AM

What ees thees theeng you call Farked?

I'm glad it's not just me...thought IT was crackin' down.

Undertoad 03-22-2007 10:37 AM

Linked on the front page of fark.com, where we are currently seeing an average of one request per second for the crystals thread. This is crazy!

Beestie 03-22-2007 11:30 AM

Send Drew the bill. He can afford it.

wolf 03-22-2007 12:06 PM

At least farkers have a really short attention span. Things will be okay tomorrow, or even as soon as later this evening.

Shawnee123 03-22-2007 12:16 PM

Where'd the "who's here" list go?

Sundae 03-22-2007 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 325315)
Where'd the "who's here" list go?

Shhhhh! We're hiding from Stranger Danger....

Undertoad 03-22-2007 12:49 PM

It takes a bit more work for the server to generate that list, so I've temporarily disabled it.

Shawnee123 03-22-2007 01:15 PM

I see...good for you! This is painfully slow.

I guess the exposure is a good thing, though, eh?

BigV 03-22-2007 01:17 PM

yust yoking... ;)

BigV 03-22-2007 01:20 PM

btw, how does fark.com handle it? multiple copies? answering all requests from a cached copy? What can you do for redirection in such a case? Can you create a "hot seat" spot that's capable of withstanding such a load, even if that space can't accommodate the entire cellar? Like some kind of quarrantine, but not to block access, only to redirect access.... just thinkin out loud..

elSicomoro 03-22-2007 01:22 PM

It seems like things have been slow in general here over the past few days. Of course, it may also be my DSL, but I don't seem to have any problems with other sites.

Undertoad 03-22-2007 01:26 PM

We've also been getting beaten badly by StumbleUpon - in fact, right now it looks like more traffic from SU than from Fark. But we're also getting traffic from people linking to it because they found it interesting on Fark.

glatt 03-22-2007 03:21 PM

I linked to it too, but I linked to the Snopes webpage so my worlds wouldn't collide.


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