Server Issues

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Dave

Dave

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Okay, here's the rundown of what happened as best I know.

Sometime today the site was futzing out. I contacted Arvixe who said they were diagnosing server issues. Then I tried to come back in here and got that "account suspended" message. I immediately called them back and was told that our site caused the server to crash repeatedly. Not knowing why that would happen I went to Google Analytics, which informed me that today our traffic spiked 6209.88%!

I still don't know why.

We looked in the cPanel user logs and AWStats and found that we were not experiencing anything special. But the heavy traffic load from....somewhere....roached us bad.

So here's what's going to happen. I won't be able to get a detailed list of from where the hits came until tomorrow so we're going to keep an eye on things. If we spike again they WILL suspend us again until we either move to a more expensive server or block the offending site.

I hope it's not going to happen again but holy crap!
 
Rob King

Rob King




Franklin D(ave). Roosevelt said:
Today, September 25th, 2009 — a date which will live in infamy — Halforums.com was suddenly and deliberately attacked by DDoS forces of the Empire of ... fuck if we know.
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strawman

strawman

YO, DAVE, DAVE I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU AND IMM'A LETCHA RESTART YOUR FORUM, BUT SCOTT KURTZ HAD THE BEST FORUM NUKE OF ALL TIME! OF ALL TIME!

/insert Kanye west image over 403 error of forum

-Adam

---------- Post added at 05:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:02 PM ----------

I can taste my spleen!

-Adam
 
Rob King

Rob King

Kanye West said:
I'M SOOOOO SORRY TO Dave AND Everyone FOR crashing THE Forum. I SPOKE TO Everyone RIGHT AFTER. DAVE IS VERY OLD !!........... I'M IN THE WRONG FOR INTERRUPTING AND CRASHING YOUR FORUM !!!!!!!! I'M SORRY TO MY FANS IF I LET YOU GUYS DOWN!!!!! I'M SORRY TO MY FRIENDS AT HALFORUMS. I WILL APOLOGIZE TO DAVE 2MRW. WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD!!!! EVERYBODY WANNA BOOOOO ME BUT I'M A FAN OF MEMES!!! YOU NECKBEARDS KNOW!!! BOOOOYAAAWWWWW!!!!!! SHIT, I GAVE MY RESPECT TO FORUMITES WHEN THEY DESERVED IT... THAT'S WHAT IT IS!!!!!!!!!! I'M NOT CRAZY YALL, I'M JUST BEING REAL. SORRY FOR THAT!!!MUCH RESPECT!!!!!

Sept. 26th, 2009
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Via Kanye West Apology Generator
 
Fun Size

Fun Size

I'm just glad it wasn't me. I was worried that taking out that ad promising hot, naked lesbians on Halforums.com had caused all of this.

What? I don't know what they wear when they post. It could be accurate.
 
Espy

Espy

The best response to this?
Well, yesterday I was recording most of the day so I wasn't around, late last night I asked on twitter what was up and Zen sent me this gem:

\"@ZenMonkey\" said:
@halcyon7(me): @halforums (dave) went all @pvponline on us and shut down the forum. We're going to regroup at www.quarterforums.com
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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
 
North_Ranger

North_Ranger

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Six THOUSAND percent? Okay, did someone set up a link saying "Hot Sexy Chicks With Low Standards Over Here" to Halforums?
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

North_Ranger said:
Six THOUSAND percent? Okay, did someone set up a link saying "Hot Sexy Chicks With Low Standards Over Here" to Halforums?
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People were hotlinking to and from our Kanye West thread. That's why the traffic went through the roof, while we didn't get an increase in unique visits.
 
C

Cuyval Dar

Well, Dave did say he wants to find new ways for bringing in traffic.
Better be careful what you ask for.
 
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