Haken needs your help to keep fff.net shiny by Rakarr

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Haken needs your help to keep fff.net shiny

POSTED BY: RAKARR
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 5, 2005 15:59
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Friday, September 30, 2005 6:50 PM

It has taken about 4 HOURS! just to get to this freakin' forum so I could talk about Serenity. Right when I got home about 4 HOUR! ago I came here right away and did a blog. Tried to save it, but the damn site was f**king up again! And it was a LOOOOOOOONG blog. Why does this site mess up so often? I get a "Cannot find server or page" trying to come to this site so often! Is it maybe cause there is so many people on at once? or what?

"Do you know what the "Chain of Command" is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with."

"If some one tries to kill you, you kill them right back."

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Friday, September 30, 2005 6:57 PM

HAKEN

Likes to mess with stuffs.

Hiya, sorry. it's the heavy traffic.

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Saturday, October 1, 2005 12:37 AM

N0SKILLZ

Ya, form what i can tell it started a lil around the time the BDM started playing around the world... and cuz this is the first site that pops up on google when you type firefly and pretty high when you type serenity or universal

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Guam Premiere Outlets- Sept 30th, Sometime After 5:00 PM Local...
*Andersen AFB, Guam*

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Saturday, October 1, 2005 1:54 AM

FLAMELILY

I had a helluva time getting on as well, but it made me grin because it means more people are getting hooked!

They say they want a soulmate and a helpmeet, but sooner or later the list includes skin like silk and a chest fit for a herd of cows....Angua in 'Jingo' by Terry Pratchett

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Saturday, October 1, 2005 2:04 AM

BROWNCOATFAN1

sry its croweded with fans!

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Saturday, October 1, 2005 2:08 AM

EMBERS

yeah, heavy traffic because we are all so happy and excited!
I saw the BDM for the 3rd time (first time as a finished film) and I am sooooo happy about it!
I can't wait to see it again tomorrow!

this site will continue to see a lot of heavy traffic for some time to come, because I'm hoping we'll have a lot to discuss in the coming months
(what w/success, and a sequel...LOL)

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Saturday, October 1, 2005 3:32 AM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

Haken, thanks again so much for this site, the best on Firefly and Serenity, and it is a testament to your dedication and love for this show that your site is in such demand. Keep flying, dude.

How about we start a betting pool as to when Universal greenlights a sequel?

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

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Saturday, October 1, 2005 4:48 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Haken:
Hiya, sorry. it's the heavy traffic.

Haken man, don't be sorry that you created the Best Damn Site ever made!
It's worth the wait!

And thanks again!!!!!!

Chrisisall

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Saturday, October 1, 2005 4:53 AM

HARDWARE

Haken, I've been here almost since the beginning and let me say, thanks a lot. This site, and others like it are part of the reason we are enjoying the BDM. You and the other webmasters and fan organizers like MyOrangeHat are demi-BDHs in my book. I too had trouble getting on the site recently, and realized it had to be premiers associated traffic.

Remember Lux Lucre!

The more I get to know people the more I like my dogs.

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Saturday, October 1, 2005 8:53 AM

HAKEN

Likes to mess with stuffs.

FFF.NET runs on two servers that are about 4 years old, one for the web server, one for the SQL server. At the time, those were pretty fast servers, but they're showing their age.

I just added another spare processor to the web server, but I don't have another processor for the SQL server. And it looks like it's the SQL server that's getting overloaded at the moment. Best I could do was to optimize the SQL code and maybe squeeze out a bit more performance.

If we get a "Serenity" sequel, I promise I'll upgrade the servers for sure.

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Sunday, October 2, 2005 11:00 AM

JASONZZZ

What does it take to put together a couple of bigger badder machines? If everyone on the site springs $15-$20, maybe Haken can at least get one newer machine to meet the kind of demand the movie is drawing. That's less than the price of a ticket + parking and popcorn. Let's do it!

Quote:
Originally posted by Haken:
FFF.NET runs on two servers that are about 4 years old, one for the web server, one for the SQL server. At the time, those were pretty fast servers, but they're showing their age.

I just added another spare processor to the web server, but I don't have another processor for the SQL server. And it looks like it's the SQL server that's getting overloaded at the moment. Best I could do was to optimize the SQL code and maybe squeeze out a bit more performance.

If we get a "Serenity" sequel, I promise I'll upgrade the servers for sure.

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Sunday, October 2, 2005 3:42 PM

JASONZZZ

ack! 2x post

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Sunday, October 2, 2005 3:42 PM

JASONZZZ

3x post

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Monday, October 3, 2005 10:32 AM

JASONZZZ

I give up... 4th post.

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Monday, October 3, 2005 3:18 PM

JASONZZZ

bumpity bumpity bump.

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Monday, October 3, 2005 4:20 PM

JASONZZZ

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Monday, October 3, 2005 4:44 PM

HAKEN

Likes to mess with stuffs.

Hey, I moved the SQL server and things should be a bit more zippy now.

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Monday, October 3, 2005 4:50 PM

SGTGUMP

Quote:
Originally posted by Jasonzzz:
What does it take to put together a couple of bigger badder machines? If everyone on the site springs $15-$20, maybe Haken can at least get one newer machine to meet the kind of demand the movie is drawing. That's less than the price of a ticket + parking and popcorn. Let's do it!

If every registered user gave Haken $15-$20, Haken could make a Sequel to Serenity.

But your'e right, the users should help maintain it. I'll throw in a few more bucks.

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Monday, October 3, 2005 5:03 PM

JASONZZZ

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Monday, October 3, 2005 5:07 PM

WILDHEAVENFARM

I just threw in an hour's wage.

And if this catches Haken's attention, what's up with the changing thread titles? Someone changed the title of my thread and I'm clicking on one thing only to bring up something else.

Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005 3:37 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

Quote:
Originally posted by Rakarr:
It has taken about 4 HOURS! just to get to this freakin' forum so I could talk about Serenity. Right when I got home about 4 HOUR! ago I came here right away and did a blog. Tried to save it, but the damn site was f**king up again! And it was a LOOOOOOOONG blog. Why does this site mess up so often? I get a "Cannot find server or page" trying to come to this site so often! Is it maybe cause there is so many people on at once? or what?

You have to be patient Rakarr. The kind of internet traffic that the BDM has caused can not be handled by this site. As someone said, FFF.net is the first hit on many search engines and the one that many people are obviously visiting when researching the movie & Firefly. Add to that all the browncoats coming here to talk about the movie & looking for box office figures and it all leads to the site not being able to handle that volume of traffic.

I have been here since before the show went off the air & I consider FFF.net home on the web. I am here several hours a day reading and posting & having been unable to visit for several days has been somewhat of a downer. I can cope though since my not being able to log on means that perhaps a whole crop of new people are logging on & perhaps using what they find here to convince themselves to go see the movie.

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"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

Richmond, VA & surrounding area Firefly Fans:

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/richmondbrowncoats/

http://www.richmondbrowncoats.org

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005 5:11 AM

KIZYR

I know what you mean! I've been trying to access the site for five gorram days! I'm still getting over seeing the movie, and haven't been talking about it much (other than with my friends with whom I saw the movie, of course).

Ok, ok, I know you're doing a shiny job of keeping this place in order, Haken, so I appreciate that. But damn if it wasn't hard to finally get to post here. KF

~Kaiser Farooque

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005 12:31 PM

JASONZZZ

Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
...I can cope though since my not being able to log on means that perhaps a whole crop of new people are logging on & perhaps using what they find here to convince themselves to go see the movie.

__________________________________________

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

Richmond, VA & surrounding area Firefly Fans:

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/richmondbrowncoats/

http://www.richmondbrowncoats.org

The problems is that, looking at the symptoms, it meant that lots and lots of people, and most people who were trying, had a difficult time getting in. These kinds of process starvation reallly when the DB was just spinning trying to answer all of these requests really mean that it was mostly locked up and had a difficulty time answering to any of them.

Laymen's explanation. Site was down for hours at a time from being overwhelmed with web requests until the crowd naturally backed themselves off.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005 8:39 PM

R1Z

Quote:
FFF.NET runs on two servers that are about 4 years old, one for the web server, one for the SQL server. At the time, those were pretty fast servers, but they're showing their age.

I just added another spare processor to the web server, but I don't have another processor for the SQL server. And it looks like it's the SQL server that's getting overloaded at the moment. Best I could do was to optimize the SQL code and maybe squeeze out a bit more performance.

It must be wonderful to speak a second language.

But seriously, if we need to buy Haken some sort of new beige box, I'm in. Somebody tell us what we need to do.

To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. --Robt. Heinlein

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Tuesday, October 4, 2005 11:42 PM

KIZYR

Quote:
Originally posted by Jasonzzz:
Laymen's explanation. Site was down for hours at a time from being overwhelmed with web requests until the crowd naturally backed themselves off.

It's like Avery Brooks said...

When you realize that your website is your business and your server can't handle the traffic... that is an epiphany.

Still the best IBM commercial to date. KF

~Kaiser Farooque

ZOE: Preacher, don’t the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing?
BOOK: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps...

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Wednesday, October 5, 2005 6:56 AM

JASONZZZ

Quote:
Originally posted by R1Z:
Quote:
FFF.NET runs on two servers that are about 4 years old, one for the web server, one for the SQL server. At the time, those were pretty fast servers, but they're showing their age.

I just added another spare processor to the web server, but I don't have another processor for the SQL server. And it looks like it's the SQL server that's getting overloaded at the moment. Best I could do was to optimize the SQL code and maybe squeeze out a bit more performance.

It must be wonderful to speak a second language.

But seriously, if we need to buy Haken some sort of new beige box, I'm in. Somebody tell us what we need to do.

To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. --Robt. Heinlein

On the main page of fff.net, towards the left side is a litle box labeled "Support FFF.net", there's a little box inside there to click on to "Donate thru Amazon"... Amazon processes the online donation keeps a very small fraction of it and Haken keeps the rest...

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Wednesday, October 5, 2005 7:51 AM

R1Z

Quote:
On the main page of fff.net, towards the left side is a litle box labeled "Support FFF.net", there's a little box inside there to click on to "Donate thru Amazon"... Amazon processes the online donation keeps a very small fraction of it and Haken keeps the rest...

Do we need to earmark it somehow?

To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. --Robt. Heinlein

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Wednesday, October 5, 2005 8:32 AM

JASONZZZ

Not sure what you mean, but you just clik on the donate button and indicate how much you wanna donate - I think it goes on your credit card or amazon acct if you've got one with them... Then they figure out who keeps what on the other end...

Quote:
Originally posted by R1Z:
Quote:
On the main page of fff.net, towards the left side is a litle box labeled "Support FFF.net", there's a little box inside there to click on to "Donate thru Amazon"... Amazon processes the online donation keeps a very small fraction of it and Haken keeps the rest...

Do we need to earmark it somehow?

To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. --Robt. Heinlein

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Wednesday, October 5, 2005 9:56 AM

R1Z

Actually, I was thinking more like "for the new server" or "for the new processor" or some such?

To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. --Robt. Heinlein

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Wednesday, October 5, 2005 11:30 AM

JASONZZZ

It doesn't look like you can, but I doubt that Haken runs with the money to support a drug habit or gives it to any gun runners ;-) ok, other than the ones related to FF anyways... hehehe

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Wednesday, October 5, 2005 3:59 PM

JASONZZZ

Boing!

Donate to Haken
Haken gets new equipment
you get mo shiny fff.net

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