11:04 AM doom?

[Rui]

I have noticed that the server starts getting laggy at 11:04am GMT+1. If we try to load a page, it won't load.
After a minute or two, the site starts returning the message "Server too busy. Come back later" message. I have noticed this happening at 11:04 twice. May be a coincidence, but I thought I should report.

What could be causing this?

 

[Zombie]

That occoured to me too. It gets back-online in a few minutes luckily.

 

[Vicboy]

I have noticed that the server starts getting laggy at 11:04am GMT+1. If we try to load a page, it won't load.
After a minute or two, the site starts returning the message "Server too busy. Come back later" message. I have noticed this happening at 11:04 twice. May be a coincidence, but I thought I should report.

What could be causing this?

THW NOOBS!

Just kidding... But, I think thats the time the server sends THOUSANDS times THOUSANDS of emails about user's subscribed thread... So, it means that its really just very busy sending a thousand of megabytes of emails to everyone...

 

[Rui]

Yes.
People in the Chat survive though. Ask hellblazer ;P

 

[Pyritie]

Happens every day for me. The server is in GMT+1, no?

 

[Rui]

Yup. I said GMT+1 because some people might have set it to their time, if that is possible (I never change site times so I wouldn't know).

 

[DesKaladA]

hmm samuraid could tell us more but maby thats when vB runs its "cron" jobs and lags up the site a bit?

 

[Pyritie]

Yup. I said GMT+1 because some people might have set it to their time, if that is possible (I never change site times so I wouldn't know).

Strange, because I'm in GMT and it happens at 11:04ish here D:

 

[Samuraid]

The slowdown seems to be caused by the large number of account activation reminder emails that are sent out at 11:03. I'll talk with Ralle and see if we can come up with a solution.

 

[Vicboy]

The slowdown seems to be caused by the large number of account activation reminder emails that are sent out at 11:03. I'll talk with Ralle and see if we can come up with a solution.

Thats what I've been saying!!!!!!!

 

[Rui]

No. You spoke about sending e-mails about users' subscribed threads. Technically it's (nearly) the same, yes, but could you stop spamming? Just because we don't reply to your posts doesn't mean we don't read them.

 

[Samuraid]

Rui is correct: It's not the same. Emails sent about user subscribed threads use a queue that prevents too many of them from being sent at once. On the other hand, Activation Reminder emails bypass the queue and are sent directly in large batches.

 

[Pyritie]

Rui is correct: It's not the same. Emails sent about user subscribed threads use a queue that prevents too many of them from being sent at once. On the other hand, Activation Reminder emails bypass the queue and are sent directly in large batches.

Could that be why my automated birthday email came three days late? (Not that there's a problem with that; I found it quite funny actually)

Three other forums got it on the day, but they aren't as active as hive so that might've been why.

 

[Rui]

It's almost time. Prepare yourselves...

 

[Ralle]

I may have fixed it now. Please report if it happens again.

 

[Rui]

Well, it's time and it's not happening, so I guess it's fixed. Good job.

 

[Vicboy]

It's almost time. Prepare yourselves...

Hmm... This is weird... THIS IS THE TIME WE GET OUR SUBSCRIBED MESSAGES!

Also, Ralle, Good Job