Server slowness

[jimnyc]

A short while ago we had severe slowness. Figured out that we had about 4,500 users online, and of course about 4,400 of them being "bot spam". There were many IP's hitting us, and searching the forum for indexing or whatever.

Odd, just noticed this at the bottom of the board:

Most users ever online was 5,199, 01-07-2016 at 12:16 PM.

So that was after our last major episode. I don't recall this happening, so I obviously wasn't online, nor did I get hammered with automated emails that the server was dying. No need to even look at stats, as without looking I know it was the same thing, bot spam. Weird. Folks are weird around the world.

[Gunny]

Odd, just noticed this at the bottom of the board:



So that was after our last major episode. I don't recall this happening, so I obviously wasn't online, nor did I get hammered with automated emails that the server was dying. No need to even look at stats, as without looking I know it was the same thing, bot spam. Weird. Folks are weird around the world.

So this was YOUR damned fault? I'm getting tired of trying to fix my computer when it's you. Dammit. Heathen.

[NightTrain]

Weird... I didn't notice anything.

[Gunny]

Weird... I didn't notice anything.

You don't live in the same time zone as the rest of us. Probably slept right through the sh*t.

[NightTrain]

You don't live in the same time zone as the rest of us. Probably slept right through the sh*t.

Usually at 8 AM I'm here online... this time of year is really slow in this line of business.

[Gunny]

Usually at 8 AM I'm here online... this time of year is really slow in this line of business.

I remember being stuck in Anchorage forever. Do y'all ever have daylight there? And I left Okinawa once on a 14 hour flight and got home an hour earlier than I left. That was fun. Especially when I was used to driving on the left side of the road. I'm sitting at a stoplight wondering why that f*cker is 3 lanes over to the right?

[NightTrain]

I remember being stuck in Anchorage forever. Do y'all ever have daylight there? And I left Okinawa once on a 14 hour flight and got home an hour earlier than I left. That was fun. Especially when I was used to driving on the left side of the road. I'm sitting at a stoplight wondering why that f*cker is 3 lanes over to the right?

You must have been here during the winter months. In June it's daylight 24/7! You can really get some fishing in during that time o' year.

But right now it's almost 8:00 and still pitch black out. Just part of the gig and we all have kickass headlights!