ScubaBoard Server Upgrades

[HowardE]

At 6:00 AM Eastern Time (GMT -4), the administration team successfully moved the scubaboard database to a new high performance data server. What does this mean? In simple terms, every page that is displayed on ScubaBoard is a function (query) of the database. A faster database means a faster ScubaBoard, and a better user experience. This is just one of the steps that we're taking to make ScubaBoard a better and faster website for you to enjoy. We'll keep you posted on the improvements we're making to the site, and of course please feel free to let us know what you think of the user experience!

Thanks again!

The ScubaBoard Admin Team

[Rickg]

You guys rock!!! I can notice the difference.

[NetDoc]

At 9:00 am this morning the admin team successfully cut over to our new server cluster. Access to the old servers will be phased out as cached DNS for the old servers gets replaced with the new.

If you ping ScubaBoard.com you can tell if you have been moved over: 69.28.64.162 is the new IP where as 209.208.13.242 was our old IP.

[k00lit]

Great work! Keep it up dude!

[DennisS]

Are you guys trying to say you did a "don't worry, it will be transparent" IT operation without anyone noticing it?

Nice job!!!

[Damselfish]

Are you guys trying to say you did a "don't worry, it will be transparent" IT operation without anyone noticing it?

Nice job!!!

a year ago...

[DennisS]

a year ago...

:rofl3::rofl3::rofl3::rofl3: I just read the threads by clicking new posts. It came up as a new post

[raji85]

Hi sir, am new to your site.. thank you for the permission

[NetDoc]

That server move was the easiest by far. Since then, we have only two outages. One about six months ago due to a 20 amp circuit breaker in our 30 amp service cabinet that flipped. The other was yesterday due to a typo in our mx records (my fault). We have become so stable that when people tell me we are down, my initial response is almost always that they have lost connectivity to the internet.

Many thanks to Dallas, our server and db guru, for identifying the root of the problem in about five minutes when he was alerted to it.

[santafejoe]

But the bottom line is SB still breaks down:shakehead::shakehead:

[grteryyy2]

Register

[mike_s]

But the bottom line is SB still breaks down:shakehead::shakehead:

Actually the crash yesterday was due to national media attention and a record number of people hitting Scubaoboard's site.

There was an AP story of someone using Scubaboard to find the owner of a lost dive camera and had a link to Scubaboard....

the link resulted in a HUGE spike in traffic on 6/15/2010


see the below graphic for the past 6 months and the spike on the far right.

http://www.quantcast.com/livegraph.png?gt=lwg&dty=pp&dtr=dd&wunit=wd:com.scubaboard|0&c=1

[HowardE]

But the bottom line is SB still breaks down:shakehead::shakehead:

Hey, I have an idea. Instead of just whining...

Show us a website with even 1/10th of the daily use that SB has that doesn't EVER break. 1 minor hiccup due to an uncharacteristic spike in traffic is not something to cry about, unless you like complaining about everything?

[DarkCoffee]

You SB support folk have only yourselves to blame! ;)

You've created a site that is way too reliable.
You've raised our expectations too high.

My recommendation: start a process to perform a random 5 minute outage once every two days. We'll all come to expect that and after an initial period of whining, will never complain about outages again.

It will be.. well.. normal.

Now.. Wheres that dang 'thanks' button.:rofl3:

[cdolphin]

....and that story about the lost camera is so iconic, that I'd live with the site going down daily for a month if it got that story out.

I notice some people even signed up for SB, and donated to the financial cause due to that story.

The "turtle video" on YouTube had already gotten 800,000 hits by yesterday late afternoon!

[NetDoc]

Yes, I am very happy with the story. It's good was good to see our flaws exposed. We have revised a few things in anticipation of even more growth. :D

[BDSC]

This site would grow even faster if you brought back the "Thanks" button........oh wait......wrong thread!:D

[NetDoc]

....and that story about the lost camera is so iconic, I thought it was an Olympus! :D

[NetDoc]

But the bottom line is SB still breaks down:shakehead::shakehead: Just like any piece of Scuba Equipment, it needs regular maintenance or it will fail us!

[Johnny Mojo]

Thanks SB IT team. Just don't let the magic smoke out of the server boxes and everything will be fine!

[under water]

Anyone else having pages on SB take longer to load recently?
Yes, I know the servers were updated in 2009.

[Skooter]

I feel like I am on a crummy dial up connection. Happened about the same time php upgrade took place

[Jax]

A year ago . . TWICE! :rofl3: :lol:


Thanks SB IT team. Just don't let the magic smoke out of the server boxes and everything will be fine!


Anyone else having pages on SB take longer to load recently?
Yes, I know the servers were updated in 2009.


I feel like I am on a crummy dial up connection. Happened about the same time php upgrade took place

[Skooter]

I know this is a year old thread that has just resurfaced I m commenting on the way the site is acting after the most recent update as was the other post

[Akimbo]

Did this upgrade include the CMS (Content Management System)? If not, any ETA?

[diversteve]

It's in process. Probably after the new skin is installed.


--- We were on version 3.8 of vBulletin. This is 4.1. We want to offer all of the latest features of the forum. So... the only solution - UPGRADE. The big issue was that 4 from 3 was a total re-design, and completely new core, and thus all old "hacks" (enhancements) didn't work. ScubaBoard had a lot of enhancements, both good and bad. All of them however changed the performance of the site. Now we have just the essentials, and hopefully the site will perform better.

Also, there is a soon to be released "CMS" with articles, etc. This content will be an actual home page, and we'll have nice stuff there to enhance the user experience.

[DiveNav]

I feel like I am on a crummy dial up connection. Happened about the same time php upgrade took place
same here .... and I have a fast broadband connection.

[White Knight]

I'm just searching for help. I am unable to post a new thread. I have tried two computers? Any words of wisdome?

[Scott L]

I'm just searching for help. I am unable to post a new thread. I have tried two computers? Any words of wisdome?

Yes, don't eat yellow snow...

[deeper thoughts]

SB is MUCH slower now

[Rocketmahn]

WOW! - For the last few weeks ONLY this site has been REALLY SLOW.
Almost like every page has to be scanned by a virus scanner or something.
When ping'd scubaboard.com has a 41ms "response" from Ohio which isn't bad at all.

[Cave Diver]

I'm just searching for help. I am unable to post a new thread. I have tried two computers? Any words of wisdome?

Have you tried removing your cookies then logging out and back in? If that doesn't resolve the issue let me know what forum you're trying to start a thread in and we'll try something else.

[DeputyDan]

After the current changes this is by far the slowest website I frequent.
It can take over a full minute to do the initial load upon entering the site!

[b1draper]

I've been experiencing the same slowness. It's painfully slow just navigating around the site and when I open a PM I start to think the site is not responding.

[ianr33]

Painfully slow here as well. Both at work and home. I'm about ready to call it quits.

[NetDoc]

Hey all,

this thread is about server upgrades a few years ago. We resolved a mem-cache issue we had yesterday (day before?) and most everyone is up to speed. It only takes me a couple of seconds to load now. I am closing this thread to stop the confusion.