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Administrator 179 posts _site_admin Administrator 179 posts
_site_admin

Our server is experiencing a high number of 503 service temporarily unavailable errors today. We're looking into it with our hosting provider, we'll update you once we know more.
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rickwade Prolific poster (deceased) 6,447 posts
rickwade

Thanks! I was wondering if I

Thanks! I was wondering if I was the only one getting those errors.

Rick

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Bruce Petrarca Frequent poster 920 posts
Bruce Petrarca

Started over the weekend.

I just got one going back to RECENT POSTS from this page.

Bruce Petrarca, Mr. DCC; MMR #574
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Bill Brillinger Moderator 4,902 posts
Bill Brillinger

503 lol's

so, I knew about the 503's and had reported it to Joe, when I tried to load this page to see if there was any new info, of course, I got another 503

Bill Brillinger

Modeling the BNML in HO Scale, Admin for the RailPro User Group, and owner of Precision Design Co.
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Bremner Prolific poster 1,217 posts
Bremner

You might

Want to restart mysql through SSH.

am I the only N Scale Pacific Electric Freight modeler in the world?

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UPWilly Prolific poster 1,961 posts
UPWilly

Perhaps ...

... these 503s are due to an unusually high number of current online users (last look was 784).

 

Bill D.

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N Scale (1:160), not N Gauge. DC (analog), Stapleton PWM Throttle.

Proto-freelance Southwest U.S. 2nd half 20th Century.

Keep on trackin'
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Bremner Prolific poster 1,217 posts
Bremner

UPWilly

this is a database driven site, and if there are mysql connections stuck open, the count as a concurent connection. Stopping mysql will take the site offline for a few seconds and will kill all open connections briefly.

am I the only N Scale Pacific Electric Freight modeler in the world?

https://sopacincg.com 
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UPWilly Prolific poster 1,961 posts
UPWilly

Bremner

Are you quite sure it is MySQL that is being used, rather than some other RDBMS? A 503 error is generally interpreted as a temporary resource not available error and I would interpret that to be any resource, not just the database management software.

 

Bill D.

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N Scale (1:160), not N Gauge. DC (analog), Stapleton PWM Throttle.

Proto-freelance Southwest U.S. 2nd half 20th Century.

Keep on trackin'
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Mycroft Frequent poster (deceased) 783 posts
Mycroft

It isn't just 503s

Even when I do get the threads on Cleveland, I get a large number of Red 'x's instead of photos.  Now it is approaching 50%

 

James Eager

City of Miami, Panama Limited, and Illinois Central - Mainline of Mid-America

Plant City MRR Club, Home to the Mineral Valley Railroad

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joef MRH Founder 17,364 posts
joef

After doing the research ...

After doing the research, looks like our little users online counter was the source of the trouble - it's a piece of custom code, and it appears it's badly in need of an overhaul to make it better behaved.

So for now this counter has been turned off - and things seem to be back to normal. Please let us know if the 503 errors have been reduced/eliminated. So far in our testing, it's much better now.

As for James and his comment about the images not all showing, we find a page refresh often does the trick - it in effect forces the browser to load up the missing images and keeps the ones that did make it in the first pass.

Joe Fugate​
Publisher, Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine

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Virginian and Lake Erie Super User 9,215 posts
Virginian and Lake Erie

I have had them as well on

I have had them as well on occasion and just hit the back button and then reloaded the page it usually works fine on the second try.

Rob in Texas

Rob in Texas

MRH Blog / Prep for an Operating Session / Delving Into the Past / The Club Blog / Youtube / etmrc.org
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_site_admin Administrator 179 posts
_site_admin

Turns out the problem was easy to fix

Turns out the problem was easy to fix. We've made the corrections and re-enabled the visitors counter. The 503 errors are gone.
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jwhitten Frequent poster 555 posts
jwhitten

Weekend Too

I was getting them a lot over the weekend too.

John
Modeling the South Pennsylvania Railroad ("The Hilltop Route") in its final days of steam. Heavy patronage by the Pennsy and Norfolk & Western. Coal, sand/gravel/minerals, wood, coke, light industry, finished goods, dairy, mail and light passenger service. Interchanges with the PRR, N&W, WM and Montour.
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Dave O Prolific poster 1,145 posts
Dave O

Nice Work on Finding and Fixing ...

Game on.  Thanks.  
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Bill Brillinger Moderator 4,902 posts
Bill Brillinger

yup..

no problems here.

Bill Brillinger

Modeling the BNML in HO Scale, Admin for the RailPro User Group, and owner of Precision Design Co.
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