The new server: you're soaking in it! We're on the new boxes now, post any bugs or weirdness you find here and we'll work on it as fast as we can.
posted by mathowie
on Feb 2, 2009 -
208 comments
Pony request: Can we please, please, please, do something to ease the burden of the
Palin thread? People obviously want to talk about it and it's become sort of a default election thread. It's got to be killing the servers as well as everyone's browsers.
[more inside]
posted by dejah420
on Sep 14, 2008 -
22 comments
Server upgrade is complete, but there were certainly bumps along the way. If you spot any weirdness after the fact, drop it here.
posted by mathowie
on Apr 18, 2008 -
96 comments
Oh how easily we forget! Months ago (a year?) the server was consistently slow or down. Now it's smooth as a baby's butt and fast as the Google. Is Federer your server? I love it. My Mefi addicted brain thanks you.
posted by null terminated
on Jan 29, 2008 -
23 comments
We're in the process of updating the server. You probably noticed about 20min of downtime and things may be up and down throughout this evening but should resume and hopefully be faster later today and tomorrow.
posted by mathowie
on Aug 20, 2007 -
32 comments
Metafilter was unreachable this morning and is incredibly slow this evening - is there something we should know ?
posted by sgt.serenity
on Oct 24, 2006 -
47 comments
Why is metafilter so slow and crash-prone? I know it gets a huge amount of traffic, but what causes the regular outages? Do you guys need a new server or what? I can't think of another major site that experiences as much downtime as metafilter does. (i'm not criticizing, I know how difficult it is to run a site of this scale... just curiouis)
posted by empath
on Oct 4, 2006 -
44 comments
Can we have a Metafilter Counterstrike 1.6 server? I think that would be pretty sweet.
posted by thirteenkiller
on Feb 27, 2006 -
54 comments
Sorry about the downtime today, it looks like some comment spammers were DoSing the box with requests for long-dead trackback URLs. After that was cleaned up, some other weird bugs kept the server unavailable for a few hours, but things should be back to normal now.
posted by mathowie
on Feb 13, 2006 -
26 comments
MeFi is weirdly halting and slow whenever I load the site, or click into a thread. So, noticing my status bar, what I does is, I adds js.spellcheckthis.com to the 'Block retrieval of URL' list in my favorite local-proxy-crud-removing app, and
fazowie, it's snappy again. I know some people love their spellcheckers, but if it's having the same effect on everyone, it seems like a... suboptimal solution.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken
on Jan 3, 2006 -
14 comments
It looks like your DNS server is failing. Metafilter is hosted by eod.com, and they aren't answering for anything in metafilter.com. I'm trying to get this posted quickly before my caches expire... I already can't reach ask.metafilter.com
Eod has only one IP address for their 'two' nameservers, 72.36.180.243. It pings, but doesn't answer name service requests.
You might want to consider hosting your domain with someone with enough money to put two servers on the net. :(
posted by Malor
on Dec 16, 2005 -
2 comments
There seem to be fewer JRun errors lately and the site seems snappy. Are congratulations in order?
posted by trey
on Jun 14, 2005 -
26 comments
I for one am interested in any plans for possible future improvements to the uptime capabilities of the website "MetaFilter". I am eager to discuss these issues with the group as a whole!
posted by Pretty_Generic
on Jun 1, 2005 -
59 comments
Can I just make a frustration-vent post? These days it seems like MeFi is down constantly, several times a day, and to be honest... I'm getting to the point where I'm about ready to move on to another spot. The problem is that, for me, my main community site is like comfort food; it's a place that I can always pop into to see posts and comments from the people I know, and I can always fill in a time gap or soothe my real-life-related nerves by browsing there. But one of the things about comfort food is that it has to be easy and accessible, and lately, MeFi... isn't. So I have some questions...
posted by taz
on May 16, 2005 -
154 comments
I just updated the server to CFMX 7. If you see any obvious weird errors, toss them in here.
posted by mathowie
on Feb 7, 2005 -
39 comments
Holy mother of god. It's official, even though I was kind of worried about ponying (heh) up the dough for a couple of high ticket servers, I made enough money off the $5 signups today to pay for one year's hosting. So I want to say thanks to all the new users for ensuring the future of this place. I love ya. Some more news inside
posted by mathowie
on Nov 18, 2004 -
68 comments
So. Jay-Run was smacking me around earlier when I tried to visit the site. Enough post-election traffic to cause problems or something else? Just curious, the site was really speedy last night when I was checking the huge election threads.
posted by bargle
on Nov 3, 2004 -
12 comments
I switched over to Apache, so some stuff might not be working (like spellcheck). If you find any bugs with MetaFilter, MetaTalk, Ask MetaFilter, or any other site that used to be on this server, let me know here.
posted by mathowie
on Jun 10, 2004 -
56 comments
Here's a direct approach to the constant metafilter downtime : what would it cost (roughly) to pay someone to port Metafilter to a more reliable platform, and are there enough site members who care sufficiently to foot the bill ? Couldn't Matt just put a little permanent add/plea for $ donations - along with the amount collected and the amount still needed - on the front page ? Why not ?
posted by troutfishing
on May 7, 2004 -
62 comments
Why the downtime? For the last week or so, Metafilter goes down at late morning GMT, and doesn't spring back to life until Late afternoon GMT. It seems too regular to be anything other than a deliberate act. Is it going to be a regular thing? How are us European MeFites going to waste time at work?
posted by seanyboy
on Apr 21, 2004 -
38 comments
So where are we with getting the server the hell outta Some Great Guy's closet and into Some Proper Hosting Place? There's been talk of us stumping up, and that's fine by me. Especially if it means when I press the feed button of my cage I get good nourishing MeFi goodness, not "server refused the connection".
(filed under feature requests, although I'm not sure "works" is a feature)
posted by bonaldi
on Mar 18, 2004 -
32 comments
Hey, just curious if the reason this site tends to have downtime with relative frequency (it's not terrible or anything, but it's certainly more than any other popular site I check out) is a result of the ISP it's hosted at, or the server it's running on...
I'm not asking to be a jerk or anything, I'm just curious, since I have a 1u server colocated somewhere myself, and am moving it to a new facility soon etc.. so network / hosting / downtime issues pique my interest...
posted by twiggy
on Mar 4, 2004 -
7 comments
Matt, this is a question to you (as well as a push to the other users here).
How big is the drive Metafilter (or all of your stuff) is located on? Like many others, I lived in a dark world without MeFi and ask:
Have you thought about a raid level 1?
posted by filmgeek
on Feb 17, 2004 -
50 comments
So alas, one of the processor fans in the MetaFilter server decided to up and die, which coincided perfectly with a planned vacation to New York. Upon coming back, no replacement fan was to be found on my doorstep (due to stupid delayed shipping by the company from whom the replacement was ordered), so a trip to CompUSA later, we're back in business. Sorry 'bout that.
posted by delfuego
on Feb 16, 2004 -
78 comments
Sorry about the downtime -- it turns out that storms and thunder and lightning make the power in Brookline, MA go away for a short bit. Thank goodness for the wonder of uninterruptible power supplies and graceful shutdowns...
posted by delfuego
on Aug 3, 2003 -
9 comments
Uptime will probably be sporadic over the next few days while I do some software and hardware upgrades. On the upside, I get to bask in
the glow of the server while I do the upgrades.
posted by mathowie
on Jul 11, 2003 -
28 comments
#mefi has moved!
To avoid prosecution For various reasons, #mefi has
been forced to relocate moved to a new server. The DNS will propagate the domain name shortly but, if you are connecting using the IP address, you need to change it to 207.44.144.7
posted by dg
on Mar 31, 2003 -
7 comments
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but is MeFi dead? I haven't been getting through all day until just now, and even now I'm only seeing "Index Of" and two HRs.
posted by oissubke
on Jan 10, 2003 -
38 comments
Anything unusual (besides the window config mentioned below) going on with the site availability tonight? I've received JRun errors, Server Errors, and just plain "site not available" messages... I'm sure it's not on my end, but in case it matters, Mozilla 1.2, Windows XP.
posted by jonson
on Jan 9, 2003 -
1 comment
The irc server turlyming seems to be down, so come on over to irc.undernet.org channel #mefi.
posted by beth
on Dec 17, 2002 -
17 comments
Sorry about the downtime. I was dicking around with the server a little. Things should be back to normal now. More downtime tomorrow, perhaps as I finish the upgrades.
posted by anildash
on Nov 23, 2002 -
12 comments
Am I the only one who has been experiencing a good deal of downtime, timeouts, and generally slow surfing lately on MetaFilter?
I remember reading awhile back that signups were turned off the last time because of server strain. Is that the issue here or are we (is Matt) dealing with something else?
posted by The God Complex
on Oct 29, 2002 -
32 comments
MeFi outage last night from about 8 p.m. PDT until 10 when I logged off and went to bed . Just me or anyone else?
posted by Lynsey
on Oct 9, 2002 -
9 comments
Matt, the new server is fantastic and you've been burning through bugs at a remarkable rate. I know you've been working steadily for several days now. I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say how much I appreciate all your work.
Why don't you unplug now and go have a nice dinner? None of the bugs I've seen posted today seem that serious, and I suspect lots of them pre-date the upgrade.
posted by timeistight
on Jul 17, 2002 -
14 comments
OK, either everyone has decided to take a day off of MeFi, or the new server is finally in place. Kudos to Matt (and the rest of the mefi crew), the site really smokes.
posted by kaefer
on Jun 12, 2002 -
8 comments
What's Metafilter Timezone? I live in Belgium (same time zone as Paris, Madrid or Amsterdam). I have observed that the Metafilter "midnight" is somewhere in what is my morning. Where is physiscally the server? In what time zone is Metafilter's midnight?
B.
posted by Baud
on May 22, 2002 -
27 comments
Yesterday I was accused of spamming by my
host. Today 10+ websites and my email service has been shut down.
(
cockybastard.com,
Globalgasm.com, etc.)
I am *hoping* I can resolve this asap. But what if they refuse to listen to me.
I'm struck by how helpless I am. Has this ever happened to anyone here? I am close to actually driving to the Dreamhost offices in person.
posted by halcyon
on May 3, 2002 -
32 comments
Was the MetaFilter server down for a couple of hours earlier today?
posted by riffola
on Apr 12, 2002 -
25 comments
Hopefully, this will mean the end to the server time-outs: I'm finally upgrading the server [more inside]
posted by mathowie
on Apr 7, 2002 -
31 comments
Has mathowie got some more bandwidth or other upgrade? MeFi/MeTa seem very zippy to me, past couple of days.
posted by luser
on Mar 7, 2002 -
21 comments
Is MetaFilter down for everybody else. I've been getting host not found errors all morning. I know Matt was planning to
move his name server box. I'm just wondering if something in that process got hosed. If it is down, is it still available via an IP address -> I couldn't seem to find that either.
posted by willnot
on Jan 23, 2002 -
11 comments
Is there a picture of the actual physical embodiment of the MetaFilter Server? I'd like to be able to visualize where all the comments go.
posted by machaus
on Jan 9, 2002 -
39 comments
