02.01.09
Performance and Downtime
WE were not able to cope with the load yesterday and the server/account needed to be downed for several hours. We did use distributed cache, but this was not enough. The server received more requests than it could cope with.
This is worth pointing out because poisonous characters spread false rumours and accusations w.r.t. reasons of downtime. █
The Mad Hatter said,
February 1, 2009 at 3:28 am
Yeah, and I damned near panicked, I thought that Microsoft had bribed your ISP!
Roy Schestowitz said,
February 1, 2009 at 3:47 am
You mean the host, right?
But Microsoft does go after hosts who give room to Microsoft-critical content. This is well documented.
I also had Microsoft shills harassing my ISPs several times (even weeks ago). They try to take me offline.
amd-linux said,
February 1, 2009 at 5:30 am
You maybe should consider a strategy for moving your server or have back-up sites in other places of the world in case MS or one of their representants are going after you. Setting up and preparing a second machine outside US and EU legislation might make sense. Once you got a cease and desist order, it might be too late.
Sooner or later the grey MS gargoyles (lawyers, I mean :-), remember the Simpsons sequel where Burns shows up with 6 lawyers at Homers house?
) might try to harrass you, so it makes sense to have a strategy for that case, IMHO.
Maybe daily WP-Backups that are uploaded to a public place or mailing list so everybody with a WP installation can quickly mirror you if necessary?
I am using WP Database Backup, a nice plugin that does automatic backups and could do exactly this.
Keep up the good work – your site is a very useful ressource.
Roy Schestowitz said,
February 1, 2009 at 5:55 am
amd-linux,
I already have this mechanism in place.