Those who follow our Twitter will already know this. http://twitter.com/marketforumsorg
After checking apache logs we maxed out we could see that the MaxClients value was exceeding the limit in the server. Which basically means lots of people viewing and actively taking part on MF exceeded our limit of 150 (you relatively old members will remember the 30 connections error we had with hostgator. That's how much we've grown. 30 - 150). Once MaxClients is exceeded, further requests will be put into queue and will be served on a first come first basis. So the site will be slower/down. We have increased the MaxClients value from 150 to 200 in the server.
Anyway, further checking the logs, we found we were also DDOS'd and my host supplier is filtering the attacking IP addresses in the server firewall. Around 230 IP's have been filtered/blocked. So that should reduce some of these attacks, but it's a big one. -.-
I do apologize for these moments of downtime, but to me it's positive. MF is growing and we'll need to expect these sort of situations to occur. Just please be patient and always check our twitter page.
-Crayo
After checking apache logs we maxed out we could see that the MaxClients value was exceeding the limit in the server. Which basically means lots of people viewing and actively taking part on MF exceeded our limit of 150 (you relatively old members will remember the 30 connections error we had with hostgator. That's how much we've grown. 30 - 150). Once MaxClients is exceeded, further requests will be put into queue and will be served on a first come first basis. So the site will be slower/down. We have increased the MaxClients value from 150 to 200 in the server.
Anyway, further checking the logs, we found we were also DDOS'd and my host supplier is filtering the attacking IP addresses in the server firewall. Around 230 IP's have been filtered/blocked. So that should reduce some of these attacks, but it's a big one. -.-
I do apologize for these moments of downtime, but to me it's positive. MF is growing and we'll need to expect these sort of situations to occur. Just please be patient and always check our twitter page.
-Crayo