Song_Of_Storms (2012-12-09 23:25:23)

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I've been getting an error message at an incredible frequency.

I'll be selecting the option to go to PM's Back To The Menu, or even to a popfile.
(I'm using a 3DS just so you all know)

The Error message isexactly as I see it on screen)

HTTP ERROR

Status Report

503

503 Service Temporarily Unavailable

(Some nonsense about 'server being unavailable due to system overload' or something like that, and something about 'please try again in a few moments. Do not try again immediately or you may make the situation worse'.

I've been getting this message all day, and I've waited for around 10-15 minutes before trying again, and I can maybe, maybe move 1 screen before getting this message... I have no clue what it is, but its annoying.

Anyway, I just thought you should know.

One more error message. I'll try to perform an action that takes me to a different page, and I'll get a page instead that says:

'Your request timed out, please try again later'

This message only appears when I sign in, or when I'm sending a PM (More often the latter of the two).

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angelrulez7 (2012-12-19 14:21:27)

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It can't be fixed. Too many users.

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AgurettiLeaf (2013-01-06 16:27:37)

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It happens because there are A. To many users. or B. To many people logging in.

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SomeLuigi (2013-01-10 17:18:55)

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It happens at times, but when it becomes really persistant, it's because this site's database is being accessed or logged out of.

That last part is not true, UNLESS someone has placed a table in lockdown and there are a backlog still.

But I haven't seen any scripts in Plaza placing a table in transaction mode and locking it. The problem where access causes DB problems only occurs on poor quality ("free" webhosts.

The biggest reason of these 503s = the chats.
It updates constantly, 3 times per 10 seconds (including online users & chatscreen)

* by 30 (a small amount of users online), you get 90 times per 10 seconds. / 10 you get 9 DB requests per second for just the chatscreen & the online database. Add up the message sends, PM count checking, activities over other places of 3DSPlaza and you get a ton.

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Junaid (2013-01-17 23:55:54)

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Closed.

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