SlimTimer: Another Patch of Turbulence and Upcoming Scheduled Downtime
Posted by Richard White Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:10:00 GMT
As some of you may have noticed, SlimTimer has been a tad less responsive than usual the last couple days topping out last Friday by being downright comatose for a couple hours. After much sleuthing around the server logs I’ve determined that SlimTimer was part a victim of it’s own success (with traffic up significantly since the new year) but moreso fell victim to inefficiencies at the database level: unoptimized queries and unhelpful database settings.
I’ve already moved to correct those database settings which should fix the bulk of the problems. I’m also bringing in some people to optimize those queries and this Sunday (3/4) SlimTimer will be down for a good chunk of the afternoon (PST) while it’s moved to a bigger server.
A number of your have expressed concern about the long-term viability of SlimTimer and even offered donations. I appreciate the sentiment, but your current donations of patience have been more than enough. We’ve got big things planned for SlimTimer, which I’ll hopefully get to announce soon, and it’s not going anywhere but up. It will be a smoother ride from here on out.
what server are you using if i may ask? just wondering what a slim app like slimtimer needs :)
I was running on a standard VPS from rimuhosting.com and I’ve totally forgot what the specs were on that box. I’m now on a 1/4 dedicated VPS which is an absolutely screamingly fast core duo box. It actually solved a lot more of my performance problems than I thought it would.
hm, good thing i started using slimtrimer after you upgraded. keep up the good work, i always liked kiko and i do like slimtrimmer, great apps, both.
thanks for getting back to me so quickly.
So, it’s been two months, any possibility of SlimTimer direction hinting?