database rebalancing

[mark]

A few weeks ago we deployed a new pair of databases. Now that they've broken in and I'm confident in them, I've started the process of rebalancing users to even out the database load. This involves moving users from the old database machines to the new ones.

I don't expect there to be any issues, but as always, please let me know if you see anything untoward!

Comments

[wytchcroft]

no probs here at all - but lj is burked up so you might get a traffic rush soon!

[denise]

We've been setting new traffic records day-to-day all week, so it shouldn't be a problem!

[wytchcroft]

oohoo! feeling feisty huh? GO TEAM! :))

[denise]

Of course, I say this, and just you watch, disaster will strike. *G*

[wytchcroft]

*'ulp!*

well - i won't tell if you won't...

and hey, happy valentine's to you and yours :)

[dragondancer5150]

Thanks as always for letting people know! 8D

Happy V-Day!

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

I'm having some trouble with OpenID. Last week I claimed aaaaaaaagh_sky.livejournal.com and it says it worked, but none of my LJ icons or anything show up on Dreamwidth posts.

[denise]

That wouldn't be related to this change -- best thing to do is open a support request so our volunteers can troubleshoot. Be sure to include links to posts or comments on DW that aren't displaying properly and the LJ version of those posts/comments as well.

Do be aware, if the accounts were imported before mid-January, and the icon keywords are close to the maximum length they could be and contain at least one accented character or at least one non-western-latin-script character, it was almost certainly bitten by a bug we had in the importer; if the problem is that the last letter of the keyword is being cut off, you can fix it by reimporting the journal in question. (or, if it's a community, have the community admin reimport it.)

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

Okay. Thanks!

[willow]

Trouble accessing the site for about 5 minutes, from here. Still not sure if things are stable.

Downforeveryoneorjustme.com said the dreamwidth was definitely down.

[nightdog_barks]

Big, big hiccup there for a bit, maybe 5 - 6 minutes just now. Seems to be back to normal, though.

As always, thank you guys for keeping us INFORMED. ♥

Got this a couple of times

[thorfinn]

Error 503 Service Unavailable

Service Unavailable

Guru Meditation:

XID: 1266358416

Varnish cache server

[psyco_chick32]

Go, Mark, Go!!! <3 No hiccups on my end (so far *knocks on wood*)... although if there were, I might get some writing done...

[lifesnotasong]

No problems here, just a big thank you for being so open with what's going on :)

[embody]

I've been getting 503 varnish errors every now and again, but they are rather infrequent. I just thought I'd mention them just in case.

[sepdet]

Whee! Floor moving! Bouncy house! That tickles!

(okay, sometimes I take this virtual reality thing just a little too literally)

[2525nest]

I don't know if it's related, but myself and a friend of mine both are having trouble marking posts as read.

[denise]

Hm. Just did some testing -- it looks like the inbox isn't marking the message as read when you hit the "mark as read" button, but refreshing that view will make it show up as read. I'm guessing something isn't fully loading; I'll pass info on to Mark and Robby for them to see if something's broken!

[2525nest]

Thank you! It drives me nuts to have unread messages on journaling sites >>

[denise]

Weirdly, I can reproduce this but neither Fu nor Mark can. It looks like it might be network issues somewhere on the internet -- not on DW's network, but in between DW and the ISP -- or it might be something not loading somewhere due to network traffic. I'd just give it a try tomorrow.

[2525nest]

It had been like that for a few days already when I posted, and it's still like that tonight... Hm. It also won't let me mark all of the messages at once.

[stridin]

Argh. Are there any problems right now with the icon browser that you guys are aware of? It's not functioning correctly for me.

So - is DW not refreshing/reloading -

[murphymom]

- or are all my friends really silent? My last update was on Thursday 2/16.

Re: So - is DW not refreshing/reloading -

[denise]

I see the last update on your reading page happened on Thursday, yeah, so it looks like none of your subscriptions are updating. You might want to find some more stuff to read ;)