[Jim Robinson]

John was monitoring the system during tonight’s debate. Still has not specifically ID’d the bottleneck.

Here was his response when I asked what was happening:

“Database is nearly completely idle (0.25 load average) and web servers aren’t very busy. I don’t know why its screwed up. It doesn’t make sense. It must be a network problem.”

I saw myself that the load average was not high and that the cpu’s were mostly idle all night. I asked him if it could be a DOS attack or a configuration problem and he said could be. He’d look into it. Said the system was not overloaded and it would be a shame to buy a new database server and not solve the problem.

I’m in favor of swapping out the system a piece at a time until the bottleneck is found, but that’s just me. Don’t know what John’s going to do.

[GRRRRR]

THank you Jim, hang in there. Take care.

G

[Political Junkie Too]

Then it's external. Have you ruled out a Denial Of Service (DOS) attack? Is someone clogging up the traffic before it arrives at your servers?

Whatever it is, it seems to be over. That in itself is a clue that the problem was external, which makes it deliberate.

-PJ

[fatima]

Hi Jim ((((Hugs))),What I found strange is that the system crashed more than in the Presidential debate.Most people don’t watch or comment on the Vice-Presidential debate..

[CedarDave]

Thanks; appreciate the reply. Hope you guys solve the problem pretty soon.

Nite...

[Gene Eric]

Maybe related to exhausted OS/network stack resources.

Load balanced web-servers in front of a clustered DB server might be a good option.

[rfp1234]

If Chicoms can hack into the WH system, AND channel tons of illegal contributions to Bambi, they are certainly capable of attacking any web site that opposes their Dear Puppet’s reelection.

[kiryandil]

I saw myself that the load average was not high and that the cpu’s were mostly idle all night. I asked him if it could be a DOS attack or a configuration problem and he said could be. He’d look into it. Said the system was not overloaded and it would be a shame to buy a new database server and not solve the problem.

It would be worth A LOT of money to the Democrat party to put this site out of commission on days like yesterday.

I wouldn't be surprised if they have "people" on salary to deal with the "problem".

I'm just sayin'.