[sumo] [games][technical problem]

[Kaiopectate!]

That's what I'd recommend -- either turn off the Sumo DB, or stop
downloading those Hannah Montana videos!

On 3/10/08, Bob Reimer <kofuji at sumogames.com> wrote:
>
> Fortunately, or unfortunately, the SumoGames server is running:
>
> Bench Sumo
> ChainGang
> Hoshitori
> ISP
> Juryo Game
> Roto Sumo
> Sekitori Oracle
> Sekitori Quad
> Sekitori Toto
> Sumo Database <-- This is killing it at the moment.  We put it up as a
> prototype that now that it's into the "wild" we are getting too much
> traffic
> on it.  Many of the other games, especially Sekitori Toto are database
> intensive and Sumo DB is a quantum leap more.
>
> The server also runs a few other low traffic web sites and some
> applications
> for our host.
>
> The server only has 640 MB of RAM and we are running up to 1.5GB of
> virtual
> memory which causes a lot of thrashing to disk.  The chipmunks are really
> getting tired.  Our host has attempted to move us to better machines twice
> but in both cases, the machine became a high value target and was hacked
> mercilessly.  I'm reluctant to try to move things again given past history
> and limp along as we are ...
>
> When I'm home I can recycle things so we aren't too bad, but if we can lay
> off the Sumo DB during times people are likely to be entering games, that
> would be appreciated.  Chisaiyama's timings roughly correspond to when I
> tend to be home and online.  Today I happened to have a meeting in Abu
> Dhabi, so left about an hour before deadline when normally I'm home until
> after the deadline and didn't get home until an hour  ago. I don't really
> want to, but if we must, I will turn off the Sumo DB during the basho.
>
> Warm regards,
> Kofuji
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sumo-bounces at webtrek.com [mailto:sumo-bounces at webtrek.com] On Behalf
> Of Harold E. Shaver
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:29 PM
> To: 'Sumo Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: [sumo] [games][technical problem]
>
> Many of our beloved sumo games run on the SumoGames server.
> During basho time it gets overloaded easily, I believe this error
> is a result of that overloading.  I get it quite often on all the
> games that run off that server, especially ISP, Sekitori-Toto and
> Roto-Sumo.
> My advice is to keep trying.  Sometimes I will try several times in
> a row, sometimes I put some time between tries.
>
> I am in California and I find either between 6-8AM or 4-8PM works best
> for me.  During the middle of the day is nearly impossible.
>
> Hal "Chisaiyama" Shaver
> 極小山
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sumo-bounces at webtrek.com [mailto:sumo-bounces at webtrek.com] On Behalf
> Of Attila Sali
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:30 AM
> To: Sumo Mailing List
> Subject: [sumo] [games][technical problem]
>
> Sorry for posting to the list, but I just do not know whom should I send
> this.
> On the isp.sumogames.com site I keep getting errors like
>
> Internet Sumo Pool
> Today's Picks [image: 2008]
> 9 March, 2008 to 23 March, 2008 Day 3 (11-Mar-2008)
>
> ISPBout error '800a9c68'
>
> Application-defined or object-defined error
>
> /ISP.ASP, line 13
>
> I'm using Firefox on Kubuntu 7.10, 64 bit athlon cpu
>
> Can you help me?
>
> Sharinoumi
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