Holy F***, what is happening? Most Users Online today since 1 and 1/2 Years!

[Akka]

Most Online Today: 1828.

The last time so many people where online as Today was on 2011-06-08 !!!

See: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=stats

Is this thanks to Bitpay being at the CES?

Ohh, and BUY,BUY,BUY!!!

[k]

This was Top of Hacker News for a while earlier.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5043122


Would have driven a lot of traffic.

[mccorvic]

Explains why I can't load anything.

This development is certainly welcomed and I'm sure CES has something to do with it.  Hopefully the conspiracy theorists don't scare too many of them off with their wild rants

[repentance]

Why the hell is the forum unable to cope with the traffic given how much has been donated to upgrade the software?  Seriously, the software upgrade seems like vapor-ware at this point.

[thoughtfan]

I've been struggling with loading pages too and had been wondering why.  I'm not meaning to detract from what repentance is saying but I guess an inconvenience with forum response times is a small price to pay for the additional interest and subsequent impact on the growth and spread of Bitcoin

[Gabi]

That explains everything

Repentance, software update doesn't matter when a lot of ppl use a website, for so many ppl we would need better hardware, not software

[camolist]

Why the hell is the forum unable to cope with the traffic given how much has been donated to upgrade the software?  Seriously, the software upgrade seems like vapor-ware at this point.

the forum needs to be running on http://www.litespeedtech.com/ instead of apache

which i have offered up a license 100% free for use on the forum (i'd even pay the support/updates contract)  (for sale in this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=122271.0)

That explains everything

Repentance, software update doesn't matter when a lot of ppl use a website, for so many ppl we would need better hardware, not software

no. first step is replacing apache. then adding hardware if it is still a problem



put nicely apache is retarded in memory and cpu usage

[repentance]

That explains everything

Repentance, software update doesn't matter when a lot of ppl use a website, for so many ppl we would need better hardware, not software

OK, but are we looking at a huge amount for better hardware?  It seems crazy to be collecting thousands of dollars for better software if the hardware still can't handle more than 2,000 people online.

Whether it's hardware or software the forum needs, funds have been collected and at some point a decision to spend them on upgrading them needs to be made.

[cypherdoc]

That explains everything

Repentance, software update doesn't matter when a lot of ppl use a website, for so many ppl we would need better hardware, not software

OK, but are we looking at a huge amount for better hardware?  It seems crazy to be collecting thousands of dollars for better software if the hardware still can't handle more than 2,000 people online.

Whether it's hardware or software the forum needs, funds have been collected and at some point a decision to spend them on upgrading them needs to be made.

+1

[bbit]

Wow, this does bring back flashbacks to June ....

[420]

now I know why the site's running slow.

Won't get too excited until we beat the all time record...

[crazy_rabbit]

CES baby!

[klaus]

CES baby!

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/11/3864592/bitcoin-punks-go-corporate-at-ces

[farlack]

8-CPU Lease LSWS Enterprise
8-CPU Leased license of LiteSpeed Web Server Enterprise Edition
$92.00 USD Monthly
$999.00 USD Annually

Seeing as these forums are making more than this weekly, seems like this should be whats purchased.

[theymos]

I believe that the bottleneck is the database, not the web server.

[camolist]

8-CPU Lease LSWS Enterprise
8-CPU Leased license of LiteSpeed Web Server Enterprise Edition
$92.00 USD Monthly
$999.00 USD Annually

Seeing as these forums are making more than this weekly, seems like this should be whats purchased.

no reason.

even if the server has 8 cores. the two core version i am offering FOR FREE (i own a ton of them for my past business that are sitting unused) would work perfect

a server with 8 cores would run the web server on two and php/mysql on the other 6. the litespeed core license is just for the webserver itself php/mysql and such will still use all cores


i ran 1.5gbit/sec of entirely php (no static) traffic through litespeed for years

[420]

I believe that the bottleneck is the database, not the web server.

well how to fix that?

[camolist]

I believe that the bottleneck is the database, not the web server.

if that's the case

is it mysql or something similar?

run it on a second server connected to the first over the local network of the datacenter


and use ssd drives on the database server

[wtfvanity]

I believe that the bottleneck is the database, not the web server.

If it's just the database, you could always move to a MySQL cluster set up. Dedicated web server upfront (I like nginx and no license needed, still better than apache) and then the cluster sits behind and databases away.

How bottlenecked is the database? I only see it slow when slashdotting or something like this happens.

[the_thing]

It may have something to do with the fact that Moot accepts Bitcoins for his 4chan Pass and says so under every post form. Thus millions of people see the word Bitcoin everytime they write a post on 4chan. CES is nothing compared to that.