Richie63
Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: Kent
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I keep getting this message pop up now and again when clicking on "new posts" and have to wait some time before it clears is it just me? 
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 20th May 2013 7:27 pm |
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Chippy
Member Since: 05 Jan 2012
Location: Surrey
Posts: 520
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No I keep getting it as well 
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| 20th May 2013 7:29 pm |
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Martin
Site Admin and Owner
Member Since: 06 Nov 2004
Location: Hook Norton
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Alright, no need to get angry 
You'll get this message for a maximum of 1 minute.
What's happening is that the site is being attacked on a relatively regular basis, it causes problems for the database server which shuts down to protect data. It is then restarted within 1 minute.
It's proving VERY difficult to stop these attacks, so catching the database shut down and restarting is the best I can do at the moment. 06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
Any issues with the site let me know!
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| 21st May 2013 8:54 am |
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DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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Who's attacking us? Mind you if it's peeps we've been rude to it'll be a long line!!  
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| 21st May 2013 9:23 am |
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Chippy
Member Since: 05 Jan 2012
Location: Surrey
Posts: 520
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Sorry for the angry face Martin but I couldn't find a frustrated smiley
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| 21st May 2013 10:16 am |
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drmcw
Member Since: 10 Mar 2009
Location: 9/10 people have trouble Reading
Posts: 1644
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I'm getting this error more frequently now it seems.
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| 6th Jun 2013 11:35 am |
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NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
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+1
Once already today.
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| 6th Jun 2013 11:41 am |
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Martin
Site Admin and Owner
Member Since: 06 Nov 2004
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 18563
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Topics merged, still the same issues  06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
Any issues with the site let me know!
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| 6th Jun 2013 11:48 am |
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Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
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I have a question Martin.
I don't know the issues behind the site logging these errors, but why does it only seem to be the D3/D4 forum that throws its toys out the pram?
I have never had an issue on the F/L2, RRS or FFRR forums. Admitedley, not on those as much, but they seem to plod along without a hiccup, whereas as the D3 one regularly gives errors.
It's not a moan or criticism, just curious if there is/was a reason My D3 Build Thread
TDV8 Retrofit Build Thread
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| 7th Jun 2013 5:59 am |
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Martin
Site Admin and Owner
Member Since: 06 Nov 2004
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 18563
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Hi Mike,
Due to the traffic (visitors) and size (volume of posts), DISCO3/4 is on its own server and so issues here don't hit the other sites.
It seems that DISCO3 is just more prone to denial of service attacks (attacks which cause the database to shut down) 06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
Any issues with the site let me know!
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| 7th Jun 2013 9:33 am |
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WOODY179
Member Since: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Chesterfield
Posts: 3654
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I had 2 problems that kept reoccurring last night from about 2130.
They were
'phpBB Critical Error : Cannot connect to database',
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taking 1 minutes (and longer) to load a page,
In the end I gave up
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| 12th Jun 2013 7:08 pm |
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yogi972
Member Since: 05 Jun 2011
Location: Kineton
Posts: 3373
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I just live with it, it's no big deal to me
To kill time l go and have a ponder around the Beemer forums 
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| 12th Jun 2013 7:14 pm |
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WOODY179
Member Since: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Chesterfield
Posts: 3654
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I went on the OU forums, and then finished off this weeks course work instead.
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| 12th Jun 2013 8:19 pm |
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Mike_Hammond
Member Since: 09 Mar 2013
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 148
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Are you not able to pin down the ip's that the attacks are originating from ? Normally it'll be from a relatively small ip allocation and hence can easily be blocked by the isp when reported.
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| 12th Jun 2013 8:32 pm |
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Martin
Site Admin and Owner
Member Since: 06 Nov 2004
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 18563
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Sadly not, they are from all over. 06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
Any issues with the site let me know!
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| 12th Jun 2013 8:34 pm |
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