And we're back! Server transition complete.

[Brock Beauchamp]

So things are back up and running but will only be optimized once we get a better gauge on traffic and server load, which will take a week or so.

In the meantime, if you find a bug, post it here so we can get working on it (though I expect there will be very few bugs, that side of this transition usually isn't a huge problem).

[AussieG]

welcome back!

[TopGunn#22]

Thank You !!  

[Richie the Rally Goat]

Oh Thank God! I didn’t know what to do with myself and was running out of menial tasks to busy myself with while waiting for TD to come back up.

[Squirrel]

29 minutes ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

Oh Thank God! I didn’t know what to do with myself and was running out of menial tasks to busy myself with while waiting for TD to come back up.

Eh, I took a nap :)

[Parfigliano]

I was productive.  Made 4 and 1/2 pound rack of baby backs on my smoker.  Mesquite.  Delicious.

[nicksaviking]

18 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

So things are back up and running but will only be optimized once we get a better gauge on traffic and server load, which will take a week or so.

In the meantime, if you find a bug, post it here so we can get working on it (though I expect there will be very few bugs, that side of this transition usually isn't a huge problem).

The page loads are quite slow for me. I assume it's this part that's causing it?

This stuff is all beyond my comprehension though. 

[m-i-e-n-t-k-i-e-w-i-c-z]

1 hour ago, nicksaviking said:

The page loads are quite slow for me. I assume it's this part that's causing it?

This stuff is all beyond my comprehension though. 

Me too. I also have no idea how websites work, hah.

[Dman]

1 hour ago, nicksaviking said:

The page loads are quite slow for me. I assume it's this part that's causing it?

This stuff is all beyond my comprehension though. 

Have to agree pretty massive slowness for me so far.  Certainly slower than the site used to run before.  Delays are pretty significant for this day and age.  They are sure they are not running on backup site or dial up? lol.

This stuff can be tough but I can say I didn't expect it to be this slow.

[RaoulDuke]

I wasn't able to get on at all yesterday, today it will load from a twitter link to an article but 504s if I use the bookmark I had for it.

Very slow loads today.

[danielp19653]

Also seeing really bad load times, lots of 504s as well 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Yep, getting reports of 504s, working on it. We're going to have to spool up another server instance, we're still trying to evaluate what we need hardware-wise and how the site needs to be optimized. This new server is an entirely different framework and far more complex than our old setup. We'll get it sorted, just gonna take a little time.

Which is why we do this in mid-January.

[Parfigliano]

44 minutes ago, danielp19653 said:

Also seeing really bad load times, lots of 504s as well 

Me too

[Dman]

2 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Yep, getting reports of 504s, working on it. We're going to have to spool up another server instance, we're still trying to evaluate what we need hardware-wise and how the site needs to be optimized. This new server is an entirely different framework and far more complex than our old setup. We'll get it sorted, just gonna take a little time.

Which is why we do this in mid-January.

Just an FYI things are lightning fast for me now. Thanks for all you do!

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, Dman said:

Just an FYI things are lightning fast for me now. Thanks for all you do!

Just popped in to say we should be good now! We’ll continue to work around the margins but we’re in a nice stable place for now, it seems.

And you’re very welcome! Thanks for all of your patience!

[CRF]

You da man, Brock! Much appreciated!

[Longdistancetwins]

3 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

 

Which is why we do this in mid-January.

…while the Vikings are in a playoff game..:) I actually did try to follow the game thread here, even though I am not specifically a Vikes fan.  It was fun to see Twins fans I know here suffering through a big Vikings game. 

[RonCoomersOPS]

TwinsDaily isn't containerized and running on a Kubernetes cluster somewhere by now?

[Doctor Gast]

Thanks Brock! I appreciate it. It was a very frustrating time. The site crashed again this morning where I was kicked out. Hopefully things will get better.

[nicksaviking]

16 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Yep, getting reports of 504s, working on it. We're going to have to spool up another server instance, we're still trying to evaluate what we need hardware-wise and how the site needs to be optimized. This new server is an entirely different framework and far more complex than our old setup. We'll get it sorted, just gonna take a little time.

Which is why we do this in mid-January.

Don't you know that you should do these mid-December? January is when the Twins actually start to do things. December is when they do nothing and everyone wants to burn the site down!

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

6 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Don't you know that you should do these mid-December? January is when the Twins actually start to do things. December is when they do nothing and everyone wants to burn the site down!

Financially, down time in December hurts a lot more than January, as ad rates are roughly tripled.

Also, generally traffic is higher in December.

[wabene]

The site is the fastest I've ever experienced. 

[Squirrel]

31 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Don't you know that you should do these mid-December? January is when the Twins actually start to do things. December is when they do nothing and everyone wants to burn the site down!

 

At least they waited until AFTER all the Correa stuff … can you imagine if this was in the middle of that? I say, ‘Well timed, Brock!’

[Brock Beauchamp]

41 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

At least they waited until AFTER all the Correa stuff … can you imagine if this was in the middle of that? I say, ‘Well timed, Brock!’

Yeah, I spent a lot of time staring at a calendar. We had to schedule this months ago so it's was definitely a "put it on the calendar and hold your breath" situation.

One guy bitched and moaned that I did it on international signing day and I just didn't have time for his crap. I mean, it's bloody hard to schedule this kind of thing while working through personal schedules, the baseball calendar, traffic loads that will be impacted, etc. There are a dozen factors that have to be accounted for and when the dust settles, there are no "good" dates, only "more crappy" and "less crappy". And yeah, I chose "less crappy" for a half dozen reasons a casual outsider just doesn't understand.

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 hour ago, wabene said:

The site is the fastest I've ever experienced. 

That was the goal! Awesome!

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Yeah, I spent a lot of time staring at a calendar. We had to schedule this months ago so it's was definitely a "put it on the calendar and hold your breath" situation.

One guy bitched and moaned that I did it on international signing day and I just didn't have time for his crap. I mean, it's bloody hard to schedule this kind of thing while working through personal schedules, the baseball calendar, traffic loads that will be missed, etc. There are a dozen factors that have to be accounted for and when the dust settles, there are no "good" dates, only "more crappy" and "less crappy". And yeah, I chose "less crappy" for a half dozen reasons a casual outsider just doesn't understand.

I'm surprised you didn't get complaints that this spoiled the game thread for the Vikings WC game ... ;) 

[Parfigliano]

1 hour ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Yeah, I spent a lot of time staring at a calendar. We had to schedule this months ago so it's was definitely a "put it on the calendar and hold your breath" situation.

One guy bitched and moaned that I did it on international signing day and I just didn't have time for his crap. I mean, it's bloody hard to schedule this kind of thing while working through personal schedules, the baseball calendar, traffic loads that will be impacted, etc. There are a dozen factors that have to be accounted for and when the dust settles, there are no "good" dates, only "more crappy" and "less crappy". And yeah, I chose "less crappy" for a half dozen reasons a casual outsider just doesn't understand.

Less crappy is the best crappy.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

3 hours ago, Parfigliano said:

Less crappy is the best crappy.

With poop, less is more