Post by Global Moderator on Jun 4, 2004 11:32:16 GMT
I've had a number of Private Messages regarding the 'too many connections' message people are seeing.
I thought a bit of explanation and guidance might help to avoid problems.
Explanation:
This forum is provided as a free service, which is why we have banner advertising at the top of all the pages, one of the limitations of the free service is that our forum 'shares' a web server(s) with a number of other free forums.
In order to control the load being applied to the shared server at any one time the hosting company limit the number of users that can connect to it.
As the web server is physically located in the United States you will find that peak usage times in the US will coincide with slow access and the 'too many connections' messages you might see when you login here.
I have contacted the proboards20 support team and I am assured that the company has a history of expanding server hardware to their free boards as the need arises but that these occasional peaks they are monitoring at the moment are quite sporadic and random, usually occurring for a few days before subsiding.
Guidance.
If you come here and cant get in because of the 'too many connections' message please follow the instructions it contains, try again a few seconds later, don't just refresh the page and please don't keep refreshing the page over and over again, that simply exacerbates the problem by inundating the web server with even more connection requests!
If you get the message appear when you try to submit a posting the first thing to do is hit your browsers back-button, that will return you to the posting page with your carefully crafted prose.
The second thing to do is go get a cup of tea and try your post again a little later, if you just can't get off the 'net then you can always start another browser window and go surf somewhere else for a minute or two.
Resolution.
An 'IPMS members-only forum' is planned for the new website, ultimately it is the committees decision if it gets included. I have no control over that either but if it is added then the specification is for a paid, dedicated hosting arrangement. That will stop the access problems.
Request.
Assuming nobody has any questions regarding the above then might I ask that users please refrain from sending me complaints about the 'error', it isn't an 'error' as such and I cannot do anything to correct it. It is a service limitation that proboards20 apply to their servers.
Many thanks.
I thought a bit of explanation and guidance might help to avoid problems.
Explanation:
This forum is provided as a free service, which is why we have banner advertising at the top of all the pages, one of the limitations of the free service is that our forum 'shares' a web server(s) with a number of other free forums.
In order to control the load being applied to the shared server at any one time the hosting company limit the number of users that can connect to it.
As the web server is physically located in the United States you will find that peak usage times in the US will coincide with slow access and the 'too many connections' messages you might see when you login here.
I have contacted the proboards20 support team and I am assured that the company has a history of expanding server hardware to their free boards as the need arises but that these occasional peaks they are monitoring at the moment are quite sporadic and random, usually occurring for a few days before subsiding.
Guidance.
If you come here and cant get in because of the 'too many connections' message please follow the instructions it contains, try again a few seconds later, don't just refresh the page and please don't keep refreshing the page over and over again, that simply exacerbates the problem by inundating the web server with even more connection requests!
If you get the message appear when you try to submit a posting the first thing to do is hit your browsers back-button, that will return you to the posting page with your carefully crafted prose.
The second thing to do is go get a cup of tea and try your post again a little later, if you just can't get off the 'net then you can always start another browser window and go surf somewhere else for a minute or two.
Resolution.
An 'IPMS members-only forum' is planned for the new website, ultimately it is the committees decision if it gets included. I have no control over that either but if it is added then the specification is for a paid, dedicated hosting arrangement. That will stop the access problems.
Request.
Assuming nobody has any questions regarding the above then might I ask that users please refrain from sending me complaints about the 'error', it isn't an 'error' as such and I cannot do anything to correct it. It is a service limitation that proboards20 apply to their servers.
Many thanks.