Tech: Error 503 Service Unavailable

Subject: RE: Tech: Error 503 Service Unavailable
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 05:29 AM

Thanks for the explanation Max.
Did the Ice Cream with a Flake in it arrive from WYSYWYG without melting, then?
Quack!
GtD.

Subject: RE: Tech: Error 503 Service Unavailable
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 06:07 AM

As a point of interest which I suppose could be of use to someone here. While I don't have vast amounts of data, I do have the backing up, etc. needs.

My situation is that I have 2 machines, one I run purely as a web server which is permanatly on. The other is my general purpose machine, which I use for development, browsing the internet or anything else. This machine may be on or off but I want to get a regular backup of my databases there where I can do whatever I may want with it at my leisure. What I do is schedule regular cron (read task manager for win) jobs to run this script on the server:

when=`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S`
filename="/backups/"$1"_"$when".bz2"
mysqldump $1 -h$2 -u$3 -p$4 | bzip2 -c >$filename
mail -s$1" backup" -a $filename jon < /dev/null
rm $filename

This script takes the details of the database I wish to back up, performs the backup, which it then "zips" to a file named with the database and the date/time of the backup. It then emails me the backup. When I start my general purpose machine up in the morning and check my email, I recieve the back ups that were taken in the early hours of the morning as email attachments.

Subject: RE: Tech: Error 503 Service Unavailable
From: katlaughing
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 09:55 AM

Giok, you had 100 babies?**bg**

Subject: RE: Tech: Error 503 Service Unavailable
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 10:26 AM

Yup 1 for each of my babies, and one more for the road!
G
[kat, does that mean you actually read this stuff? ☺]=

Subject: RE: Tech: Error 503 Service Unavailable
From: Greg B
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 11:01 AM

Max...

I've found it useful with MySQL machines, to have a second,
smaller, MySQL box which mirrors the data on the first
one.

We do data analysis, backups, etc. on that machine and
that way anything I do (like an outrageous query) affects
only the backup machine.

Another fun scenario is for all writes to take place on the
primary machine, but move reads and browsing to the #2
box.

Finally...I think this thing is on the old CF Forums, which
is pretty weak in terms of performance and reliability. We've
been pretty impressed with VBulletin.

Subject: RE: Tech: Error 503 Service Unavailable
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 11:37 AM

More traffic? HA

Subject: RE: Tech: Error 503 Service Unavailable
From: SINSULL
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 12:30 PM

It's lambing season in Scotland, kat. Giok's had a long cold winter.

Thanks, Max. My original question was out of frustration with my computer not Mudcat. Norton's update has created a few problems and now they have the nerve to send Pop-ups telling me I'm not covered. ARGGGHHHH! This after they send me a receipt.

By the way, when is Lightnin' due?

SINS

Subject: RE: Tech: Error 503 Service Unavailable
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 12:41 PM

I can't believe anyone still uses Norton......

Subject: RE: Tech: Error 503 Service Unavailable
From: Jeri
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 12:50 PM

I uninstalled Norton with extreme prejudice, and I'm running Avast!. It's free, it works, and it's small and sleek, and not cumbersome and primarily intended to make money for its owners because of users' dependency. Plus, it's got a pirate word for a name, which is, like, so cooool! Just my opinion.

Subject: RE: Tech: Error 503 Service Unavailable
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 07:30 PM

Greg B. I think Mudcat uses SQLServer, not MySQL (although I presume replication is possible) and while I believe it was based on an old CF demo program, it has had a lot of modification.

Subject: RE: Tech: Error 503 Service Unavailable
From: Max
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 07:51 PM

I'll be posting an update soon... about the family and the cat.

Subject: RE: Tech: Error 503 Service Unavailable
From: Bill D
Date: 28 Sep 06 - 07:52 PM

Like Jeri says, Avast is a good anti-virus...I happen to use AVG, because I'm used to it, and it works too.

Norton was fine when it was *Norton*, but who knows who runs it now? They are acting more like Adobe and Real everyday.

Subject: RE: Tech: Error 503 Service Unavailable
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 30 Sep 06 - 01:07 AM

I switched for a while to the Earthlink free security program (there is a fee if you don't have Earthlink as your internet provider). It kept crashing the computer--the blue screen of death is not my favorite thing to encounter when I push the "enter" button to do something innocuous. Since switching back, reluctantly, to Symantec, it has blocked more things I want to do but the computer hasn't crashed. It is a trade-off.

SRS