Forum record today: most ever online

[Doctor Q]

As I post this, the count of forum participants reached an all-time high of 3,850, but it's still growing.

We're nearly at a peak of 4000 today.

The forums have had only a few momentary glitches, and have held up remarkably well under the load.

[Doctor Q]

I spoke too soon. By the time I clicked, it was over 4,100!

Thanks for being here, everyone.

[Lacero]

Over 4,300.... :eek:

[MacNut]

See what Intel will do to a forum.:p

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Here's to WORLD DOMINATION... <muaahahaha>

[rdowns]

Over 4,300.... :eek:

Sorry for your loss (see his new 'tar).

Has that itch cleared up yet?

[mjstew33]

See what Intel will do to a forum.:p
LOL. Great update!

[Doctor Q]

It reached 4,486 ten minutes ago as an aftershock of the keynote, dropped way down to 1,600 or so, and is now headed back up, as post-keynote discussion begins.

[MacNut]

It reached 4,486 ten minutes ago as an aftershock of the keynote, dropped way down to 1,600 or so, and is now headed back up, as post-keynote discussion begins.That would explain why I couldn't get in 10 mins ago.:)

hows the server load by the way, is the fire dept needed.

[devilot]

Yay! It was fun being able to watch the Keynote unfold via MRlive.

Thanks to all the behind-the-scenes people who helped keep MR running smoothly.

[FoxyKaye]

Absolutely wonderful job by the MRLive team - this was the smoothest session I've watched in three years. No loss of connectivity, updated consistently every 60 seconds. No bandwidth issues whatsoever. Great job - reading about all the "behind the scenes" technology while Steve blathered for 35 minutes on iLife was fun too.

Thanks folks, that was a stupendous accomplishment!

[Lacero]

Has that itch cleared up yet?
Oh yes! :D But unfortunately, I soiled my chair pretty badly in all the Macworld excitement, so I'm leaving for Office Depot to get a replacement soon.

Here's to the Crazy Ones http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=35452 (http://www.uriah.com/apple-qt/movies/think-different.mov)

[arn]

It reached 4,486 ten minutes ago as an aftershock of the keynote, dropped way down to 1,600 or so, and is now headed back up, as post-keynote discussion begins.

The drop was becaues I had to reboot the server because the Max # of connecctions was too low, artificially limiting how many people could be on at once.

arn

[emw]

5700?? Wow. I think overall the system has been holding up nicely. It's good to see that people are looking here for information.

[Doctor Q]

The next peak was 5,890 forum members, an hour and 15 minutes after the end of the keynote.

[Lord Blackadder]

A fantastic job by Arn et. al. - Thanks for founding, maintaining and improving this site!

We demolished the old record again. Getting towards 6k? Holy cow!

[xsedrinam]

The next peak was 5,890 forum members, an hour and 15 minutes after the end of the keynote.
[peeks in door through crowd noise] It's a jungle out here! Way to go, MR![/peeks back out]

[Lacero]

Ironic that the forum postings are way down (it's like a ghost town) but the users online is at a steady 4000 for the past half hour or so. Mods got it easy. :p

[MacNut]

Do we get champagne for this big event?

[Jaffa Cake]

That would explain why I couldn't get in 10 mins ago.:)I've only just managed to get in – I've been confronted with 'Server busy' messages for the past two hours. Hopefully I'll actually be able to make this post without seeing any more!

[Kernow]

I've only just managed to get in – I've been confronted with 'Server busy' messages for the past two hours. Hopefully I'll actually be able to make this post without seeing any more!

Damn - beat me to it! I've been blocked out for the last couple of hours too... Don't know if this is UK only, or worldwide, but it has been a bit frustrating, especially as Macrumorslive worked so well (congrats on that - very impressive :) )

[Jaffa Cake]

EDIT: Whoops, with all the 'Server Busy' messages I've been getting I didn't realise that my previous post had actually got through. Sorry 'bout the duplicate. :o

I will say though that the live feed kept me well informed with what was going on, so thanks for that guys!

[bursty]

So maybe time for a server upgrade? Its been a bitch trying to get on here all day with all the "Server busy" warnings.

[pknz]

So proud to be part of that 3,850!

[WildCowboy]

Posting just now returning to normal for me...I gave up for a good four hours because of all the "server busy" messages. It held up almost all the way through the keynote though...it was the aftermath that did it in.

Not knocking on you guys...you do a fantastic job with the site.

[arn]

burst traffic is hard to handle on the forums.

Obviously if traffic sustains at high levels, we can add another server, but it's not realistic to do that if this is a once or twice a day every year sort of phenomenon.

arn

[WildCowboy]

burst traffic is hard to handle on the forums.

Obviously if traffic sustains at high levels, we can add another server, but it's not realistic to do that if this is a once or twice a day every year sort of phenomenon.

arn

Eh...bring some old servers out of the closet and hook them up when a Stevenote's coming up. :D

[MacNut]

This Stevenote was a lot bigger then any before it as the big Intel news was announced so I doubt the traffic will ever be as big as it was today for a long time.

[Lacero]

I would donate my G5 processor cycles if that's remotely possible to do.

Maybe something similar to TOR or onion routing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_routing) so the load can be balanced across many machines. Don't know if such a system exists.

Here's to the Crazy Ones http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=35452 (http://www.uriah.com/apple-qt/movies/think-different.mov)

[MacNut]

I would be interested to see the new member numbers of how many people joined up today. Could it be a record sign up day?

[Doctor Q]

I would donate my G5 processor cycles if that's remotely possible to do.Hmmm... distributed forum hosting among all members' computers. Limeforum?

[mad jew]

I would donate my G5 processor cycles if that's remotely possible to do.

Maybe something similar to TOR or onion routing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_routing) so the load can be balanced across many machines. Don't know if such a system exists.


I'd be up for that too if need be. :)

[MacNut]

I'd be up for that too if need be. :)we could use something as the door is getting a little jammed again.

[WildCowboy]

I would be interested to see the new member numbers of how many people joined up today. Could it be a record sign up day?

102 new users so far today...I have no idea whether that's a record or not.

[arn]

102 new users so far today...I have no idea whether that's a record or not.

nah.... the registrations were probably throttled by the Busy messages.

arn

[bursty]

Apple does maybe 3-4 major releases a year which causes heavy forum traffic the night before, the day of, and the day after that release. Just seems like it would be useful to beef up the servers, because they are ALWAYS down during an event like today.

[kretzy]

Quite an achievement. Well done to the MR team! I suppose this record explains countless "due to overwhelming demand" server is busy messages. :p

[maya]

Do you think Steve Jobs was advertising "Mac Rumors" by mentioning "Apple Rumors"? :confused: ;) :D

[macEfan]

w00t! Good Job Mac Rumors! *shouts with glee*

[kretzy]

Do you think Steve Jobs was advertising "Mac Rumors" by mentioning "Apple Rumors"? :confused: ;) :D
I thought the same thing while I was watching the Keynote. I wonder how often he frequents this site, or which member he's disguised as. :p

[Doctor Q]

I thought the same thing while I was watching the Keynote. I wonder how often he frequents this site, or which member he's disguised as. :pHe is not disguised at all, but he doesn't post much.

[2nyRiggz]

i must give it to MR for the live stuff....thank u peepz im happy to be apart of this...


Bless

[law guy]

So maybe time for a server upgrade? Its been a bitch trying to get on here all day with all the "Server busy" warnings.

Yes, I sat through a long period of server busy message for a long while after the MRLIVE coverage. Would the peak have been higher but for the busy messages or does the number count everyone who could get to the front page but not the forums? I really enjoyed the coverage (very little work was accomplished during that period), btw thanks to everyone who made it possible.

[Doctor Q]

Would the peak have been higher but for the busy messages...Yes.
...or does the number count everyone who could get to the front page but not the forums?No.

[mad jew]

He is not disguised at all, but he doesn't post much.


He hasn't quite grasped Safari's Check Spelling As You Type function either...

[Kernow]

I would donate my G5 processor cycles if that's remotely possible to do.

Maybe something similar to TOR or onion routing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_routing) so the load can be balanced across many machines. Don't know if such a system exists.

Here's to the Crazy Ones http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=35452 (http://www.uriah.com/apple-qt/movies/think-different.mov)

I have no idea if this is anyway possible, but it sounds like a good idea - count me in if you ever decide to investigate this.

[Dalriada]

Arn, is it not possible to breakdown the "Most users ever online was 5,890, Yesterday at 08:56 PM" into how many members and how many guests..... would be interesting to see the record no. of members on board at any one time.

- Dal

[dubbz]

I thought the same thing while I was watching the Keynote. I wonder how often he frequents this site, or which member he's disguised as. :p

How much do we really know about arn?

Hmmmmm.....

[sethypoo]

Here's to WORLD DOMINATION... <muaahahaha>

Yes.....I can see it now.....today rumors, tomorrow, the world!

[2nyRiggz]

we are the future.....we come for your daughters and small babies....we control the world everyone else pays rent.............well im paying rent too, stupid landlord!:p


Bless

[Doctor Q]

Today's "event" brought over 5000 simultaneous users to the forums, short of the record of 5890 but a heavy load nevertheless.

I hope forum server performance was OK for most users.

[eva01]

Today's "event" brought over 5000 simultaneous users to the forums, short of the record of 5890 but a heavy load nevertheless.

I hope forum server performance was OK for most users.

horrible for me T___T

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Lots and lots of "Our forum server is too busy at the moment. Please try again later." messages... including now when I was trying to answer to this thread... :rolleyes:

[Kernow]

I gave up trying to get into the forums due to the constant 'Server busy' messages, and have only just really been able to get back in.

[MacNut]

Was this news really that big and exciting that it needs to bring the site to a halt.:confused:

[WildCowboy]

Yep...forum performance was pretty bad today. Still getting a fair number of busy messages two hours after the end of the event and we're down under 3500 users online.

I don't mean to pile on...you guys do a fantastic job with the site. No one can stand up to the crush of Apple fans.

[arn]

Yep...forum performance was pretty bad today. Still getting a fair number of busy messages two hours after the end of the event and we're down under 3500 users online.

I don't mean to pile on...you guys do a fantastic job with the site. No one can stand up to the crush of Apple fans.

nah, it's time... next time for an event, we'll try to have a spare server to try to handle the additional load.

arn

[ibook30]

In spite of the problems - which I had a chance to enjoy - I was extremely grateful for the coverage and comments on the event.