Are the servers being updated?

[kretzy]

I was just wondering, because I keep getting the "our servers are busy due to overwhelming interest" message. Also when I click to enter a thread, I often get "server unavailable".

 

[Rower_CPU]

Must've just been a peak of high traffic or some periodic maintenance on the back-end.

 

[amacgenius]

Must've just been a peak of high traffic or some periodic maintenance on the back-end.

I was gonna say, I haven't gotten anything like that since WWDC 2005 (I had the special option for MWSF this year 😉).

 

[skoker]

I was gonna say, I haven't gotten anything like that since WWDC 2005 (I had the special option for MWSF this year 😉).

I was stuck during MWSF 06. No access at all, server trashed.

 

[WildCowboy]

Just noticed the same thing, and it happened around the same time. Is there scheduled maintenance going on in the middle of the (US) night this week?

 

[Kernow]

Just got the "Server busy due to overwhelming interest" message - 8am UK time, I guess middle of the night US time. When I finally got back in, there was a total of 700ish people online. 😱

Over the weekend, I actually got the full "Servers are being updated, please check back soon" message, so I guess you are right, there is some testing maintenance going one.

 

[WildCowboy]

Yes, the vBulletin software was updated over the weekend, but the recent "overwhelming interest" messages are a bit odd, considering the relatively low number of users online at this time of day.

 

[Rower_CPU]

I'm assuming the "overwhelming interest" message is the standard one when the DB server is busy - weekly backups/maintenance makes sense for Sunday around midnight.