Forum record today: most ever online

[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...

 

[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.

 

[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.