Euros continuation thread…
(Spare a thought for our poor server) Robert
Emergency Server Upgrade
A message from Robert Smithson – who keeps PB running As some of you may have noticed, pb.com just had an hour of downtime. Checking through the logs, our machine has been running at 100% capacity for the last few days, and it’s time (again) to go through a necessary upgrade. Currently, Politicalbetting runs on a single server at 1and1.co.uk. On this machine there are two “programs” that run – one is the web server (apache2) and the other is…
Can Clinton Do It?
Hillary has a plan; win the popular vote and persuade the super-delegates that she is not just the better candidate but has a moral claim to the nomination. Should the gap in pledged delegates be less than 100, then this might just work. The only problem she has is that the maths is hard; very hard. Excluding Florida, Hillary needs to pull back 410,000 votes between now and the final primary. (And she’ll be hard pressed to include Puerto Rico…
Server Migration Complete
Surprisingly, the server migration appears to have gone through relatively painlessly. Hopefully the site should run a little more quickly now, especially under heavy load. Thanks for your patience, Robert
Upcoming Server Maintenance
As some of you may have noticed at 2:20am on Super Tuesday, our existing server infrastructure (which was put in place three and a half years ago), is creaking. A new server has been acquired, and on Sunday (starting in the small hours of the morning) we’ll be migrating everything across. With a little luck, everything will be up and running by 8am on Sunday morning. But, of course, it may take longer, be more complex, etc., than anticipated. Normal…
Technical Problems
Hi all, We seem to be having a few technical issues, and comments do not seem to be posting. I’m working on the problem, and hopefully the site should be OK in an hour or so. Thanks, Robert *UPDATE 7:51, I’ve restarted the mysql server, and things seem to be working now. I am going to be upgrading the server handware and software either this week or next. If there will be any downtime, I’ll let people know.*
Sorry about the problems
Hi all, For the first time for about six months, we’re having some problems with slow database access. In particular, attempts to post comments, or stories are very slow. I’m working on the problem and hope to have a solution soon. Thanks, Robert
Some small site issues
I’ve been trying to update a few things. Unfortunately, my meddling seems to have meant that Peter the Punter’s column is unavailable for comment! Hopefully everything else should be working fine, and normal service should soon be resumed. PLEASE USE THE LINK HERE FOR COMNMENTS ON PETER’S BRANDiNDEX PREDICTIONS