Server is too busy at the moment

guy lateur · 20 June 2017, 17:43

I just got this when trying to access the site, from about 17:20 to 17:40. I've never had it before on this site. Anyone else experiencing this?

I know they had similar issues at amibay, but they kind of sorted it out. See here: http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php...-at-the-moment

DamienD · 20 June 2017, 17:52

Yeah I'm getting a lot of these recently; it is what it says I guess... too many members & guests logging in at the same time.

Thread moved to this section, project.EAB, which boss man RCK monitors

guy lateur · 20 June 2017, 17:54

Thanks for moving this to the right place.

It turned out to not be related to the number of concurrent users on amibay; it had to do with some chinese search bots or something. They ended up blocking the whole of china, I believe. I kid you not!

DamienD · 20 June 2017, 17:57

I believe you

If you click on Currently Active Users at the top of EAB you will see pages of Spiders crawling various threads etc...

Amiga1992 · 20 June 2017, 17:59

I get a lot of these lately too. I wonder if it can be averted, if the site can be protected somehow.

guy lateur · 20 June 2017, 17:59

It was that Baidu thing!

Superman · 20 June 2017, 23:03

I have had it over the last few days a few times. Its a strange one as Im sure this site has plenty of bandwidth.

meynaf · 21 June 2017, 10:43

Is this related to the database error we occasionnally get, or not ?

RCK · 26 June 2017, 00:01

It's related to our database who can't give everyone a connexion, it's happening when spiders crawling and jumping into EAB and HOL

I can't do more with currect hardware (not enough ram), but I have already a new server at datacenter for abime.net more powerfull.
I think I will move our website one to one in august 2017, I will keep you informed when it will be done

DamienD · 26 June 2017, 00:37

Sounds like you could do with people:

a) being an "EAB supporter" plus making sure that they click on at least 3 different ads per day.
b) donate.

I usually try to do "a)" as much as I remember to, "b)" has now been done

Let's get some new hardware for the "abime.net" network

Leffmann · 26 June 2017, 13:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by DamienD

a) being an "EAB supporter" plus making sure that they click on at least 3 different ads per day.

Google are very sensitive to all kinds of cheating or trickery with AdSense, and any odd patterns or spam-clicking are usually detected.

If users start clicking just to click, then it could hit back and in the worst case get the EAB AdSense account deactivated.

DamienD · 26 June 2017, 14:02

As long as you're not going crazy then all is ok.

Let's say you check EAB 3 times a day at various intervals. Clicking once per session is cool.

Amiga1992 · 07 March 2018, 20:50

Man this is happening every day, what can we do to help? it's really disrupting.
Was the server ever upgraded?

emufan · 07 March 2018, 21:16

thats crazy: current active search bots - if i'm not wrong, it list 95 search bots online

#1) some with multiple instances, isnt there a way to restrict each to only one connection?
now 107 spider/bots/crawlers.

#2) maybe something like mod_qos for apache:

Code:

# set the conditional variable to Spider
BrowserMatch (slurp|googlebot|bingbot) Spider
# limits the number of concurrent spider requests to 5 and bandwidth to 50kbytes/s
QS_EventRequestLimit Spider 5
QS_EventKBytesPerSecLimit Spider 50

#3) 134 bots now.

MigaTech · 07 March 2018, 21:55

This has happened 4 times today alone, even if you are logged in or out!

It also lasted for more than 20 minutes.

hiho · 07 March 2018, 22:32

It could be an attack.

ptyerman · 08 March 2018, 05:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by MigaTech

This has happened 4 times today alone, even if you are logged in or out!

It also lasted for more than 20 minutes.

Consider yourself lucky it was only 20 minutes, a couple of week back I couldn't even load the site for 10 hours!
I agree with the rest, this is ridiculous and something needs doing. If search and ad network spiders are to blame, isn't their some sort of legal action that can be taken? It does amount to a DDOS attack which is illegal after all!

alexh · 08 March 2018, 08:25

Can you put the metadata in to prevent crawlers?

<meta name="ROBOTS" CONTENT="noindex, nofollow">
<meta name="AdsBot-Google" content="noindex" />
<meta name="googlebot" content="noindex" />

malko · 08 March 2018, 08:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by guy lateur

[...] it had to do with some chinese search bots or something. They ended up blocking the whole of china, I believe. I kid you not!

As these boots don't have access to torrents sites, they are looking for DamienD's Collection & Update for sure

!

More seriously it's really disturbing and happens frequently during European daytime. Even yesterday night (between 23:00 & 00:15) I was not able to browse EAB at all.... even if I was connected

. Positive thing is that I went to bed earlier this night

.

CodyJarrett · 08 March 2018, 09:17

The new server is 90% ready but RCK still needs to migrate the websites.

There is a deadline in a month's time because the old server is scheduled to be retired.

07 March 2018, 21:16	#14
emufan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: #DrainTheSwamp Posts: 4,545	thats crazy: current active search bots - if i'm not wrong, it list 95 search bots online #1) some with multiple instances, isnt there a way to restrict each to only one connection? now 107 spider/bots/crawlers. #2) maybe something like mod_qos for apache: Code: # set the conditional variable to Spider BrowserMatch (slurp\|googlebot\|bingbot) Spider # limits the number of concurrent spider requests to 5 and bandwidth to 50kbytes/s QS_EventRequestLimit Spider 5 QS_EventKBytesPerSecLimit Spider 50 #3) 134 bots now. Last edited by emufan; 07 March 2018 at 21:37.

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20 June 2017, 17:43	#1
guy lateur Registered User Join Date: May 2017 Location: Belgium Age: 50 Posts: 334	Server is too busy at the moment I just got this when trying to access the site, from about 17:20 to 17:40. I've never had it before on this site. Anyone else experiencing this? I know they had similar issues at amibay, but they kind of sorted it out. See here: http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php...-at-the-moment

20 June 2017, 17:52	#2
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Yeah I'm getting a lot of these recently; it is what it says I guess... too many members & guests logging in at the same time. Thread moved to this section, project.EAB, which boss man RCK monitors

20 June 2017, 17:54	#3
guy lateur Registered User Join Date: May 2017 Location: Belgium Age: 50 Posts: 334	Thanks for moving this to the right place. It turned out to not be related to the number of concurrent users on amibay; it had to do with some chinese search bots or something. They ended up blocking the whole of china, I believe. I kid you not!

20 June 2017, 17:57	#4
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	I believe you If you click on Currently Active Users at the top of EAB you will see pages of Spiders crawling various threads etc...

20 June 2017, 17:59	#5
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	I get a lot of these lately too. I wonder if it can be averted, if the site can be protected somehow.

20 June 2017, 23:03	#7
Superman Super Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Wakefield Age: 48 Posts: 1,334	I have had it over the last few days a few times. Its a strange one as Im sure this site has plenty of bandwidth.

21 June 2017, 10:43	#8
meynaf son of 68k Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lyon / France Age: 51 Posts: 5,323	Is this related to the database error we occasionnally get, or not ?

26 June 2017, 00:01	#9
RCK Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Paris / France Age: 45 Posts: 3,089	It's related to our database who can't give everyone a connexion, it's happening when spiders crawling and jumping into EAB and HOL I can't do more with currect hardware (not enough ram), but I have already a new server at datacenter for abime.net more powerfull. I think I will move our website one to one in august 2017, I will keep you informed when it will be done

26 June 2017, 00:37	#10
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Sounds like you could do with people: a) being an "EAB supporter" plus making sure that they click on at least 3 different ads per day. b) donate. I usually try to do "a)" as much as I remember to, "b)" has now been done Let's get some new hardware for the "abime.net" network

26 June 2017, 14:02	#12
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	As long as you're not going crazy then all is ok. Let's say you check EAB 3 times a day at various intervals. Clicking once per session is cool.

07 March 2018, 20:50	#13
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Man this is happening every day, what can we do to help? it's really disrupting. Was the server ever upgraded?

07 March 2018, 21:55	#15
MigaTech Only Amiga !! Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 588	This has happened 4 times today alone, even if you are logged in or out! It also lasted for more than 20 minutes.

07 March 2018, 22:32	#16
hiho Registered User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: San Antonio, USA Posts: 74	It could be an attack.

08 March 2018, 08:25	#18
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,339	Can you put the metadata in to prevent crawlers? <meta name="ROBOTS" CONTENT="noindex, nofollow"> <meta name="AdsBot-Google" content="noindex" /> <meta name="googlebot" content="noindex" />

08 March 2018, 09:17	#20
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	The new server is 90% ready but RCK still needs to migrate the websites. There is a deadline in a month's time because the old server is scheduled to be retired.

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