ProBoards falling down?

[Amber]

Over the past couple of days, I've been getting HTTP 500 server errors when hitting the forums. I didn't think capture the message but the next time it does, I'll grab it and post it here.

[Webmonkey]

I've been hitting the boards a ton for the last few days and haven't seen any issues, but I can bet we've gotten a lot of traffic spikes with all the forum activity lately for Haunted House stuff. They are also going to v5 soon, so it's possible that has something to do with it. I've noticed that 30 simultaneous clicks seems to (in the past) have caused the boards to go a little sideways for a minute, but usually there's a 'you have exceeded 30 connections' message there, not an error 500.

Let me know if this is something that continues for you.

[Deleted]

I've experienced this as well. Once or twice every other day.

[Webmonkey]

MESSAGE FROM PROBOARDS STAFF:

Hi,

We're indeed aware, and most of it is actually due to some new servers we've been implementing over the week. We're moving a lot of forums around and are doing some stress testing of the new machines, so brief downtime can be expected for the next couple of days.

The overall goal with the new servers is to prevent the forum loading issues that have plagued some forums over the last couple of weeks. We apologize for the inconvenience, and trust me when I say no one is more frustrated than we are when things go down. But we are actively working on solutions with the resources we have available. Hopefully by the end of this week at the latest, these issues will be a thing of the past.

[Deleted]

Neat!