   HTTP 500's
  I'm getting a lot of them lately at this site.  Is anyone else having this problem?  Anything I could do about it?   
  Yeah me too HTTP Error 500.13 - Server error: Web server is too busy.I bet some nasty piece of work is attacking gamedev.net with a DoS attack.   ;  More like people are actually accessing the site. As far as I know, it's not a new problem. At least, I've seen this and other errors regularly for as long back as I can remember. The server software just doesn't seem to be designed to scale very well. (Either that, or the site is much more popular than I'd expected)   ;  IIRC the explanation for it a few weeks ago was that one of their servers was coughing it's last breaths. Perhaps it's taking a little longer in it's death throws...   ;  I got "locked out" for about 30 minutes this morning due to 500's. I get them regularly, but todays was by far the worst period.I pointed it out to the Powers That Be on the off-chance they didn't already know about it.Jack   ;Quote:Original post by SpoonbenderThe server software just doesn't seem to be designed to scale very well.It's a combination of that, and a failing DB server. We're working on fixes for both.   ;  Yeah, I remember last year the same thin happened... It's just something we have to endure and things will get better.   ;Quote:Original post by Myopic RhinoQuote:Original post by SpoonbenderThe server software just doesn't seem to be designed to scale very well.It's a combination of that, and a failing DB server. We're working on fixes for both.Well, I don't know about other people, but if GDNet were to offer a contribution link, I would be more than happy to throw something towards the cost of the new system.   ;Quote:Original post by SpoonbenderThe server software just doesn't seem to be designed to scale very well.Are you referring to Microsoft IIS, or something else custom that isn't scaling properly?Can't believe that GameDev's been running IIS all this time, and this is the first time this problem's appeared.;  When I tried to access this thread in the morning I got a 500 and continued to until I had to leave when my keyboarding class ended. :S   