[CP5670]

Huh?

The problem is most likely only on my end, as I have the Windows colors set for green text on black backgrounds. I think it's using the default Windows color for the background but not for the text (which is always black). I'll just wait until the theme is upgraded.

[Nix]

For a moment I thought I was over at TTLG *shivers*

[Fury]

If you are wondering what that 15 min pause while the forums weren't loading was about, it was scheduled database backup. Normally it runs about 1AM in Fridays (GMT+1 I think), however this time it was ran manually. When a backup is taken, database tables are locked to preserve data integrity, this is why the forums won't load while a backup is being taken. The SMF database is currently 900MB big, so it takes a while to backup. A 15 minute pause once (or twice if ran manually) in a week is not bad, it is backing up your precious posts after all.

Similar scheduled backup is also scheduled for all databases, including the FS Wiki. Although these databases are small enough that nobody probably won't notice the brief period of when database is locked. We've had backups running for 4 months by now, but after the recent forums upgrade and creation of the search index, the backup process takes a lot longer than what it did before.

[Polpolion]

Its all due to the sheer amount of posts and threads you have spammed over the years.

Sorry.

[Fury]

We are planning to have another maintenance in the near future, possibly the next weekend or the one after next weekend. During the upcoming maintenance we will do following:

- Replace Apache 2.0 with LightTPD 1.4.11 or newer.
- Upgrade PHP 4.4 to PHP 5.1.4 or newer.
- Upgrade MySQL 4.1 to MySQL 5.0.21 or newer.
- Optimize LightTPD, PHP and MySQL settings.

The biggest change will no doubt be that Apache will be replaced by LightTPD. There will be two major changes regarding this change. First of, .htaccess files will no longer work, use PHP authentication instead, you can probably find other guides from the net as well. Secondly, we are planning to introduce a new subdomain called downloads.hard-light.net. In the future all public file downloads should be uploaded to this new subdomain, uploading is easy, all you need is an ftp client. What's the deal with this subdomain then? The deal is that we are limiting total throughput of this downloads subdomain to 100Mbps. 100Mbps is enough for all file downloads and does not clog available bandwidth. Traffic shaping is a feature of LightTPD, and Apache does not support it. However, should we encounter bad compatibility issues with LightTPD (Apache being pretty much the industry standard and all), we will drop the subdomain idea and use Apache 2.2.2 or newer instead. If you are curious about LightTPD, visit their homepage.

If you are wondering about maintenances, let me remind you that last time when server softwares were touched was January, I think. A little over week ago we only upgraded SMF forums and shortly afterwards upgraded MediaWiki. (Patience, HLP themes are coming... )

[Cobra]

i can't wait to see the new HLP theme. this nekkid theme is driving me crazy.

oh, and kudos on the other stuff too. (which i know jack **** about. )

[Skippy]

We are planning to have another maintenance in the near future, possibly the next weekend or the one after next weekend. During the upcoming maintenance we will do following:

- Replace Apache 2.0 with LightTPD 1.4.11 or newer.
- Upgrade PHP 4.4 to PHP 5.1.4 or newer.
- Upgrade MySQL 4.1 to MySQL 5.0.21 or newer.
- Optimize LightTPD, PHP and MySQL settings.

The biggest change will no doubt be that Apache will be replaced by LightTPD. There will be two major changes regarding this change. First of, .htaccess files will no longer work, use PHP authentication instead, you can probably find other guides from the net as well. Secondly, we are planning to introduce a new subdomain called downloads.hard-light.net. In the future all public file downloads should be uploaded to this new subdomain, uploading is easy, all you need is an ftp client. What's the deal with this subdomain then? The deal is that we are limiting total throughput of this downloads subdomain to 100Mbps. 100Mbps is enough for all file downloads and does not clog available bandwidth. Traffic shaping is a feature of LightTPD, and Apache does not support it. However, should we encounter bad compatibility issues with LightTPD (Apache being pretty much the industry standard and all), we will drop the subdomain idea and use Apache 2.2.2 or newer instead. If you are curious about LightTPD, visit their homepage.

If you are wondering about maintenances, let me remind you that last time when server softwares were touched was January, I think. A little over week ago we only upgraded SMF forums and shortly afterwards upgraded MediaWiki. (Patience, HLP themes are coming... )

Well, less than 100Mbps, as it's the server's maximum

[Fury]

Maximum of LightTPD you mean? Our server's behind a gigabit connection.

[Skippy]

Nvm then, I suppose I read the wrong page

[Fury]

It has been confirmed that maintenance is scheduled for next saturday-sunday (May 12th-14th). For more details, I am quoting my earlier post in this thread. Maintenance itself is most likely completed on saturday but further optimizations might be done on sunday. While the forums and everything else is open for business after the maintenance, server services still might be optimized and it may be necessary to restart services such as webserver or database server to apply changes.

Please especially note the .htaccess change if you are using such files on hard-light.net. Thank you.

We are planning to have another maintenance in the near future, possibly the next weekend or the one after next weekend. During the upcoming maintenance we will do following:

- Replace Apache 2.0 with LightTPD 1.4.11 or newer.
- Upgrade PHP 4.4 to PHP 5.1.4 or newer.
- Upgrade MySQL 4.1 to MySQL 5.0.21 or newer.
- Optimize LightTPD, PHP and MySQL settings.

The biggest change will no doubt be that Apache will be replaced by LightTPD. There will be two major changes regarding this change. First of, .htaccess files will no longer work, use PHP authentication instead, you can probably find other guides from the net as well. Secondly, we are planning to introduce a new subdomain called downloads.hard-light.net. In the future all public file downloads should be uploaded to this new subdomain, uploading is easy, all you need is an ftp client. What's the deal with this subdomain then? The deal is that we are limiting total throughput of this downloads subdomain to 100Mbps. 100Mbps is enough for all file downloads and does not clog available bandwidth. Traffic shaping is a feature of LightTPD, and Apache does not support it. However, should we encounter bad compatibility issues with LightTPD (Apache being pretty much the industry standard and all), we will drop the subdomain idea and use Apache 2.2.2 or newer instead. If you are curious about LightTPD, visit their homepage.

If you are wondering about maintenances, let me remind you that last time when server softwares were touched was January, I think. A little over week ago we only upgraded SMF forums and shortly afterwards upgraded MediaWiki. (Patience, HLP themes are coming... )

[redsniper]

w00t! Powder blue is gone. The ol' red and black has returned.

[Skippy]

1st maintenance phase finished. LightTPD won't be used for now
(Apache 2.2.2 is currently used)
So, .htaccess files works



Now, bed...

[Fury]

Unfortunately there were some moderate inconveniences with using LightTPD, so apparently Apache will stay as our choice of webserver for quite some time. However, we still haven't dropped downloads.hard-light.net idea completely, there are 3rd party Apache modules such as this one which just might do the trick. Still, the next phase is certainly optimization of Apache and MySQL.

Edit: We have set up http://downloads.hard-light.net for public file downloads. Hosted project members should see our Hosted Sites Support Forum for details.