Server issues: New server

[czaper2]

state stopped
lastbeat 1394453765
globtime 535636764
users 312
chars 0
stage mapsave 0 1 8738 8799

Is that information anybody can access? If so, where can we see it, and how does it tell you the server should be up soon?

[Tonkyhonk]

state stopped
lastbeat 1394453765
globtime 535636764
users 312
chars 0
stage mapsave 0 1 8738 8799

so prolly it's going to be up again soon - be patient ...

well, i really do not understand what those numbers present there, borka. could you explain a bit?

loftar has been staying up super-late, like, up until around noon with SPF-80 (to block the sun) the last several days.
the server was shut down an hour or two after his last login time on salem forums.
im suspecting one of those "watch-dogs" loftar had implemented on haven the other day worked to automatically shut down the server, detecting some weird activities going on in game. (gah, abusers!)
if that is the case, then it wont be up for another few hours or till he wakes up, im afraid.

OR another possibility is that loftar has been trying to fix something weird without sleeping at all.

~detective tonky

[vatas]

I was able to log in.

[borka]

yep Server is up again

[Tonkyhonk]

01:49 Tonky > loftar, rate my detective skillz
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02:24 loftar > It was indeed the watchdog, Tonky.
02:26 Tonky > yay
02:26 Tonky > are you impressed with my detective skill?
02:27 Bandit_ > I love the implement of something like that.
02:27 Bandit_ > even if it happers my play time...WORTH IT!
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02:32 loftar > There's no obvious reason to assume it has anything with abuse to do, though, Tonky.
02:32 loftar > All the watchdog watches for is remaining swap space.
02:32 Tonky > ha ha, okay
02:33 Tonky > so it wasnt the abuse that caused the swap issue?
02:33 loftar > I'm not saying it *wasn't* abuse, either. I just don't know what actually causes it.
02:34 loftar > It always does seem to happen around the same time of day at least, though.
02:34 loftar > It seems it always happens at around 1-2 PM (my timezone).
02:34 Bandit_ > i noticed that too
02:34 Tonky > it may have something to do with playerbase at that time then
02:34 Bandit_ > between 2-4am here
02:34 loftar > It could, but it could also be something that happens regularly on the server for some reason.
02:35 loftar > Like the result of a cron run or something.

scissored some unrelated lines.

[ydex]

and now to spam F5 on the "home" page to see when server goes up lol, sooo bored

[Twardowski]

I'm just curious if these crashes are because the server can't handle these 300+ player farming and hunting at the same time or some griefer found a way to crash it and does it on purpose

[Netaktas]

I'm new here but does this server shut down/crash happens daily?

[Lord_of_War]

No not usually.

[LoW2]

Need report button...