Hi Blake, Thanks for your reply with all of the detailed information, and thanks for all that you do for HOT!
I am glad to hear that the team is aware of the issue and that there are plans to resolve it. Mike On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > We are working to get this fixed permanently in the very near future > by distributing our infrastructure a bit more (1 month or less) and > make improvements to the Tasking Manager code so it is less demanding > on hardware in general (6 months). > > We also spent time last week trying to prepare the server for GeoWeek > knowing the load was going to be increased this week and met with > limited options for safely (read: untested changes) increasing > capacity. > > Over the last few months we have basically reached the limit of our > existing infrastructure as the load on the Tasking Manager has > increased due to increased use, which is, I do not want to say is > good, but an encouraging sign really because it is a result of both > organizations and mappers using the HOT Tasking Manager increasing a > fair amount. > > I apologize for it making mapping and validating more difficult, it is > very high priority for us, basically our top technical priority at the > moment. I really wish we were able get some of these infrastructure > improvements in place sooner but it just was not possible. > > Thank you for taking the time to write the email, we should have > communicated our awareness of the issue and our effort to get the > situation fixed more. > > Respectfully, > Blake > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Blake Girardot > Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team > skype: jblakegirardot > HOT Core Team Contact: [email protected] > > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Mike Thompson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The tasking manager seems to be slow and has been for some time. > Sometimes > > it is necessary to click on a choice multiple times before the tasking > > manager actually performs the requested action. Sometimes the project > grid > > doesn't show up right away or doesn't show up at all. Can anything be > done > > about this? It is slowing down mapping and validation, and it is > frustrating > > for new people who are just being introduced to the project (I try and > tell > > them that there are 1000's of people around the world on HOT projects and > > that is why things are slow). > > > > I know that many of the people that support the project are volunteers > and > > that budgets for hosting services are tight. I am not trying to be > > critical, but rather trying to raise awareness so that hopefully a > solution > > can be found. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > > HOT mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > >
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