On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Dave Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Aug 16, 2011, at 11:45 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 1:58 PM, drew <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 14:49 -0400, drew wrote: >>>> On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 11:42 -0700, Dave Fisher wrote: >>>>> On Aug 14, 2011, at 11:39 AM, drew wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 11:18 -0700, Dave Fisher wrote: >>>>>>> On Aug 14, 2011, at 11:06 AM, drew wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 13:37 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: >>>>>>>>> On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 1:06 PM, drew <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> <big snip> >>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Just hit the templates site and it's back, I would rather we ask the >>>>>>>> current admin about what, if any, maintenance is needing done on the >>>>>>>> site, and then we should offer, if it would help, to try and find some >>>>>>>> volunteer help to get that done, asap. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Here is what an OSUOSL admin said in July when this happened last: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Looks like varnish died on the machine and I just kicked it. The >>>>>>>> site(s) >>>>>>>> should be back online now. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The sites have been in an unstable state for quite a while mostly >>>>>>>> because neither we (OSL) nor Sun/Oracle had time to fix the performance >>>>>>>> issues both of the sites entails. Couple that with the fact that the >>>>>>>> machines they power those sites are very underpower considering the >>>>>>>> load >>>>>>>> they take. It's gotten so bad that we've turned off notifications >>>>>>>> because they just go off all the time. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> What really needs to happen is to have the sites completely >>>>>>>> re-architected from the ground up with scaling in mind. At least one of >>>>>>>> the sites is a stock Drupal 5.0 with a very hacked core. I know some >>>>>>>> Sun/Oracle engineers had been working on fixing that into a Drupal 6 >>>>>>>> module but I'm not sure where that left off. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Anyways, If you would like some more help with how these sites can be >>>>>>>> fixed moving forward, please let me know. But we are strectched thin >>>>>>>> for >>>>>>>> resources. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The offer is there. I'll give anyone the admin's email and off the list >>>>>>> if you want to contact him. >>>>>>> >>>>>> Howdy Dave >>>>>> >>>>>> Well I'll not be much technical help with Drupal, however I can start by >>>>>> posting an email to the Apache infra ML and see if maybe there is >>>>>> someone skilled in the art willing to work with our current admin and >>>>>> the osu admin. I'll do that in a little bit here, if no one minds. >>>>> >>>>> Ideally someone here on the ML would be a Drupal guru. >>>> >>>> I'll send this one then - and if needed the other after a day or so..;-) >>> >>> Alright - well just tried to hit the extension site (from the OO.o front >>> page) 6 times, 5 'connection reset', 1 time success - then clicked on >>> templates and 'connection reset' >>> >>> No hands up here yet that I've seen. >>> >>> People do want to have this site up, yes? >>> >>> So - I said I'd not be much help, that isn't the same as no help. >>> >>> I assume all the drupal setup is under version control, or is it just >>> the custom changes (with any schema changes) - either way I can setup a >>> VM here and see about tackling an update from 5 to 6 (not 7???) >>> >> >> What are you trying to accomplish? >> >> I thought the fact that the extensions site was hosting software >> downloads that were not all under the Apache 2.0 license, and in some >> cases were not even OSS, made it impossible for us to be hosting the >> site on Apache servers. > > I think that Drew should investigate what is up at OSUOSL. > > There had been Oracle people working on it. The sysadmin there knows > something of what went on. > > They get so many warnings due to the load that they have turned off their > Nagios checks. > > Perhaps - there is a need for more machine at OSUOSL and that is all... > > Maybe that would be a good use for some of the non-Apache fundraising. Could > this be the spot for co-operation with other projects? >
+1 What do our LibreOffice lurkers think? > Regards, > Dave > > >> >> >>> _while_ >>> >>> Sending an email to the apache infra ml looking for additional help. >>> >>> OK >>> >>> //drew >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> //drew >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> > >
