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Some database tweaks and updates this morning, let's see if it helps. Or hurts. :)

Changes this morning increased security, but apparently not performance. I will continue to investigate.

Sorry about the outage... took some drastic steps to lock things down and upgraded a variety of security tools. Please let me know if there are issues.

It's a server side issue, nothing to do with VPN usage. We are getting a lot of traffic from unexpected locations, so I am adding a bit more security.

Your leave has been cancelled. ;)

It’s a bit of a flaw in the system. Only subscribers can change status, so if that status lapses you can’t change or clear it any more. I’m out at the moment but if you’d like I can wipe it when I get back. Cheers Mike

Folks, unfortunately the site was down for a few hours this morning due to a server upgrade that introduced some serious issues. The problem has been resolved and we are back up as of a few minutes ago. Thanks for your patience. Cheers Mike

They test for standard medical illnesses such as diabetes, high cholesterol, etc. It's basically as if you got an annual check-up from your civilian doctor. Some illnesses (E.G. diabetes) would exclude you from service, but generally this is just to get a baseline of your health and make sure...

A couple of weeks with only the regular amount of issues... I think we can put this one to bed and move on to the next one. :)

Thanks MCG, I appreciate the past work and the heads-up. I've moved us from winter to Canada Day in the enoji world.  :cdnsalute:

Folks, A few fairly minor updates for Canada's 150th: Everyone has some subscriber rights for the long weekend, including no ads! The red menu You can select an all red Canada theme here Double MilPoints! Have a happy (and safe) Canada Day all! Cheers Mike

A quick update with good news... Immediately after the conversion, there was not much difference in the performance and number of connections (we even peaked at our max of 700 at least once). However we are now looking much better. For those who care, the database uses I/O credits to allow...

Currently at 72 connections so "all is good" in that regard.

In the recent past, the "big" problem is overwhelming the database with connections. Basically the database starts to fall behind when things get busy, and connections stack up, eventually hitting our max (700*) at which point new connections are flat out refused. That's wen you see the "could...

...and it's complete. Fingers crossed this will be a "good" change. :)

Folks, I am converting our database from (slow) magnetic to (fast) SSD. This will have an adverse effect on performance during the conversion but "should" help long term. I'll post again when the conversion is complete. Cheers Mike

It's our server, not the browser. Still tweaking the configuration to try to get the maximum out of it, but we are hitting some hard limits.

I know the comments about taking on bad examples/bloat are said in jest, but also likely said with some level of genuine concern. Realizing that CoS is very military/government term, I hesitated to use it at all. However shying away from the already established title for the role just so we...