News Archive: Week 4, 2009

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Hi all! Sorry for that recent bout of weirdness. Allow me to explain!

Keith and I rolled out some very important updates tonight, updates that we hope will improve performance considerably.

Subeta has two database servers, db1 and db2. At any given time, one of them is the "master" server, and the other is a "slave". This just means that only one server actually processes updates from the site, and the other is read-only... you can only ask it questions, not make changes on it. The slave server listens to the master to stay up-to-date on changes.

Prior to our updates tonight, Subeta only used the master server. The slave was around as a backup in case something happened to the master server, so we have a second server ready-to-go.

We've now completed changes to our code that allows us to use both servers at once. This means that instead of reading from only one database server, Subeta now uses two whenever it can. This means, ideally, that the load on our master server can be cut in half.

We're hoping this will result in a faster and more stable Subeta experience. However, the database code is used by the entire site, and it's impossible to test everything out by ourselves. So there may be problems. If you find a problem (something not working that used to), please make a report about it in the bugs forum, and we'll fix it as soon as we can!

Thanks,
Alex

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Aren't they... annoying? The Mini Gelatins are back and ready to ... well, they can't really beat you up. Regardless, you should probably take them down in the <a href=/games/battle/index.php>Battle Coliseum</a>

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Vending has been decreased to 2 tokens again!

<center> </center> <BR /><Br /> During a recent trip to the <a href=/explore/krypts.php>Krypts</a> Blake Steele collected quite a bit of the Frankencluck and Frankenpie pieces. To fund further trips into the Krypts, he has sold them to the <a href=/explore/fragmentizer.php?act=shop>Crystal Shop</a>!

<center> </center><br /> The following is the transcript of a Subeta News Network special report from the front lines of the war against squirrels: <br /><br /> Database server 2 sustained heavy damage today when squirrels overran a disk array controller, forcing technicians to update its firmware. <br /><br /> Fortunately, no civilian data was harmed, as database server 2 was operating solely in backup capacity at the time. <br /><br /> However, the recent squirrel attack will result in a 15-minute downtime window tonight beginning at 1 AM Subeta time, in order to repair the broken link between the database servers. <br /><br /> Programmer alx announced the downtime earlier today, as well as hinted that new tactics are being deployed to hopefully win the war against Subeta's squirrel population once and for all. <br /><br /> That's all we have at this time. Thank you for listening to Subeta News Network!

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The squirrels continue to invade! You can find the Keelsql in the <a href=/explore/fragmentizer.php?act=shop>Crystal Shop</a>!

The Rainyday Solar Flare, Fallen Fallacy Faith, and The Court Jesters Misery Bound lines have been retired from <a href="http://www.subeta.net/shop.php?shopid=33">Subeautique</a>. :(

I am not quite sure if this wig is suitable to wear, but the people at the <a href="http://www.subeta.net/explore/ticenter.php">Token Shop</a> assure me it is perfectly fine. Do you trust them enough to wear it? :x