Unable to access the site or Database Connection Error

Hey there,

Over the last couple weeks I’ve seen an uptick of error e-mails being sent my direction. These errors are stating “Max Connections reached to DB”. A good sign that the site is outgrowing its current infrastructure.

I’ve started to work with Ti our part-time system admin on the CGC front to spin up a dedicated Database Box to house the growing 1.5GB DB of Blender Artists.

Once this is set up, the site will go into maintenance mode for a short-ish bit of time, while we do a database dump and migrate that over to the new box. The cool thing is the front end will still remain on Rackspace Cloud sites, with the DB will be maintained on a dedicated performance server. Sounds good in theory, heh but should be great in implementation. :wink:

Will update more as I have it. The transfer should take place within a week. Appreciate the patience!

Update: This has been scheduled for 9:30pm CDT tonight! :slight_smile: