Thehelper.net laggy

[IKilledKEnny]

Hello, recently I got this massage quiet frequently while viwing thehelper.net website.

"Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in /home/helpme/public_html/addhelpernews.php on line 9
I cannot connect to the database because: Too many connections"

And then I need to wait few minutes until I can again use the forum.

Also thehelper.net had became very slow, it can take over a minute to load a page while in the past it took few seconds.

Why is that? Is the forums becoming simply too active and need new server?

 

[mase]

Yea same thing is happenin for me...
I even got the vbulletin database error page.

 

[IKilledKEnny]

> I even got the vbulletin database error page

Yes that happened to me as well. Are the admins looking into those problems?

 

[Doom-Angel]

lol and i thought it's my internet which is lagging....
well it realy is slow.....

I even got the vbulletin database error page

happened to me as well

 

[Chocobo]

lol and i thought it's my internet which is lagging....
well it realy is slow.....

happened to me as well

It slowed down 2 hours ago.

 

[IKilledKEnny]

> It slowed down 2 hours ago.

Actaully is started being odd for me few days ago, but maybe that was the internet. For now I'm sure it's the website becuse other websites work well.

 

[SFilip]

> Are the admins looking into those problems?
Of course.
Though the cause is yet unknown, TH suspects that it was a DoS attack on one of the hosted sites.

 

[IKilledKEnny]

Thanks for letting us know, you all (mods and admins) are so helpful, thanks for working on it, I hope you would it right soon.

Also it works much better now.

 

[The Helper]

I can't find evidence of a DOS attack so I don't know what is going on. Something screwy is happening, it appears to be fixed for now but it will come back again I am sure.

 

[Hero]

I can't find evidence of a DOS attack so I don't know what is going on. Something screwy is happening, it appears to be fixed for now but it will come back again I am sure.

Whats a DOS attack? lol...I have no idea

 

[AceHart]

Denial Of Service.

 

[Hero]

Denial Of Service.

Ok...I see well that makes sense

 

[DDRtists]

Whats a DOS attack? lol...I have no idea

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

 

[Hero]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

Lol..thx but I don't trust wikipedia sometimes...for once I will

 

[Miz]

Wiki-Pedia is acuallty a good website (well starting to be) for Non-School Stuff because you need to be a member and have permission to edit it

For School stuff better stay away from it

 

[DDRtists]

Lol..thx but I don't trust wikipedia sometimes...for once I will

Um, why?

 

[SFilip]

Because any random person can come and write that Bill Gates killed Kennedy and that Eragon likes to rape little children?

 

[Miz]

Most of them now you have to get permission to do that and (i think you have to be a member)

 

[mase]

How hard is it to be a member?
How to become a member:
1) Click register
2) Fill out the register form
3) Activate your account (if necessary)
4) Edit away

 

[Miz]

yep lol

anyway thats why you save your crap so you can delete theres and just copy and paste but I like editing peoples