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Originally posted by Patchou
Hello everyone,
However, when the connection cannot be done, the software tried again after 5 minutes, again and again... since the release of the first beta, I estimate about 200,000 people downloaded the new version which is fantastic but which also causes a big problem... patchou.com being down, about 40,000 people every minute try to connect to check for an update, which means that I can't put the server back online with any host...
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Well, as soon as you get a server back online, then hypothetically the 40,000 hits/minute would only be a problem for the first 5 minutes, right? As long as you forewarn the host that there will be massive activity for 5 or so minutes, then I don't see where there would be a problem.
Or maybe I'm reading this all wrong...
Dogga
** I'll learn to read the whole thread before posting in the future
O I like the idea of a DNS "round robin" setup.
However, I have another kind of idea. You could eliminate the entire need for auto-updates by doing something like an opt-in program that would e-mail users of updated releases. The user could be prompted upon setup (in a future version, of course
) of the automatic e-mail reminder program, and if they chose to opt-in, they'd provide their e-mail address which would be encrypted and sent to the main database. Then, when an update is released, a simple script could e-mail any opted-in user, notifying them of an update, as well as a link to where they could download it. This would then limit any massive server traffic to the time of the initial release of each version (the traffic would consist of massive downloading of the new version, and the hits made to the website by any new user that decides to change their opt-in/out status of the reminder program).
Whatya think?
Dogga
patchou.com - new version - help!
