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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forumswhy does du crash out so often late at night?
i couldn't access the site AGAIN for about fifteen minutes
this happens a lot. what's up with that?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)orleans
(34,073 posts)--it only happens with du
not any other site i go on or test out
and du is the only place i feel like going late at night
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Late night is maintenenance time, and that can slow things down if your sevice provider is busy doing things like that.
orleans
(34,073 posts)someone else just posted that the site goes down for maintenance & backup around the time it seems to go out for me. so...that's probably why.
i wonder why it only effects some users. you said it was okay at your end.
huh--computers are such a mystery to me.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)DU used to begin site maintenance just after 11pm Pacific, and if you posted at around 11:07 your post would appear two or even three times, all with the same timestamp.
DU's IT guru, Elad, later changed the maintenace time to later and eliminated that glitch--I think.
But I know Elad's still out to get us.
Angleae
(4,493 posts)orleans
(34,073 posts)whenever i first started this thread.
i wonder what they do for "maintenance" that doesn't allow some of us to access the website.
Angleae
(4,493 posts)TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)It's a daily maintenance thing the servers do. For me being on the east coast it happens around 4 a.m. I've long since just gotten used to it. It only lasts about 15 or 20 minutes anyway. Funny, but I've noticed that a number of sites do the daily maintenance at the same time... Home Depo's website always seems to go down at the same time that DU does, but their's takes nearly an hour to finish before you can get back in.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I probablyy shouldn't be posting this where he can see it.
TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)You do realize that with just a few keystrokes he can cook your brains.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Mwuhahahahaha! Lotsa luck getting to me!
TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)After all, this is Elad we're talking about here... with just a few seemingly innocuous keystrokes he could possibly by-pass your old school helmet cloaking device. But at least you have upgraded from the inside out potato chip bag helmet.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I'm goin' out to get lots more tinfoil. Let elad do his wurst. I'm gona be unpervious!
Thanks again.
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)In fact every site should do it if they are smart. Daily backups and maintenance are key to keeping a site operating smoothly. And of course they should be performed in the wee hours of the night/morning to keep from pissing off most users. Of course it's impossible to prevent hurting all users. I myself am a night owl and often come across these issues more often than the majority.
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)Locut0s
(6,154 posts)Usually I chalk up late night down time to backup and maintenance procedures and the like.