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I have 19 hops from SF to their host, roughly 200ms latency. I was running my add-to-cart through Charles and seeing spikes of up to 5s in response time. This was a ton better than when i was trying to land a GP Paps (60s+ timeouts, 20+ refreshes to get to cart; repeat for 2 more steps).
Given that their add-to-cart is async, but their checkout is synchronous, I'm given to thinking that they barely blipped their host for 10mins or so; their slice of the apache pool is probably pretty shallow. I'm guessing that if they hired a geek to replatform on a proper co-lo with nginx or lighttpd, they would've sold out in < 1min.
The work they have done to the site has definitely been noticible. it used to be as bad as vapourart... now, it is much, much better.
This release went faster than the last couple of them - some of the previous ones took between 10 and 15 minutes to sell out.
Loco - nice work keeping the site up for everyone. so much less frustrating that way
fellow geeks in the house.... definitely on the traffic side, you could cloud up on service (built a media site's infrastructure to handle traffic spikes of 1M+... though no 503 so it was a bit smoother than gp (though i got out with 2 mods on the gp side o' things)... anyhow.. time to get back in there and buy the other stuff I wanted..
To get even more detailed: dig out the response headers from whatever site you're stalking. Most sites will use HTTP 1.1, with a Keep-Alive header.
Check the value for "timeout" - this will be an integer representing how long a connection will stay open before closing and returning to the pool. That value, say "2", means that if you connect to the host before the storm hits, and keep that connection alive (do some kind of action every 1.5s or so), their web server will keep a live connection warm for you and your browser. That endless waiting, blank screen, etc., is your browser queuing up for a freed connection that returns to the pool. That connection *should* be kept open for you, but it is by no means an absolute.
From the mouth of the IETF:
This is like whooosh... holy cow batman!
good thing i got a VR the other day.... geeez.
I am sooooooooooo grateful.
good thing i got a VR the other day.... geeez.
I am sooooooooooo grateful.
The work they have done to the site has definitely been noticible. it used to be as bad as vapourart... now, it is much, much better.
This release went faster than the last couple of them - some of the previous ones took between 10 and 15 minutes to sell out.
Loco - nice work keeping the site up for everyone. so much less frustrating that way
looks like it even went faster than the brass release
righteous
i tend towards the lean and efficient - but cloud is most definitely a proven solution. for smaller commerce, slow traffic seems to be acceptable, but i wonder if we couldn't get a reverse co-op going with some vendors to show otherwise.
say, atmomixani bounties a special vape-geek edition, and it would go to the dudes who could throw together a replatform that wouldn't break the bank and deliver a smooth experience for all parties when a release is scheduled.
Seriously - i had to google that code. I haven't seen it in 15 years in the industry.
"502 Service Temporarily Overloaded" makes a whole lot more sense to me; guessing their host has an anti-DDOS layer and is silently giving me (us) the finger.
righteous
i tend towards the lean and efficient - but cloud is most definitely a proven solution. for smaller commerce, slow traffic seems to be acceptable, but i wonder if we couldn't get a reverse co-op going with some vendors to show otherwise.
say, atmomixani bounties a special vape-geek edition, and it would go to the dudes who could throw together a replatform that wouldn't break the bank and deliver a smooth experience for all parties when a release is scheduled.
... ha.. will work for mods.... meanwhile I'm the proud owner of a SS lavafire from their site..(seriously.. been on the hunt for one... the parts are what I want for a Frankenstein experiment I'm doing.) and pink stuff for my cousin's birthday!
that was a stressful couple of minutes, but i scored mine! i should have vapemail waiting for me when i get back from vacation!
My order is showing as pending...hope this gets sorted out cause it's a birthday gift for someone special
Wow, after visiting this thread this morning I'm really glad I decided to stay up late and get mine
Yeah didnt have the money for this release unfortunately, I snagged a Matte for cost from a friend last week, and ordered a Paps Friday... Bad timing as I still need a polished to mix and match.
Lucky you guys
Mine is still showing as pending Never had this happen before with Atmomixani....
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