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FeedLounge Downtime

FeedLounge was down for about 20 hours last week while we upgraded the back-end systems to roll out a huge performance improvement. This, naturally, generated some unrest amongst our users.

After Scott and I got some rest and discussed the matter, I posted a lengthy response in the thread.

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Posted February 18th, 2006 @ 1:27 PM

6 Replies

Matt adds this Comment:

It’d be fascinating to read what made such a huge difference in performance.

February 18th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
Alex adds this Comment:

Basically, we’re moving as much data out of the primary database as possible… lots of memcached data and smaller dbs.

February 18th, 2006 at 3:06 pm
Scott Sanders adds this Comment:

One word - Interns Seriously, you scale out from 1 to 10, you definetly see 10x linear performance increase

February 19th, 2006 at 12:36 am
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February 19th, 2006 at 12:06 pm
Anthony Timberlake adds this Comment:

I would have to say that I am proud to be a customer of FeedLounge. The service is GREAT and the customer service is the same.

Thanks for doing what you guys do best.

February 22nd, 2006 at 6:25 am
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