Scratch

andresmh · 2011-07-20 00:26:27

Hello, we have switched one of the components of the Scratch website to a new server. You should NOT see anything different, but if you see anything unusual please let us know!

Thanks.

jji7skyline · 2011-07-20 00:31:56

A new server? I remember what happened when the Scratch Wiki moved to a new server *shudders* tongue

TheBajeebas · 2011-07-20 00:42:40

A new server sounds cool! smile

technoguyx · 2011-07-20 00:59:56

andresmh wrote:
Hello, we have switched one of the components of the Scratch website to a new server. You should NOT see anything different, but if you see anything unusual please let us know!

Thanks.

Maybe it'd be worth mentioning which component to look for unusual stuff on that... Idk, unless it affects the whole website of course. tongue

sparks · 2011-07-20 04:58:06

It might be worth knowing which component it is so that we can pummel it with attention and testing!

scimonster · 2011-07-20 05:03:41

jji7skyline wrote:
A new server? I remember what happened when the Scratch Wiki moved to a new server *shudders*

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(I still have that XD)

I agree with other people here, you should tell us what got moved. wink

wmays · 2011-07-20 12:03:38

I agree too.

IHeartGaming · 2011-07-20 19:57:21

Please tell us what got moved.

dav09 · 2011-07-21 15:00:52

Why did you switch it? Anyway i am experiencing no problems or lag with this one anyway!

Rosie906 · 2011-07-21 15:14:44

It's probably as part of the development of Scratch 2.0. The site is changing s lot, or so I hear... What's the progress on 2.0 anyway, andresmh?

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JJROCKER · 2011-07-21 23:30:38

What was moved?

scratchisthebest · 2011-07-22 08:37:19

PPLLEEAASSEE can you tell us?

pretty please with a cherry on top? tongue

Lightnin · 2011-07-22 10:34:22

Ah, so I'm no expert on this (Andres and our server guy do most of this stuff) but I'll tell you what I know.

So - so far just Varnish was moved.

Varnish is an http accelerator that caches things. So it was more like a component that helps serve the whole site was moved (not a section, or certain pages). Later on they'll be moving the whole application side to a new server. The database has been humming along on its own new server for the past several months.

But anytime something changes, it's good to watch out for glitches. So far this transition has been super smooth though, which is awesome. smile

Oh, by the way, have you ever thought of trying Linux, or Ubuntu?

Well, you're running it right now, because it's what Scratch is running on.

markyparky56 · 2011-07-22 11:07:38

So we just have to look out for slower than usual responses?

kimmy123 · 2011-07-22 11:09:32

markyparky56 wrote:
So we just have to look out for slower than usual responses?

When I went to the forums it took slower than usual.

RUMCHEERYPOOPOO · 2011-07-22 12:22:06

Lightnin wrote:
Well, you're running it right now, because it's what Scratch is running on.

I wouldn't say we're running linux, I'm not sure if you mean the fact that scratch runs in a virtual machine and that it is running linux (is it?) or whether you mean that the scratch website is run on servers that are running linux (which almost certainly is true).

veggieman001 · 2011-07-25 18:07:16

It's really slow right now.

brettman98 · 2011-07-25 18:11:28

A few minutes ago, I couldn't get on scratch. It's happened twice in about 2 days, and it lasts around 15 minutes.

gettysburg11 · 2011-07-25 18:14:58

brettman98 wrote:
A few minutes ago, I couldn't get on scratch. It's happened twice in about 2 days, and it lasts around 15 minutes.

This happened to me as well around 45 minutes to an hour or so ago. I went downstairs for a little while, came back, and everything was fine.

henley · 2011-07-26 08:23:14

It’s, funny because I just switched from AT&T to Comcast, and my internet is faster, so I can’t notice. lol

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jji7skyline · 2011-07-27 21:36:58

Just something wierd to report... sometimes, I get a page saying no information received from server, and then I have to reload to get the page properly... its never happened before, but it's happening quite often lately hmm

Google Chrome on Vista

midnightleopard · 2011-09-05 21:17:07

Lightnin wrote:
Ah, so I'm no expert on this (Andres and our server guy do most of this stuff) but I'll tell you what I know.

So - so far just Varnish was moved.

Varnish is an http accelerator that caches things. So it was more like a component that helps serve the whole site was moved (not a section, or certain pages). Later on they'll be moving the whole application side to a new server. The database has been humming along on its own new server for the past several months.

But anytime something changes, it's good to watch out for glitches. So far this transition has been super smooth though, which is awesome.

Oh, by the way, have you ever thought of trying Linux, or Ubuntu?

Well, you're running it right now, because it's what Scratch is running on.

I use ubuntu for everything! It is for sure the best OS for servers.
sudo apt-get apache2 mysql php5

Death_Wish · 2011-09-05 21:20:20

jji7skyline wrote:
Just something wierd to report... sometimes, I get a page saying no information received from server, and then I have to reload to get the page properly... its never happened before, but it's happening quite often lately

Google Chrome on Vista

This, but Google Chrome on Windows 7.

henley · 2011-09-05 21:23:01

andresmh wrote:
Hello, we have switched one of the components of the Scratch website to a new server. You should NOT see anything different, but if you see anything unusual please let us know!

Thanks.

Recently, the Scratch website has been oddly slow on my computer. neutral

If it matters, I am using Safari on a Mac Snow Leopard

teddybear4545454 · 2011-09-06 10:59:59

I'm not sure if this would be related to this, but yesterday there were two, about 30 minute long periods where my I couldn't connect to Scratch. All other websites were working just fine, but when attempting to connect to Scratch it came up with the message "Cannot connect to scratch.mit.edu because the server stopped responding." Any thoughts on what may have happened? hmm

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#1 2011-07-20 00:26:27

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#3 2011-07-20 00:42:40

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jji7skyline wrote:

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