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Crashes lately

Discussion in 'Announcements' started by marvel, Oct 8, 2011.

  1. marvel

    marvel Head Administrator Staff Member

    As you might have noticed our servers are crashing a lot lately. Sometimes they crash every 2 minutes, up to every couple of hours. This is not PR only, it seems to affect all servers except for L4D1 so the issue could be OS related.

    I need to make sure the OS is up to date first and run some patches, so expect some downtime now and then.
     
    marvel, Oct 8, 2011
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  2. Collector

    Collector <img src="http://mgftw.com/leadweb.png" />

    its nice to see you make time before your holiday in the States.
    Keep up the great work marvel :D thumbs up for you
     
    Collector, Oct 8, 2011
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  3. Chocobo

    Chocobo <span style="color:#66CD00">Moderator</span>

    Speaking of which, don't forget about that beer we need to grab :P
     
    Chocobo, Oct 8, 2011
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  4. marvel

    marvel Head Administrator Staff Member

    Well, the cause is a soundprecache issue. The soundprecache table gets full, then it crashes. This is caused by plugins trying to precache sound files while the precachetable is limited by Valve. This is hardcoded and cannot be changed.

    But, we know the cause right now and are looking into a fix. It can still take some time though before we can permanently fix this. It's a bit more stable now already but still far from as it should be.

    Thanks for your patience on this matter.
     
    marvel, Oct 8, 2011
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