I could write pages about how well Ajdin did as MC-Market's system administrator (and with limited resources too), as well as all the problems that have occurred since then, but I'll try and keep this short.
(TLDR 1) With the amount of money MC-Market brings in each month, and the sheer size this website has grown to, random downtime is unacceptable. (/TLDR 1)
I don't even use MC-Market that much anymore, but I have noticed some pretty heavy downtime in the past 48 hours. Like just now, the site was unreachable for about 30 minutes. There's only 1440 minutes in a day. 30 minutes of straight downtime with no explanation is inadmissible.
For those of you who don't know, "Bad Gateway 502" is a server error, meaning there is a problem with something on MC-Market's end (not Cloudflare).
If you wait long enough you might see this page:
Or if you're lucky you might see this:
Or maybe if it comes back online for a brief moment you could see a page like this:
And no updates or acknowledgements on Twitter (the only place to get any updates if the site is offline):
People keep pointing their fingers saying "DDoS", but let's be real here. MC-Market uses Cloudflare, and if they're doing things properly the internal IP should not be exposed in anyway, so a DDoS attack shouldn't even be possible.
And if enabling advanced Cloudflare protection would solve the issue, then enable it. I know I would much rather have to see this screen for a few seconds each day rather than having to wait for the website to come back online (and I'm sure most people would agree):
Even if the internal MC-Market server gets DDoSed, they need a system in place to keep the site up and running.
The website has been making lots of money for the past few months and barely anything has been added. The last big thing was the new business account system at the beginning of May. Prior to that, the only updates were little tweaks to the website here and there, all the way until the reputation system was released back in June 2016. Even the MC-Market server got shut down, creating even more room for investing in the website.
(TLDR 2) I'm not saying we need to accept every suggestion that requires hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars to be spent on a new extension (or other things), but at least spend a little more to keep the site online.
Just look, there's 259 users browsing the website as I write this, and nearly 2,500 members online within the past 24 hours!
(/TLDR 2)
(TLDR 1) With the amount of money MC-Market brings in each month, and the sheer size this website has grown to, random downtime is unacceptable. (/TLDR 1)
I don't even use MC-Market that much anymore, but I have noticed some pretty heavy downtime in the past 48 hours. Like just now, the site was unreachable for about 30 minutes. There's only 1440 minutes in a day. 30 minutes of straight downtime with no explanation is inadmissible.
For those of you who don't know, "Bad Gateway 502" is a server error, meaning there is a problem with something on MC-Market's end (not Cloudflare).
If you wait long enough you might see this page:
Or if you're lucky you might see this:
Or maybe if it comes back online for a brief moment you could see a page like this:
And no updates or acknowledgements on Twitter (the only place to get any updates if the site is offline):
People keep pointing their fingers saying "DDoS", but let's be real here. MC-Market uses Cloudflare, and if they're doing things properly the internal IP should not be exposed in anyway, so a DDoS attack shouldn't even be possible.
And if enabling advanced Cloudflare protection would solve the issue, then enable it. I know I would much rather have to see this screen for a few seconds each day rather than having to wait for the website to come back online (and I'm sure most people would agree):
Even if the internal MC-Market server gets DDoSed, they need a system in place to keep the site up and running.
The website has been making lots of money for the past few months and barely anything has been added. The last big thing was the new business account system at the beginning of May. Prior to that, the only updates were little tweaks to the website here and there, all the way until the reputation system was released back in June 2016. Even the MC-Market server got shut down, creating even more room for investing in the website.
(TLDR 2) I'm not saying we need to accept every suggestion that requires hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars to be spent on a new extension (or other things), but at least spend a little more to keep the site online.
Just look, there's 259 users browsing the website as I write this, and nearly 2,500 members online within the past 24 hours!
(/TLDR 2)
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- Suggestion
- Status
- Denied
