… and we’re back – thanks Slicehost
“Scale later” … we couldn’t agree more
We could have wasted hours on end optimizing our site… but instead we focused on building better puzzles.
Scaling problems are good problems. Today we had a good problem. Luckily it all happened around lunchtime – so hopefully you all took a break and are refreshed and ready to continue the challenge!
At approximately 12:30 EST, we had over 1500 guests and 700 Facebook users taking the challenge. And then… it happened. We used up all of the memory on our server, and down we went.
Thanks to Slicehost… we were able to “resize” our server in under 2 hours. This may seem like a no-brainer feature… but it’s actually pretty genius. Slicehost has a web interface – you can click two buttons and resize your server instantaneously.
Slicehost also has killer support. You can tell that their team really cares and loves what they do. Thanks to Ben & Tim from Slicehost for chatting with me and giving me some ideas to optimize once we get back online!
Now – let’s see if 4GB can handle Pi Day 2010!
