The lagosaurus has been stomping on buildings and kicking puppies in our community for too long, so I finally did something about it. Let's just see if this anti-lagosaurus defense works...

General Background

The server had tons of things running at the same time, including the Apache Web server, the MySQL database server, Postfix email server, and a bunch of other necessities to get everything available for us to e-hang out.

Problem

As popularity grew, the two most used components of the physical server were the Apache Web server and the MySQL database server. They are needed for outputting all the webpages and getting all our community data, respectively. Both were competing for memory and processor power until the lagosaurus took advantage of the situation and brought things to a crawl during peak time (generally late evenings in the USA).

Solution

I've set up a new physical server and installed just the MySQL database server on it. Most databases are migrated to it right now, with just a few remaining. This divides the workload, like adding a second army to fight the lagosaurus. It's increasing hosting costs about $40/month, so let's hope ad revenue covers it!