Database errors

[Eule 0]

Probably a transient thing, but I just got a couple of database errors - about 0615 CST (1215 UTC) on Friday 1 Dec. The first one I got was

A fatal error has occurred:


GT::Session::SQL (20788): Could not connect to database: Too many connections

at /home/dropzone/dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/admin/GForum/Authenticate.pm line 418.


Please enable debugging in setup for more details.

I reloaded and got that message again once or twice, and then I got a different one:

A fatal error has occurred:


GT::Session::SQL (22959): Could not connect to database: Can't connect to MySQL server on '192.168.1.101' (111)

at /var/home/dropzone/dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/admin/GForum/Authenticate.pm line 418.


Please enable debugging in setup for more details.


OK

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.


Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@dropzone.com and inform them of the time the error occurred,

and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.


More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

I reloaded again and all was well.

Probably not related to the problem, but an observation from the second message: it looks like maybe the database server and the web server are two different machines. Interesting.

Eule

PLF does not stand for Please Land on Face.

[stratman05 0]

why is that interesting they are two differant machines?

Most big sites have tons of web servers and database servers. Web servers are load balanced and database servers are generally clustered.

Do you think one server could handle the traffic?