Website Problem

Lee · 15th November 2025, 09:49 PM

The regular html pages and forum images are on one server along with the scripts for Vbulletin while the SQL database is on a different server. I believe that we see these various errors when the two servers are having communication problems and perhaps when the SQL server may be overloaded. I believe which error you see depends on the status at the moment; I will see "server misconfiguration", 503s and "Database Error" from a Vbulletin script when this is going on interchangeably. Both servers are used by numerous accounts at the web hosting company and so a lot may be potentially going on. Usually these episodes pass quickly and reloading the page will bring up the right screen, but sometimes it is severe or persists, at which time I'll submit a support ticket just to be sure the hosting company is aware that there is an issue.

15th November 2025, 09:49 PM	#7
Lee EAAF Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Upstate New York, USA Posts: 974	My suspicions The regular html pages and forum images are on one server along with the scripts for Vbulletin while the SQL database is on a different server. I believe that we see these various errors when the two servers are having communication problems and perhaps when the SQL server may be overloaded. I believe which error you see depends on the status at the moment; I will see "server misconfiguration", 503s and "Database Error" from a Vbulletin script when this is going on interchangeably. Both servers are used by numerous accounts at the web hosting company and so a lot may be potentially going on. Usually these episodes pass quickly and reloading the page will bring up the right screen, but sometimes it is severe or persists, at which time I'll submit a support ticket just to be sure the hosting company is aware that there is an issue.