Tabulas has been dying a slow death. The mySQL database server (1.3Ghz Celeron w/ 512MB RAM) cannot handle the large amount of data (~1.8GB) as well as the amount of traffic that Tabulas requires. Unfortunately, Tabulas has been crashing a lot because of this.

One of the tables got corrupted today, so I took the mySQL database down for some table repairs - it took about 20 minutes, but I think the database is good to go for at least another week.

A lot of the problems are the result of my lack of experience in proper database design - my latest work on the next generation of Tabulas will use a whole new database schema (which will consequently mean that Tabulas will have to be down for about a day whenever I make the switch) which will *hopefully* speed things up.

But eventually I'll need to throw hardware at this problem. So is a new database server looming in Tabulas' horizon? I sure hope so.

Just a general update, I guess, to let everyone know that Tabulas isn't dead. I've been working on backend stuff (rewriting the core libraries). Once I get all this backend stuff hacked out, I can start going through on the new featureset.

Posted by roy on May 17, 2005 at 11:53 PM in Tabulas | 10 Comments

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Comment posted on May 19th, 2005 at 06:01 PM
hey you know that calvin and hobbes faces imitation thing u posted?


i think i was the first one to think of that idea:
<a href="http://www.tabulas.com/%7Eclavid87/657885.html">http://www.tabulas.com/%7Eclavid87/657885.html</a>

that's my lil brother.

iono, maybe i didn't think of it first. ask ur friend linda if she saw it from somewhere else or if she thought of that incredibly ingenious idea all by herself.
anyways...

tabulas rocks. thank you for creating it.
Comment posted on May 19th, 2005 at 09:29 AM
Hey! I didn't get to post on your page about changes one would like to see in tabulas. As a person almost illiterate in computor-ese, I would like to see a good "Help" section on the site. Thanks for providing the service and all your hard work. To me, it looks really hard! I'll send you dough as soon as I get paid.
Catherine
Comment posted on May 19th, 2005 at 06:56 AM
don't let it die!

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Comment posted on May 18th, 2005 at 11:51 PM
Ha ha, 1.3Ghz Celeron....
Comment posted on May 18th, 2005 at 06:08 PM
You're my hero Roy! *hugs* Thank you for all your hardwork.
Comment posted on May 18th, 2005 at 05:14 PM
Testament to Tabulas' popularity! Now if only that would generate the much-needed dinars, yes? You have created a great product, Roy. :)
Comment posted on May 18th, 2005 at 08:30 AM
Sorry about all the traffic. My bad.

I'll try to make my Tabulas less awesome so that maybe it will stop drawing huge amounts of traffic, extending Tabulas' life.
Comment posted on May 18th, 2005 at 11:24 PM
You cannot help being awesome, just like the lowly ant cannot help but feeling helpless when staring up at the glowering sun.
Comment posted on May 18th, 2005 at 06:44 AM
That settles it. Patron account, here I come. Gotta show my thanks y'know.
Comment posted on May 18th, 2005 at 11:23 PM
Thanks so much for your support :)