Tim Starling wrote:
Ah, well in that case, I can tell you exactly what
happened. The hero of the
day was Zsinj, a canny newbie who had his eye on the relevant monitoring
graphs, and alerted us to the problem immediately, using very specific
terms, allowing us to track down and fix it rapidly.
I've got the "pretty graph" bug as described by Rob Church that he
states Mark and Domas also have. What can I say? I figure every little
bit helps and when all of the other IRC channels start filling up with
people wondering what's going on. I enjoy using my knowledge, although
limited, to help in any way possible.
It just so happened I was at the right place at the right time. While
there were other people noticing slowness and trickling into
#wikimedia-tech, I imagine it would have been longer delay in
resolving the issue had someone like me not been there. *shrug*
FYI: I'm EDT -4
William Bumgarner
aka Zsinj