Features turn off during busy periods

Warning

The debianHELP site does get quite busy sometimes. When you add to that the fact that the site is on an underpowered, overworked, lazy dog of a server, this can spell problems.

You should be aware that thanks to the free software the site runs, we have configured the site to automagically turn off site features/functions when the server gets too busy.

For example, debianHELP brings in quite a few syndicated RSS news from other web sites which are available in our news aggregator function. But guess what? If the site gets really busy we shut that feature off.

Similarly, you'll see some "blocks" on the front page disappear if the server gets too busy.

Don't worry too much about this -- the main functions of the site remain functional (though maybe a bit slower) at all times. Only the "bells and whistles" types of features are throttled off during busy periods.

Once the site goes back to a normal traffic load, those features will come back on automatically.