h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Well there's the London Docklands set and the New York set if that's what you mean. It is possible to specify an external gateway but those are no longer routed to a fixed internal NARTHUR. Instead some swapping around is done.

So it would be possiable for a page i downloaded from london and worked on for half hour or so when refresh or ask for next page this request could go to new york, so of course i will get xml error .as information slight difference

I think most people are using either the Docklands set or the New York set (lots of addresses in each) depending on their location rather than switching between the sets. I don't believe the XML errors have anything to do with this anyway. The XML stage is in converting stuff from the database into a delivered page. So it is likely to be that the database isn't responding or only delivering part of the information for the request. The DNS errors are more likely to be the external servers.

I had yesterday and today XML errors

yep but isp connections when i first log on at moment tiscali who are just as liable to send me to calafornia or italy initaly depending on time of day ect.

Have you ever written reply sent it then closed window before it is fully gone ,you get 50 or so pages opening

Just a quick point...

The BBC servers giving you access to the www.bbc.co.uk site as a whole are in either NY or England (I think they moved from London to somewhere down south a few months ago - I don't think their actually still physically located in London)

If you're in the UK, normally you'll be routed via the UK servers, if you're in mainland Europe or the US you'll go via NY...

If either of these sets of servers go down completely you'll loose access to the entire BBC site.

There is only one set of database servers, and they're in London

Touch wood, I haven't had any problems so far since the upgrade!
But I'll probably have loads now!

your lucky...I had usual sunday 4 good 10 errors

Bit of a daft question, know, but have you tried re-installing your browser or ISP connection?

a daft answer:
I use opera and have also mozilla and internet explorer!

all 3 have the BBC problem!

do not dare to blame it on a browser:
it is BBC lack of maintance of the DNA communities!
I warned BBC in November 2002!

I was only asking!
Wonder what happened to our suggestions a few LED's ago?

So the downtime led to a working h2g2 for a few days and now all the problems are back as before. Maybe there should be downtime every week?

NO!!!!!
Couldn't coope without H2G2 for even a short while while I'm here!

Well if each little bit of downtime only gets it working for a day or two, then whats wrong with a couple of hours downtime every week. Or do you like all the different errors which pop up?!

You are making the mistake of connecting this downtime (NB only a few minutes) with a period of working better. I repeat that the site started working better *before* the downtime. There have always been better times and worse times. When a server crashes completely and has to be rebooted it also works better for a little while - until it crashes again. A weekly reboot, whether or not the system needs it (sounds like baths!), has been standard practice in some places. The BBC's servers seem to run into trouble more frequently than that though.

OK - so scheduling a downtime for a server reboot say once a week doesn't seem like such a daft idea.

Mr Inertia has something with word "daft"

you should buy: Art of Noise CD called "daft"

No thanks - and I just think it's a polite way of saying something else!
And no - I won't reveal what I could say instead - you'll have to work it out!

It maybe a mistake SEF, or merely someomne being hopeful of h2g2 existing without all the problems that now seem to be a permanent fixture!