[SOLVED] Union Demo Server down?

[jayfield1979]

Hi, trying to access the Union demo server (where all the examples connect to) and it appears to be down. It's been sporadic for some time now. Maybe needs a restart?

[colin]

the server is up, but we have been experiencing some heavy loads lately, and are working on expanding capacity. could you please test your connection from your location using our server-check tool here:

http://unionplatform.com/check/

please paste the output of that test into this thread so we can see how responsive or unresponsive things are for you.

thanks!
colin

[jayfield1979]

Orbiter 2.1.1.856
Orbiter UPC version: 1.10.3
Ready to check.
Attempting connection to Union Server at [tryunion.com], port [80]...
Connection attempt started at: Wed Feb 26 2014 12:12:06 GMT+0000 (GMT)
Connection succeeded after 3141ms.
Connected to [tryunion.com] on port [80]. Connection type: WEBSOCKET.
Union Server version: Union Server 2.1.1 (build 599)
Union Server UPC version: 1.10.3
Connected to [tryunion.com] on port [80]. Connection type: WEBSOCKET. Ping: [Loading].
Connected to [tryunion.com] on port [80]. Connection type: WEBSOCKET. Ping: [Loading].
Connected to [tryunion.com] on port [80]. Connection type: WEBSOCKET. Ping: 578ms.
Connected to [tryunion.com] on port [80]. Connection type: WEBSOCKET. Ping: 578ms.

[colin]

thanks. that's not an ideal speed, to be sure, but it is working. you'll experience much faster speeds if you run the server on your own, or through a Union Cloud account. in the meantime, we do hope to have improvements in place soon for tryunion.com. for reference, here is my current output from the checker. notice the long connect time, followed by a good ping.

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Orbiter 2.1.1.856
Orbiter UPC version: 1.10.3
Ready to check.
Attempting connection to Union Server at [tryunion.com], port [80]...
Connection attempt started at: Wed Feb 26 2014 11:24:12 GMT-0500 (EST)
Connection succeeded after 9271ms.
Connected to [tryunion.com] on port [80]. Connection type: WEBSOCKET.
Union Server version: Union Server 2.1.1 (build 599)
Union Server UPC version: 1.10.3
Connected to [tryunion.com] on port [80]. Connection type: WEBSOCKET. Ping: [Loading].
Connected to [tryunion.com] on port [80]. Connection type: WEBSOCKET. Ping: [Loading].
Connected to [tryunion.com] on port [80]. Connection type: WEBSOCKET. Ping: 47ms.
Connected to [tryunion.com] on port [80]. Connection type: WEBSOCKET. Ping: 47ms.
Connected to [tryunion.com] on port [80]. Connection type: WEBSOCKET. Ping: 47ms.

colin

[jayfield1979]

Cheers Colin,

I only use the tryunion.com server for a short demo twice a year to get my students interested in web-based multiuser applications so I can accept slow connection speeds and decent pings.

But when I tried it on Monday (1 of only 2 days I do this lecture) it just wouldn't connect anything.

[colin]

interesting. thanks for taking the time to let us know you were encountering issues. we just rolled out some improvements to tryunion.com. if you have a minute, please give http://unionplatform.com/check/ another try and post results. for example, my connection time is now 300ms.

colin