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Webthumb Status Update

There was an Webthumb outage yesterday, the main server Kernel Panic’d and didn’t reboot properly. DNS was switched to the backup server, and for most users there was no noticable change.

However there was a bit of database skew between the 2 servers so some accounts weren’t available on the backup.
Because of this all webthumb usage on the backup server won’t be charge to your accounts. It also won’t show up in your history so if you need a thumbnail after the cut back please open a ticket and I will grab the files for you.

(You can also grab them directly by replacing http://webthumb.bluga.net with http://api1.bluga.net).

The DNS switch back to the primary server is happening within the hour, let me know if you have any problems.

On an un-related note Bluga.net now has a helpdesk, feel free to use it too notify me of any problems your having.

Webthumb Updates

I haven’t been actively blogging as of late, this is not likely to change, but here is some quick Webthumb news.

The PHP apiwrapper has been updated, there have been some API updates but nothing recently. One important item is that is uses version switching in the request to improve error handling.

You can grab it from svn or from the download page.

Since webthumb is now running on 2 physical servers pricing, I’m spending less on Amazon aws services this has allowed me to reduce prices. For volume purchases you can get credits at $1.25 per 1000.

WebThumb is back up

Once the dns change fully propagates Webthumb will be back up and fully running. If you had a different apikey on the backup instance you will want to switch back to your normal apikey. Your apikey is viewable on your user home page.

More news and a we’re sorry gift of credits will be coming soon.

Its Alive

My blog and the rest of my sites are back up again, running on new hardware.

The 2nd backup server/thumbnail processor is still waiting on some heat sinks before it can get installed but now were running on a server with next day dell support.

I’ll have more details on webthumb changes once the dns has been updated. But the biggest difference will be a full time backup API which will be available all the time and support transparent fail over.

The pear wiki, and phpdoc.org should be back as well.

5 Million thumbnails

Webthumb hit 5 million thumbnails some time last night. This blows away the last million time, taking just 34 days for this million.

On that note contact me if you are interested in bulk purchases of credits. For purchases of 250k credits or more the rate is $1.25 per 1000. If you will be using more then 250k credits a month additional discounts are available, depending on your usage patterns.

Webthumb API Change

Error handling for Webthumb job requests has changed. Requests with bad urls are now silently ignored instead of dropping the entire request at the first error.

This will fix problems with bad urls in multi-request submissions. Let me know if you have any concerns.

Easythumb Changes

For anyone using Easythumb I have good news and bad news. The good news is the rate for cached thumbnail delivery has been changed to .05 credits. The bad news is the bug where you weren’t getting charged for cached thumbnail delivery has been fixed. If you get an image that says “out of credits” that means you’ve used up your limit for the month. You can purchase more credits to continue your use.

4 Million Thumbnails

Webthumb generated its 4 millionth thumbnail on monday

The official time was 2008-08-11 11:09:49.

I’ve been making good progress on the thumbnail rates lately, this million was a bit faster the last. If you want to help me hit the next million check out the site, if you want to buy 250,000 credits or more send me an email I have bulk rates available.