# Board maint - Sundays 1:10 AM? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 20, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-maint-sundays-1-10-am/679252 "2014-01-20T04:18:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-maint-sundays-1-10-am/679252/1 "2014-01-20T04:18:01Z")
I happened to be up late the past two Saturdays and I was browsing the SDMB. On both days at about 1:10 AM Sunday (Central Time), I got a page saying only “503 service unavailable”. Yesterday the board began responding again at about 1:20 AM, but seemingly a little slow. The week before, I just went to bed. This is obviously not some major problem, so just out of curiosity, is there some maintenance that goes on at that time? ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-maint-sundays-1-10-am/679252/2 "2014-01-20T04:25:24Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > I happened to be up late the past two Saturdays and I was browsing the SDMB. On both days at about 1:10 AM Sunday (Central Time), I got a page saying only “503 service unavailable”. Yesterday the board began responding again at about 1:20 AM, but seemingly a little slow. The week before, I just went to bed. > > This is obviously not some major problem, so just out of curiosity, is there some maintenance that goes on at that time? I think that’s what time the hackers log on. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-maint-sundays-1-10-am/679252/3 "2014-01-20T05:20:01Z")
It has seemed to me for a long time that the board ALWAYS goes down early Sunday morning, typically anywhere around midnight to 02:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Lately, there seems to be frequent down time late in the evenings too, like around 11:00 p.m. (Pacific) or thereabouts, on various days of the week. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-maint-sundays-1-10-am/679252/4 "2014-01-20T11:13:02Z")
It’s feeding time for the hamsters. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-maint-sundays-1-10-am/679252/5 "2014-01-20T15:19:39Z")
Might be routine maintenance time at the server. I don’t think it’s anything happening on this end. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-maint-sundays-1-10-am/679252/6 "2014-01-20T19:33:42Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Might be routine maintenance time at the server. I don’t think it’s anything happening on this end. 😕 “This end”? Honest question, basically so I can better understand your posts when hamsters-vs-people topics like this come up. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-maint-sundays-1-10-am/679252/7 "2014-01-20T20:30:27Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > 😕 “This end”? > > Honest question, basically so I can better understand your posts when hamsters-vs-people topics like this come up. At a guess - SDMB doesn’t control the server directly. It’s a joint usage. If I’m right, it would kind of be like asking the people who maintain your car why there are potholes in the street. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-maint-sundays-1-10-am/679252/8 "2014-01-21T00:26:13Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Might be routine maintenance time at the server. I don’t think it’s anything happening on this end. > [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > 😕 “This end”? > > Honest question, basically so I can better understand your posts when hamsters-vs-people topics like this come up. I assure you I’ve met her and she’s not a hamster. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-maint-sundays-1-10-am/679252/9 "2014-01-21T21:18:08Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I assure you I’ve met her and she’s not a hamster. A hamstress (hamtrix?) maybe? ETA: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-maint-sundays-1-10-am/679252/10 "2014-01-22T03:49:05Z")
Hamstrung?