500 and 503 errors

[pffh]

I've been getting 500 internal server errors and 503 service temporarily unavailable errors more and more frequently. Used to happen once every couple of days but now I'm seeing them at least once or twice a day.

Text from 500 error:

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Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, [email protected] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat) Server at www.giantitp.com Port 80

503 error text:

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Service Temporarily Unavailable

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.
Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat) Server at www.giantitp.com Port 80

[Circle of Life]

This has been going on for some time now. There have been a number of mod/admin posts on the subject, but here's one from the Giant about the issue.

In short: It's unfortunate but mostly unavoidable, they know about it, and it will be fixed if/when finances allow.

[Roland St. Jude]

Sheriff: Indeed.