MySQL Error

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There is a sparodic MySQL error

If you haven't done already suggest you check your error log. It might be the dreaded too many connections error. Usually due to persistent connection or connections not timing out. Also check if there has not been any breaches.

Am not technologically sophisticated enough to comprehend. Got tossed off WP a couple hours ago (2 p.m. Eastern), with the MySQL error message/page instead. There were less than 500 members online. Yesterday (or the day before), I saw the yellow banner (for the first time) atop the forum index that read WP may be slow because many people are on right now-yet there were under 500. Other times I've seen 600 or 700 members online (according to the lefthand side counter), yet no warning of slowdown. Aggravating when I'm trying to post & cannot. Baffling, unpredictable & inconsistent, it seems.
Then I have to log in again, which means the "new posts since last visit" are reset, and I miss out on the ones from before the error, that I didn't finish getting to look through.

It happens during site updates and maintenance.

Don't worry I was talking admin.

Sure it can happen for an number of other reasons too.

Yeah. But it's the strain of the updates that cause
it. It's a known problem.

The issue is that it is happening at times not known to be "normal" upgrade / update / backup times. Could have been that anyways, but hard to be sure. He's (didn't check profile so I'm assuming...I know the risk of that blah blah blah) just being cautious about it.

Also, last night's down time seemed really short, maybe it was just me.

I think that Alex moved the update time.
It's NOT been happening when it used to.

Can they possibly add something like so we know it is not some random error?