For each of my sites, I get the same Error a few times each day.
"MYSQL server has gone away"
I always assumed I was getting this error because I'm on shared webhosting. My webhost tells me its not their server causing the problems.
Anyone else get this issue occuring semi-frequently like myself?
According to MySQL, there are a number of reasons it could be occuring:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/gone-away.html
I wonder if SilverStripe could retry a query if it fails like this. Perhaps there could be a choosable number of times it retries.