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croy
Platinum Member


Discovry
4574 Posts
3/04
Posted - May 26 2007 : 12:04AM
Is the server slow today or is it something on my end?
ma meeshka
Iconoclastic Member

3939 Posts
4/06
Posted - May 26 2007 : 12:41AM
how can you tell if you're on dial-up?

when i exceed my bandwidth and drop back to 64kbs i can't stand it.

willywilly
Member

Activated Member
662 Posts
2/05
Posted - May 26 2007 : 12:12PM
Try Preparation H for that.

Seriously, - it appears normal to me.

BigBobxxx
Senior Member

2681 Posts
5/04
Posted - May 26 2007 : 1:32PM
Slow.

What I'm experiencing makes me think it is somehow related to the banner ads.

Cumwhipper
Senior Member

4050 Posts
3/04
Posted - May 26 2007 : 1:37PM
Was really bad for me around 12:00 noon, but I was experiencing on other sites as well. Maybe they're doing routine maintenance on the internet servers?

Much better now, by the way.

 
Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8009 Posts
9/99
Posted - May 26 2007 : 4:32PM
it looks like things were slow for a while due to a windows update and a reboot.
the unknown pervert
Deactivated User

I'd like to stay but I've got a plane to catch.
3243 Posts
5/06
Posted - May 26 2007 : 4:45PM
It was so slow earlier (9:00-10:00am CDT) that I gave up out of frustration. It is better now but there is still a hiccup whenever I reply to a topic. When I click on Reply to Topic the little green bars at the bottom of my screen that show how much has loaded (sorry I don't know the tech term for this thingamajig) fill up once for the message box and then reset and fill up again for the top banner. I have had a couple of times where the standard could not connect to site message has popped up in the top banner though I could still post a reply.
the unknown pervert
Deactivated User

I'd like to stay but I've got a plane to catch.
3243 Posts
5/06
Posted - May 26 2007 : 4:47PM
Just noticed it does the same thing in reverse when I enter my post. The green bars fill up once for the top banner and then reset and fill up again before the Message Has Been Posted and You Will Now Return to The Forum part comes up.
croy
Platinum Member

Discovry
4574 Posts
3/04
Posted - May 26 2007 : 10:22PM
Speed isn't much of an issue in forums.
You have a limit on how much data can be moved?
Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8009 Posts
9/99
Posted - May 26 2007 : 11:33PM
I noticed that we were getting 4,000 visitors per hour earlier today due to that underage photographer story. It made it to the top 10 on Digg.com earlier today. There was a link to ADT in that article. I think that was causing some of the slowdowns.
croy
Platinum Member

Discovry
4574 Posts
3/04
Posted - May 27 2007 : 5:37AM
Seems to be an issue again this morning.
BigMatt
Member

Sunrise Adams, Queen of Cute.
498 Posts
12/04
Posted - May 27 2007 : 7:46AM
YES IT IS

*grinds teeth*

Cumwhipper
Senior Member

4050 Posts
3/04
Posted - May 27 2007 : 10:08AM
Seems even worse for me today (as compared to yesterday).

Holiday weekend - Maybe half of the servers are on vacation?

Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8009 Posts
9/99
Posted - May 27 2007 : 10:35AM
It's screaming fast for us here.
Cumwhipper
Senior Member

4050 Posts
3/04
Posted - May 27 2007 : 10:56AM
Much better again.

Must be my ISP - for the money I'm paying, the service sucks donkey dick!

 
BigMatt
Member

Sunrise Adams, Queen of Cute.
498 Posts
12/04
Posted - May 27 2007 : 6:39PM
The last hour it has been slow again, I am practically unable to post or even load a whole page. I have been trying to post this message for 30minutes now....
BigMatt
Member

Sunrise Adams, Queen of Cute.
498 Posts
12/04
Posted - May 27 2007 : 7:01PM
Now it works again.

Weird.

Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8009 Posts
9/99
Posted - May 27 2007 : 7:18PM
I'm not sure what's going on. Each time I test it it's normal/fast. We're no longer on satellite so I can run decent speed tests from a couple of different ISPs.

I suspect there's a router down somewhere out there since it's only causing problems for some people and not others.


Flash All-Star Supporter
Golden Age Classic

11018 Posts
5/01
Posted - May 27 2007 : 9:02PM
It's on and off slow today
ultradamno
Senior Member

Silencio...
12877 Posts
2/00
Posted - May 28 2007 : 3:34AM
It's been happening to me too. In fact...now.
Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8009 Posts
9/99
Posted - May 28 2007 : 9:39AM
There are many evening data maintenance and backup routines that run over night. Random slowdowns between 2am and 5 am are expected.
Dither
Persona non grata

I love America
650 Posts
8/05
Posted - May 28 2007 : 2:49PM
Terribly slow right now. Has been so for the last few days, a bit on and off.
Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8009 Posts
9/99
Posted - May 28 2007 : 5:54PM
It's strange, I see nothing in the log files that look like the server is responding slowly.
Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8009 Posts
9/99
Posted - May 28 2007 : 6:01PM
I'm monitoring the processors and memory usage on the web server and database server. The 4 processors in both systems typically hover between 4%-6% usage with brief spikes to 50% or so. Each system is only using half of the available RAM. The drives are rarely accessed due in-memory caching.

We're well within our allocated bandwidth too. We have a dedicated 10mbit circuit and we're hovering around 2mbit-3mbit/sec actual usage.

test user
Deactivated User

This is an Avatar Quote
9 Posts
8/06
Posted - May 28 2007 : 6:11PM
For the people reporting that the site is slow, what browsers are you using? I don't think it's a browser issue but it's information that might help me track this down.

 
conquistador
Deactivated User

Hellhamster.
2947 Posts
10/03
Posted - May 28 2007 : 6:25PM
I use firefox 2.0.0.3

Over the past couple of days during the times that other users have reported substantial slowdown I experienced some. But not nearly as bad as other people.

So I didn't bother to mention it, but I did notice it.

Friday (I think) around 2 or 2:30 pm was the worst for me.

ultradamno
Senior Member

Silencio...
12877 Posts
2/00
Posted - May 28 2007 : 7:14PM
IE 7
Dither
Persona non grata

I love America
650 Posts
8/05
Posted - May 28 2007 : 7:41PM
Safari.

Edit: Right now it's nice and fast.

Edited by - Dither on 5/28/2007 7:45:06 PM

Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8009 Posts
9/99
Posted - May 28 2007 : 8:09PM
That's when we were linked to from an article that made the top 10 in Digg.
conquistador
Deactivated User

Hellhamster.
2947 Posts
10/03
Posted - May 28 2007 : 8:10PM
I didn't realize you already knew about the problem.
Flash All-Star Supporter
Golden Age Classic

11018 Posts
5/01
Posted - May 28 2007 : 10:01PM
It's fine for me today. It must have just been a hub down somewhere.
croy
Platinum Member

Discovry
4574 Posts
3/04
Posted - May 28 2007 : 10:23PM
Firefox 1.5.0.11.
The slowdowns seem to be morning, about 5-6 AM, give or take. Evenings seem fine.
Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8009 Posts
9/99
Posted - May 28 2007 : 10:40PM
A big chink of our price search data maintenance runs in the 5-6 am time slot which is typically our lowest-volume period of the day.
the unknown pervert
Deactivated User

I'd like to stay but I've got a plane to catch.
3243 Posts
5/06
Posted - May 29 2007 : 8:32PM
IE 7 has ran much better the last two days.
croy
Platinum Member

Discovry
4574 Posts
3/04
Posted - May 29 2007 : 10:03PM
I normally don't have issues at that time of day.
This morning was fine and everything seems to be running at normal speeds now.
 
Drew Black
broken crankshaft

8009 Posts
9/99
Posted - May 29 2007 : 11:43PM
I just noticed the typo in that quote of mine. Oops.
Dither
Persona non grata

I love America
650 Posts
8/05
Posted - May 31 2007 : 5:52PM
Same here. No problems the last few days.



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