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Title: Slow down
Post by: bobbarley on 13 January 2012, 16:28
I've noticed that since January the forum seems to slow down quite a bit, sometimes taking a minute or two for pages to open.  Getting a lot more connection errors as well  :undecided:

Anyone else finding this, or is it just me?  :grin:
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: RandomJord on 13 January 2012, 17:16
Ive had a few connection errors too.
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: bobbarley on 13 January 2012, 18:46
Connection Problems

Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later.
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: dom on 13 January 2012, 19:00
Aye, it's been going like sh!te for me recently. Particularly this evening :angry:
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: JC on 13 January 2012, 19:31
yep, got pages hanging, and then taking ages to refresh,  :angry:

just checked and other sites are fine and i am on 31 meg speedtest  :undecided:
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: daz veedub on 13 January 2012, 19:50
past few nights ive been getting server connection error and its gone slow
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: The Mighty Elvi on 13 January 2012, 21:59
I concur. Very slow. Like Benny.*








































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Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: bobbarley on 15 January 2012, 14:43
Anyone know what the issues is?  Server problems I'm guessing?
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: daz veedub on 15 January 2012, 14:58
site still being a slower to load  :undecided:
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: jv on 15 January 2012, 16:33
Server configuration. Unfortunately you don't easily just buy a server pre-configured to run blazingly fast as a forum.

Work is in progress and has been since I moved the site at the start of the month.
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: Mikester on 15 January 2012, 21:04
It has suddenly became really slow tonight as of 5mins ago.

Pages wont load at all and when i press quote, nothing happens for minutes.
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: bobbarley on 15 January 2012, 23:19
Yeah, happens a lot.  you click on a button, and it just doesn't load.
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: SoundillusioN on 16 January 2012, 12:41
hmmm, never experienced this.... Stop clicking buttons.  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: Jay on 17 January 2012, 13:55
Fine for me, had a few SMF errors the other day but after and before that it's been fine  :smiley: Overall still a lot better than it was before the big old 'sort out' a few weeks ago.
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: JC on 17 January 2012, 21:48
i still have the occasional page hanging, a quick F5 and all is good again though
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: Steve_PD on 17 January 2012, 23:20
Don't know if its my mac being bent or the site...
but when I press back it goes back to the last page then reloads again and shows threads from the 16/1 @ 22.30 :undecided: Its only doing it on this site but referring the page and it loads the current threads.

PS, Only started doing this today
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: Diamond Hell on 17 January 2012, 23:38
It's your Mac being bent.
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: Ben Lessani on 18 January 2012, 10:25
Don't know if its my mac being bent or the site...
but when I press back it goes back to the last page then reloads again and shows threads from the 16/1 @ 22.30 :undecided: Its only doing it on this site but referring the page and it loads the current threads.

PS, Only started doing this today

Hard to say exactly, but there was some server tuning performed behind the scenes, one part was setting up the caching mechanism on SMF.
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: Steve_PD on 18 January 2012, 10:56
See what it's like later. More than likely the mac trying to go back in time...
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: Jay on 18 January 2012, 15:55
they do come with a time machine  :lipsrsealed:
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: Steve_PD on 18 January 2012, 17:25
 :grin: :grin: :grin:

Its still only doing it on this forum and does it when using the back button or the track pad :undecided:
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: jv on 18 January 2012, 18:36
I have seen it doing what you mean Steve, so you are not entirely mental ;)

On busy smf forums one of the performance recommendations is to remove the recent post section!
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: JC on 18 January 2012, 18:40
does it on the phone of I's too  :huh:
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: Steve_PD on 18 January 2012, 19:26
At least its not me going crazy :lipsrsealed: :laugh:
Its stopped now :cool:
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: The Mighty Elvi on 20 January 2012, 11:52
Really really slow this morning.

Takes about 2 minutes to open a post or post a reply.

Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: Dan34 on 20 January 2012, 12:25
Really really slow this morning.

Takes about 2 minutes to open a post or post a reply.



Same, was pretty slow at times for me yesterday too.
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: VR6_Wherry on 20 January 2012, 12:47
been pants for me today too, means i had to do work instead!  :sad: :grin:
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: bobbarley on 20 January 2012, 23:04
At least its not me going crazy :lipsrsealed: :laugh:
Its stopped now :cool:

If I view the forum on the iPhone and click back, it takes me to an older version of the forum.
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: Steve_PD on 20 January 2012, 23:18
Thats what was happening the other day for me but its stopped now, its also happening to Chuff on his iPhone
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: JC on 21 January 2012, 08:29
aye, deffo some strange goings on  :laugh:
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: Toby on 23 January 2012, 21:51
At least its not me going crazy :lipsrsealed: :laugh:
Its stopped now :cool:

If I view the forum on the iPhone and click back, it takes me to an older version of the forum.

Happens to me on my 4s also
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 23 January 2012, 22:13
Clearly a sign to get better phones then.


Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: Rhyso on 24 January 2012, 08:08
Had numerous connection problems yesterday  :undecided: :sad:
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: SoundillusioN on 25 January 2012, 10:30
Clearly a sign to get better phones then.


This... I blame poncey Apple phones.  :grin:
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: clipperjay on 26 January 2012, 16:47
Slick should delete more crappy posts over the last two years less to migrate I'm guessing?
Yes its been slow for me I lost a few posts in jan it froze and couldn't be arsed to re post it okay couldn't remember what I typed  :grin: 
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: Wazzzer on 06 February 2012, 19:58
Just had a major meltdown for about half an hour, anyone else?
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: Wazzzer on 06 February 2012, 20:00
the forum has just had a major meltdown for about half hour, what's occurring?
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: jv on 06 February 2012, 20:07
It had a major meltdown. Too many connections are occurring :tongue:
Title: Re: Slow down
Post by: Ben Lessani on 07 February 2012, 20:45
VPS IO trouble again?