Hope everything is stable now.
Server Speed Feedback Needed
kzap
We recently installed eAccelerator on our server which should lessen load on the forums and our sites a lot less, so please tell us if you notice any slowdowns still and at what time/timezone. Thanks! Hope everything is stable now.
Hope everything is stable now.
Shanksie
Depends on how recently it was installed.
Over the past few days this forum has simply been unuseable for me from ~5-8pm GMT. I'll have another try during the same period tonight (2.5 hours from now).
Over the past few days this forum has simply been unuseable for me from ~5-8pm GMT. I'll have another try during the same period tonight (2.5 hours from now).
Josh
Same Shanskie.
Sometimes these forums just get too much traffic (i think) and it just causes some random error with the database and it just takes forever to load at peak times (GMT).
Sometimes these forums just get too much traffic (i think) and it just causes some random error with the database and it just takes forever to load at peak times (GMT).
kzap
as recent as my post
Indian
it is very fast as im posting right now..
but in morning around 7:00-7:30 AM EST when checked it was slow as hell
so im assuming its been installed in past few hours... working fine so far
but in morning around 7:00-7:30 AM EST when checked it was slow as hell
so im assuming its been installed in past few hours... working fine so far
Inde
Definitely better than the last several days. I haven't noticed any hiccups yet and was getting at least 6+ on the other days.
Tmm Ryan
Seems a lot faster actually, before i was experiencing slow loading times, feels like a new server/host.
Savio
Haven't had to sit around waiting to see if GwG will load yet today... I'm happy.
Shanksie
yeah seem to be modding fine without having to wait 1208741234 hours for the pages to load, which is nice 
:verybigthumbsupfrommesmiley:
:verybigthumbsupfrommesmiley:
Josh
Yeah, it's well into peak times now and there's been no slow loading times today.
Nice job.
Nice job.
DSey
I concur with the others. I had a lot of trouble with loading pages before. It seems to work flawlessly now. Neat job!
Fyre Brand
The forum is loading very nicely. I'm on a 56k connection and I have been having great page loads. Also the new upgrade looks really nice. Nice job!
EternalTempest
So far very snappy, not seen the issues as before.
zehly
Want to know how to decrease some bandwidth consumption? Look at the source code to your content. There is an absurd amount of whitespace that serves no purpose being there. You can always edit your templates, then run them through a stripper to only have the essential spacing in the markup, and cache that. Generated content like on the forums... same thing. This is one little secret that industrial strength servers exploit all the time.
kzap
Thank you for that suggestion zehly, I have gone ahead and done that. Page size is down by about 5-8% and makes a difference
Aria
It's running absolutely wonderfully. Thanks kzap
Shanksie
It was unusable for me last night @~9-9.30pm gmt, but apart from that one incident it has been running very smoothly.
kzap
Quote:
Originally Posted by Shanksie
It was unusable for me last night @~9-9.30pm gmt, but apart from that one incident it has been running very smoothly.
eh really? didnt notice anything, hmm
Shanksie
down again between 18:00 and 19:00 gmt sunday (and yes - every other site i tried was up and running)
Old Dood
Yes every now and again...I'll be on....write a post...click on post thread and bingo...server can't be found. Dunno...why.
kg_lildude1
great server speeds, but i have no idea why but every single day at 1:48 AM GMT+1 i cant connect for a couple minutes - half an hour, i got no idea why but its always at the same time
kzap
might be awstats running.. thanks for the info
The Son Of Morgoth
Seems fine for me except i only really log on 4-12 pm EST
Lasareth
Just had some really bad downtime ending @2:08AM EST 
Inde
It's been down for me twice tonight, as well. We've submitted trouble tickets and are looking into it.
Hockster
Had horrible response times last night. Search didn't work, most times out, couldn't edit posts, wouldn't even load the edit screen, that resulted in a "friendly warning" (?) and a rude response to read the forum guidlines, many broken frames in loading new threads, 90+ second post times, and just general overall slowness. symptoms lasted a few hours, 1:00Am to 4:00AM Mountain Time (-7 GMT I believe).
Edit: Weirdness continues tonight. Replying to a few threads results in my post appearing as the first, and the OP is at the bottom. Post numbers are in order, but not on the correct posts. I SS one, but can't upload it anywhere until I get home from work.
Edit: Weirdness continues tonight. Replying to a few threads results in my post appearing as the first, and the OP is at the bottom. Post numbers are in order, but not on the correct posts. I SS one, but can't upload it anywhere until I get home from work.
kzap
downtime due to EV1 router problems, arghh
Hockster
For the last few days the forums have been excruciatingly slow. Numerous time outs, and 30second plus post times. The number of duplicate and triplicate posts/threads suggest that I'm not the only one experiencing these porblems.
Swehurn
I'm with Hockster ^^ - things have seemed pretty slow to load for the last few days.
Any chance the new auction system's generated a LOT more traffic or is somehow otherwise bogging down the server?
Any chance the new auction system's generated a LOT more traffic or is somehow otherwise bogging down the server?
Skuld
The editing posts and quick reply is taking a long time
Inde
I made a post in Riverside, but I'll explain further here. Yesterday the number of requests being made to the database was high because of the auction. We resolved this by caching the auction page, and it worked wonderfully. The problems we had today were completely seperate of that and server-side. But that too has been resolved.
Koranex
I'm finding it faster just 'cannot find server' comes up every now an again
just 'cannot find server' comes up every now an again
Old Dood
Yes...it is Snappy again....Good Work Inde!
Xenrath
Very slow again at 17:08 GMT, not sure if it's coinciding with the stats collection mentioned in other thread. Can that be rescheduled? 5pm+ many people will be coming back from work etc. and maybe looking on here.
Edit: 17:16 edit/post went very slow again
Edit again: 17:20, getting standard IE "DNS not found" type message every now and then, severe delays, only for this forum no other website.
Edit: 17:16 edit/post went very slow again
Edit again: 17:20, getting standard IE "DNS not found" type message every now and then, severe delays, only for this forum no other website.
Old Dood
Read in the Riverside forum...under DDOS Attack...Inde explains what is going on...
Xenrath
Oh lol just read (finally got onto that page) yeah speeded up again now, seems to come and go.
Makkert
Is GWG again under DDOS attack?
terrible speed...
terrible speed...
Racthoh
Quote:
Originally Posted by Makkert
Is GWG again under DDOS attack?
terrible speed... Indeed, and for some reason I can't see the "Who is online" at the bottom of the main page. Been going at random speeds for a past few hours actually from my end.
terrible speed... Indeed, and for some reason I can't see the "Who is online" at the bottom of the main page. Been going at random speeds for a past few hours actually from my end.
sno
It's been horrible for the last week or so, but as of today it seems to be alright. Still not fast, but I can actually load the pages which is nice
Hope all is resolved now
Hope all is resolved now
Cherno
I have only about a 30% success rate accessing the forums. They have been taking very long to load, and I usually get a Page Cannot Be Found message. When they do load it is spotty whether or not I will be able to post or get into a thread once I am in a forum.
This has been happening to me for at least this week. I notice that first thing in the morning when I check ~7 central things seem to go pretty decently for about 1/2 hour.
Hope that helps
This has been happening to me for at least this week. I notice that first thing in the morning when I check ~7 central things seem to go pretty decently for about 1/2 hour.
Hope that helps