Server Speed Feedback Needed

We've been montioring it all day drunkcow. I'm monitoring it and dealing with the problems as they arise. We have some process running everday starting at 12:30PM PST that just kills the site. So we are looking into it and just restarting and working on it as we monitor.

There's no load and it keeps going down. So there's an update that's not really an update. We are looking into it.

Connectivity issues... i keep getting the "Cannot contact server" message. I have short intervals of time that i can get on... like now! =P

Seems we have been jumping over the 2000 people mark... again the majority of which are guests... =\

an update, seems to be peak time with a lot of open connections at 10-1pm PST, which is weird, arent you people eating lunch?! or is everyone at work getting a break and getting on Guru.... We're working on countering this load k, so pls everyone be patient

I've been a member with this site for a couple months, and it seems like everytime I log on to check the forums the site is rediculously slow. It's not my internet connection, because everything else works fine and everything else is fast, it's just this site. I know the traffic isn't slowing it down because I've visited other sites that have 2000+ members viewing at the same time and its 10x faster than this site. Something needs to be done.

I think the auction system is slowing this site down a lot. It is slow on my T3 line at college and I can't even get this site to load at all on my 56k at home.

No, it's because we have "disgruntled" users who take it out on the site because we happen to enforce rules. The recent problems we have been constantly monitoring, and no they shouldn't be happening. Yesterday and today we have been experiencing unusually high peaks that come and go. Which leads us to believe that GW Guru is experiencing a DOS attack. We are watching the situation. The auctions, the amount of guests, the amount of users has nothing to do with this.

We are monitoring the situation, and I myself can't believe how much trouble we have had recently. But as for "something being done", I assure you that I am aware and that we are working on it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Inde

Don't worry. We've pointed 390 banana cream pie missiles at the perpetrator, he should let up soon.

is the speed also why the search function almost never works?

The query overload brings down everything, including search.

whats a "DOS attack". I mean, i know what DOS is but...

Quote: Originally Posted by awesome sauce

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/DoS_attack.html

Sorry to annoy but I have not seen anyone post this problem. Beyond the insanely slow load speeds, searching has been hit and miss.

Much of the time it diverts me to the google search option (which most of the time will not even find things that are on the front page of the forum) and sometimes when I do try to use a link given, it will direct me right back to the site saying that the search function will not work and so use google. ie a big circle. I'm sure you guys are swamped with the server problems you are having but just thought I would let you know about this.

Yes.. that seems very likely.
Infact there are around 400 users online atm and the site is still as slow as ever. I normally find its mostly the forums with the problem though, not the main website. It also sometimes switches to 'this page cannot be displayed' after waiting for ages to load a page.

Anyway.. i hope Inde and the others manage to sort it good luck

EDIT: i have now tried 10 times to submit this post..
EDIT2: make that 20

We are working on an issue with the server now and will continue to work on it until it is resolved.

Quote: Originally Posted by awesome sauce

its still good.. but tend to lag like hell after being open for awhile (im guessing coz of teh flash adds

I remember we had a DOS attack a few months ago. But yes, sometimes it varies from overall slowness, 404s, or just downtime of the search button. Hopefully it would be over with soon. Leads me to wonder if the DOS attacker is one of our own...can you trace the IP in any manner?