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Discussion in 'Site Feedback and Suggestions' started by Julio Franco, Mar 20, 2003.

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  1. poertner_1274 secroF laicepS topShceT Posts: 4,745

    I know, just leaving a little feedback ;)
    poertner_1274, Apr 8, 2003
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  2. Per Hansson TS Server Guru Posts: 1,796   +66

    The AD's are always what slow down the site loading...

    As has been said it can sometimes take several minutes for them to load...

    I'm on a 30Mbps connection, and when comparing to some other forums www.sweclockers.com mainly (Swedish site) Techspot does feel a tad slow...

    However they also have their forums on a separate dell server, which compared to the TS server is waaay faster...

    Dell Poweredge 2600, Dual Xeon 2.4GHz, 2304MB DDR, 2x36GB 10KRPM SCSI. Weight: ~45KG.

    Pics: 1 2 3
    Per Hansson, Apr 11, 2003
    #22

  3. LNCPapa TS Special Forces Posts: 3,948   +120

    HEY!!! I have one of those Per - really! Well, not mine really - but my group here at work. We use it to run stats on computer usage throughout the campus. Similar config except with 3 drives and another hot-swappable powersupply.

    LNCPapa
    LNCPapa, Apr 11, 2003
    #23

  4. LNCPapa TS Special Forces Posts: 3,948   +120

    Well - I wanted to let you guys know (especially Julio) that I've been getting painfully slow response from Techspot pages lately - both website and forums. The forums are especially slow to load up the buttons across the top and the buttons next to each thread marking whether there is anything new or not. It's so slow these last couple of weeks that it's actually quicker for me to look at the date of last post and determine if I've been there since the newest update or not. Not sure if anyone else is having this prob - but I'm having it on multiple machines across two different connections (Cable - 1.5mbit/256kbit and a T3)

    LNCPapa
    LNCPapa, Jul 21, 2003
    #24

  5. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor Posts: 6,050   +121

    Last week TS was slashdotted so that probably slowed things down quite a bit, however the last few days things have got back to normal and server load is pretty average.

    Anybody else experiencing slowdowns?
    Julio Franco, Jul 21, 2003
    #25

  6. Phantasm66 Newcomer, in training Posts: 6,504

    There were some slowdowns last week but no probs now.

    I did notice a rather larger number of people seem to be coming.
    Phantasm66, Jul 21, 2003
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  7. JSR Banned Posts: 730

    if you build it

    they will come.............(from, a field of dreams, ....not, a car commercial)
    JSR, Jul 21, 2003
    #27

  8. XtR-X Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,040

    Lol, JSR, I've heard that somewhere... a car commercial--right?

    And yes, Techspot isn't as fast as it used to be but it's not painfully slow, it's just slow. Though, sometimes, it achieves the level of painfully slow.
    XtR-X, Jul 21, 2003
    #28

  9. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor Posts: 6,050   +121

    This surprises me quite a bit you know, as we are serving mostly static pages on the main site and the server loads are pretty low... I will try with a couple of different settings tonight and see if that helps some.
    Julio Franco, Jul 21, 2003
    #29

  10. RustyZip TechSpot Paladin Posts: 415

    I myself havn't noticed any slow down recently...
    RustyZip, Jul 21, 2003
    #30

  11. olefarte TechSpot Ambassador Posts: 1,425

    I haven't noticed any slowdowns either, except for a period of time one day last week, I couldn't get though at all. Later on I saw there were over 2000 people on board.
    olefarte, Jul 21, 2003
    #31

  12. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor Posts: 6,050   +121

    That's exactly when we got /.ed, which is more understandable since there were thousands of people coming in and out the whole day (btw, I discovered a bug in the site programming that was slowing us down more than normal so actually if we get slashdotted one of these days, the server should be able to keep up rather normally).

    Now, I'm particularly interested in what other members are saying, pages loading slow at all times?
    Of course, we should define slow...
    1 - I'm ok 56k and it takes forever to load (and other pages don't).
    2 - I'm on broadband and takes a little while.
    3 - I'm on broadband and takes a couple of seconds (while other pages load instantly).
    4 - I'm on a T3 line and pages should come up like they were loaded locally

    ?? :confused:
    Julio Franco, Jul 21, 2003
    #32

  13. ---agissi--- TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,369   +9

    i would fit under #3 :) Except for some times, I cant get threw at all. :(
    ---agissi---, Jul 21, 2003
    #33

  14. DigitAlex TechSpot Paladin Posts: 583

    3 MBit DSL here and it loads quite fast, not instatantly tought from almost instantly to 2-3 sec
    DigitAlex, Jul 21, 2003
    #34

  15. SNGX1275 TS Special Forces Posts: 11,891   +117

    #3, but really not too many sites I visit load up faster.
    SNGX1275, Jul 22, 2003
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  16. XtR-X Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,040

    3-2. From most to least.

    It's the MySQL db's as you are using the vB for like the entire site, that may be your problem. I'm still learning MySQL but I've administered many php+mysql forums and it's usually the DBs.

    Ask Phantasm, I don't want to get too over my head, I'm still in the process of learning MySQL.
    XtR-X, Jul 22, 2003
    #36

  17. Nic TechSpot Paladin Posts: 1,926

    I am finding intitial loading very slow. I noticed that the delay is due to adverts loading, in particular

    'a.as-us.falkag.net'

    which seems to pause for about 6 secs before continuing. This never used to be the case.
    Nic, Jul 22, 2003
    #37

  18. MrGaribaldi TechSpot Ambassador Posts: 2,802

    Yes, the ad server has been slow lately...

    Otherwise it loads within an ok speed, except for the first time I visit (but then again, I'm clearing the cache each time I exit)...

    So I guess I fall into #3...

    But on a similar note..

    Sometimes I can wait for up to a minute for a page to load, when I've used the quickreply box... It'll allmost hang on the "newreply.php" and take forever to return me to the thread...

    Sometimes I just back and reloads, but mostly I can't be bothered, and just back up to the list of threads... But this has caused me to "loose" certain posts lately (unless a mod deleted them without telling me)...

    So if you could look into it, it'd be great...

    I'm using Opera 7.11 on win2k pro...
    MrGaribaldi, Jul 22, 2003
    #38

  19. MrGaribaldi TechSpot Ambassador Posts: 2,802

    Hmm.. seems to work as it should now...

    The only problem left (which I forgot in the prev post) is that instead of being returned to my post, I'm returned to the previous page in the thread/not going to the new page...
    MrGaribaldi, Jul 22, 2003
    #39

  20. XtR-X Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,040

    TS server speed blows right now. It's painfully slow.

    Right now, it is 11:07AM PST, July 23, 2003.
    XtR-X, Jul 23, 2003
    #40
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