Is the forum slowing down? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: PeterG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 02, 2011, 10:06:37 am
content: I have noticed the forum seems to be getting slower to load pages. This seems to be happening gradually over the last 3 weeks or so. Anyone else noticed this?

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 02, 2011, 10:09:08 am
content: yeah, ive noticed.Not sure if it's more people visiting or a hosting issue.

author: the_raptor
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 02, 2011, 10:11:01 am
content: Noticed the same thing. It took nearly a minute earlier for a post to go through.Pretty sure it is using shared hosting so we shouldn't be surprised.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 02, 2011, 11:02:03 am
content: I've not noticed it slowing down, it seems as fast/slow as it ever was for me.

author: GeoffS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 02, 2011, 11:13:36 am
content: I can't say I've noticed any slowdown.My normal method of using the forum is to stay logged in at all times and when I want an update, click on 'Show unread posts since last visit'One thing I have noticed (as a moderator) that when a spam post gets reported and is deleted, I still get people reporting on the deleted post hours later. I don't know how people can still see the deleted post.It's not a problem, just an observation.

author: johnboxall
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 02, 2011, 11:17:51 am
content: Quote from: the_raptor on January 02, 2011, 10:11:01 amFrom memory it's hosted on sitecloud.com.

author: JohnS_AZ
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 02, 2011, 04:39:04 pm
content: I've noticed most everything on the net slower the past couple weeks. I just figured it was all the kiddies home from school for the holidays clogging things up.

author: GeoffS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 02, 2011, 05:03:21 pm
content: Quote from: tronixstuff on January 02, 2011, 11:17:51 amDNS says cloudwelcome.com

author: orbiter
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 02, 2011, 07:36:52 pm
content: I've noticed these forums being slow the past few days too guys. My other regular haunts seem ok as do my connection stats so I'm sure it's not my end.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 02, 2011, 09:26:30 pm
content: I haven't really noticed any slowing of the forum in the last few days.About a week ago I noticed a few problems, but they appear to be gone now.Perhaps sitecloud.com are having a few issues again.My site is "on the cloud" so should not have any speed issues, even if I get Slashdotted.Dave.

author: Ernie Milko
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 02, 2011, 10:03:22 pm
content: I agree with the OP; its been getting slower, and slower, and slower......................over the last week or so.

author: orbiter
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 02, 2011, 10:05:30 pm
content: Just taken me over 1 minute to upload a text post

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 02, 2011, 10:21:15 pm
content: Ok, sounds like something is wrong if so many people are getting it.I just had to refresh a page view because it seemed to hang.I have posted seom MySQL server stats here.Lots of RED numbers that presumably mean something is not right?Anyone have the knowledge to interpret them properly and know what the culprit is?This database server is used for the blogs as well.http://www.eevblog.com/images/errors/Thanks.Dave.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 02, 2011, 10:57:02 pm
content: Due to a combination of Government ineptitude, Telstra bastardry and dumb luck I am marooned until the upcoming move on wireless Internet.I've noticed lots of slowing on EEVBLOG and on just about every part of the Internet. It's hard to tell who/what is slowing ant any particular instant when all the tools are timing out.

author: GeoffS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 02, 2011, 11:13:09 pm
content: I got a lot of 'waiting for eevblog.com' while downloading the stats files.Based on that, I'd say that it's not just a MySQL issue.Ping times to the server (or cloud) are fairly slow at around 200ms. [I'm on 30Mbps cable]I'll have a look at the MySQL stuff and see if anything sticks out as a problem.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 03, 2011, 11:36:42 am
content: I've noticed things slowing, about a week ago a few error messages, today pages are loading very slowly,

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 03, 2011, 11:49:41 am
content: I've noticed it's being a bit slow today.

author: scrat
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 03, 2011, 12:19:08 pm
content: Posting is really slow today for me too.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 03, 2011, 12:22:02 pm
content: it's very slow, these pages have taken seconds to minutes for me to load, I've just walked away and come back later to it

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 03, 2011, 12:23:00 pm
content: it's very slow, these pages have taken seconds to minutes for me to load, I've just walked away and come back later to it

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 03, 2011, 12:24:55 pm
content: It looks like it's been so slow that you've pressed the post button twice because you thought it had stopped responding.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 03, 2011, 12:35:27 pm
content: yea it kelp telling me someone else had posted in the meantime and should I want to reconsider, then it showed an error on posting so I pressed back and retried, somewhere in those 5 odd attempts it went through twice, something is definitely up and all the other websites i use and my privately hosted emails are all working fine

author: Kiriakos-GR
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 03, 2011, 05:48:49 pm
content: I am having big problems today with the server , every move to reply or post needs an complete minute to take place..And so I have to ask , is it just me ?

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 03, 2011, 10:46:22 pm
content: it's improved for me this afternoon/evening but was terrible late morning / early afternoon

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 04, 2011, 04:29:48 am
content: Response from sitecloud is that nothing is wrong, although they are looking into it further.Also, about the red numbers in the MySQL stats:"please ignore that Red mark numbers, there is no problem with MySQL databases."Dave.

author: scrat
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 04, 2011, 08:52:03 am
content: Still very slow to make a post, from here...From sitecloud response, I argue it must be a quantistic effect that stretched the time variable

author: PeterG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 04, 2011, 09:04:39 am
content: Hmmm i dont know Scrat, sounds like the Flux Capacitor is on the way out to me. Or maybe the 'Cloud' has shrunk due to global warming.Regards

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 04, 2011, 09:21:50 am
content: Response is quite reasonable for me.Beats me what the problem is, although sitecloud are only new and have been ironing out kinks in their cloud system from the start, having to resort to changing from Amazon to a new service provider.I don't know if it's just more quirks in their system that need ironing out, or if their pipe or resources aren't big enough somehow?Dave.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 04, 2011, 09:23:19 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on January 04, 2011, 09:21:50 amHmm. It just took over 20 seconds to post that message and get me back.MUCH slower than other Simple Machines forums I'm on that are typically in the order of a few seconds.Dave.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 04, 2011, 09:38:45 am
content: I've switched on the "Use a persistent connection" option for the forum, let me know if this makes a difference.Dave.

author: Neilm
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 04, 2011, 07:01:47 pm
content: I have just posted a message and it seemed to be much faster.Opening up this to post the above took about 10 secondsNeil

author: Kiriakos-GR
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 04, 2011, 09:58:14 pm
content: Speed looks to had be restored , since my other " nag " post ..But time will tell .The average respond time of the forum at my end are about 7-8 seconds .

author: DJPhil
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 04, 2011, 11:09:28 pm
content: Slow speed and dropouts appear to be repaired here. Looking good!

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 04, 2011, 11:17:13 pm
content: problem while posting last time. hanged when post button pressed, need to refresh to see my posting. sometime bad gateway problem couples of days, but not serious, only last 10 secs or something. i have to remember the magic key ctrl-c and v

author: glossywhite
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 05, 2011, 12:40:02 am
content: Yes, it's often verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry slowwwwwwwwwwwww

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 05, 2011, 03:04:47 am
content: There has been a big outage for the last hour or so, not just my site, but Sitecloud's "cloud" by the looks of it.Back up now and seems lightning quick... *press POST"...

author: orbiter
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 05, 2011, 11:12:47 am
content: Things seem to have improved a lot in the last day or so Dave, dunno whether it was that 'persistant connection' button or what but the site is quicker now.

author: Kiriakos-GR
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 05, 2011, 11:45:58 am
content: Well its known that ping traces can not tell much about the server handling ability.Even so , this moment that the server looks to operate normally , I will post an picture ,of how the ping looks from my end .The connection between Europe and US looks to have issues , doubles the ping time.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 05, 2011, 12:45:36 pm
content: It's really flying at my end now. Quicker than when I flicked the persistent connection flag.So I think sitecloud have fixed something after the big (unknown) server wide outage today.Let's hope it stays that way.Dave.

author: Kiriakos-GR
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 06, 2011, 02:08:21 pm
content: I got an error503today .... an total black out of the service .About two hours back ..I checked the with trace route , it was the same readings like the above.And so its not the lines , its the server that stopped handling the requests.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 06, 2011, 02:20:12 pm
content: after post... halted, even several times refresh attempt this couple of days. but onyl sometime, not everytime.

author: RayJones
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 07, 2011, 02:17:45 am
content: Yep was typing up a reply earlier and no communicado upon hitting submit.I have gotten used to copy and paste when using these forums, expecting a death roll at any time :-(

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 07, 2011, 04:09:26 am
content: As you've probably notices, we are now back online.Sitecloud said the problem was with the datacentre at Singlehop.Dave.

author: orbiter
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2011, 03:34:16 pm
content: I think we have problems again Dave? EEVBlog has been awfully slow again this afternoon.

author: slburris
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2011, 04:03:57 am
content: About 8:00PM PST, Jan 11 2011, seeing very slow responses and I'm getting:500 Internal Server Erroras well. Anyone else seeing problems?Scott

author: Kiriakos-GR
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2011, 04:09:45 am
content: Yes the Hosting server has issues again.Problems from my end too.

author: DavidDLC
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2011, 04:11:43 am
content: I'm in PST and the forum is really sloooooowwwwwww. And have been notice lately this website is not in good condition (ill or sick)

author: PeterG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2011, 04:19:57 am
content: This is the worst i have seen it. Never seen it this slow. I think Dave has found the most unreliable host ever.My 2 cents thrown in...

author: RayJones
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2011, 05:32:43 am
content: Slower than a whetstone

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 12, 2011, 05:45:26 am
content: It's getting ridiculous.I'm seriously thinking of moving back to my old Hostmonster account. Pain in the arse to do though.Dave.

author: ElektroQuark
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 12, 2011, 09:05:19 am
content: Running fast now.

author: Ernie Milko
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2011, 08:32:52 pm
content: Really slow again..........

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2011, 11:08:42 pm
content: looking for a cloud again?

author: Ernie Milko
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2011, 09:58:51 pm
content: Still really slow..........

author: Kiriakos-GR
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2011, 10:03:31 pm
content: Today I have major issues even with youtube .. looks like the international connections to be in trouble .

author: Hypernova
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 04, 2011, 02:19:22 am
content: Nothing wrong on my end, at office from Taiwan.