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I know I'm new here, but I have noticed that your forums are relatively slow. Is there any particular reason for this? Am I the only one that thinks they are slow?

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Lex

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
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I guess that depends on how you define slow... most of the time, I get fairly good response on the site. There are occasions when it slows to a crawl but it's hard to determine whether it's my ISP or the VC server.

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The site is very non-responsive. If I click to read an article, it make take a second or two before it begins to even load the page.

Other forums I've used seem much faster.

I have a cable modem, so it's definitely not on my side.

No big deal, I just thought your forum software might be bulky or your server slow.

Lex

Registered: Dec 1999
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Originally posted by Lex Luthor
I have a cable modem, so it's definitely not on my side.

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That's no guarantee you'll get fast response .

Several factors come into play when accessing the web. There's probably numerous routers and switches between you and the VC server. If any of them hiccups or has any kind of problem, you'll see it in response times. Also, the number of users currently logged in and accessing the database will affect it as well. It really could be anything.

I've been having trouble myself today which I've attributed to the wonderful New England weather we're having... wind, rain, and thunder (in December!). My dial-up has disconnected several times today and general response times have been terrible.

Has it always been slow or just the last few days? There have been a few occasions in the past when a router or something just upstream from VC went on the fritz... but that affected everyone trying to access the site... talk about sloooow...

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Registered: Aug 1999
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At peak points there is an extreme load on our sql server (over 80% CPU usage). We are currently reviewing the situation, and should resolve early next year (ie New DB Cluster).

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<B>Marcus Adolfsson</B>
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Another potential speed bump

If you are using Netscape Navigator, some of the graphics embedded in signature blocks are a real problem because Navigator will not display a band until the entire contents of the band are received. Hit the "Stop" button, and the page may pop right up. This is an instance where IE is so much better . . . it displays the page, even if one or more images are still coming down the wire.

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Has it always been slow or just the last few days? There have been a few occasions in the past when a router or something just upstream from VC went on the fritz... but that affected everyone trying to access the site... talk about sloooow... [/B]

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dpdamour,

EXACTLY! It's the initial page request. Takes a long time before it starts to load the page.

Other discussion forum software/boards don't have this.

I didn't think it could only be me.

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Lex

Registered: Dec 1999
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Originally posted by Lex Luthor
EXACTLY! It's the initial page request. Takes a long time before it starts to load the page.

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Ok, maybe that's what marcus was eluding to regarding the SQL server. I guess I just don't notice it as much on my piddly 56k dial-up . Here on my end, VC isn't really any slower than other sites most of the time.

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well, it looks like it hit a peak. 12pm wednesday, 20th of december, i got this message

Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Too many connections in /usr/www/visorcentral.com/htdocs/adintelligent/addisplay.php3 on line 4



it said that it sent an email to the technical support people.

there are 34 members and 39 visitors listed and it took 5 minutes and 24 seconds for me to post this message.

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well, it looks like it hit a peak. 12pm wednesday, 20th of december, i got this message

Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Too many connections in /usr/www/visorcentral.com/htdocs/adintelligent/addisplay.php3 on line 4



it said that it sent an email to the technical support people.

there are 34 members and 39 visitors listed and it took 5 minutes and 24 seconds for me to post this message. (get the message post screen...this doesn't count after hitting the 'Submit Reply' button.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Hoser_in_USA
this doesn't count after hitting the 'Submit Reply' button.

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which you obviously did more than once!

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quote:

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Originally posted by MarkEagle

quote:

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Originally posted by Hoser_in_USA
this doesn't count after hitting the 'Submit Reply' button.

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which you obviously did more than once!

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sorry! it was REALLY hanging up! when i waited 5 minutes for the message creation screen, i thought that was long! then i typed the message and hit 'submit reply' and waited, and waited and waited...then I got the 'Page not available' screen!

so i hit the back button and hit 'submit reply again!' and waited and waited and waited...(actually i got A LOT of work done yesterday...i just minimized the window and did a bunch of stuff while waiting for the message to post!

in the long run, it seems to be back to normal today.

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After adding RAM to the server over the weekend, we did some tweaking to the SQL database.

Let us know if you notice any performance increase...
either way, a new DB Server is schduled to go online in January.


Thanks,

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quote:

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Originally posted by marcus
Let us know if you notice any performance increase...

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I agree it is the slowest site I check regularly. I hope the changes in January help the speed of loading the discussion pages since I read them every day! It's quite addictive. Great site by the way.

Registered: Aug 1999
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Two new servers are incoming... The current VC server will be replaced by two identical 1.1Ghz Athlon, 1GB Ram, 36GB Ultra 160 Raid 2 systems.

VCWWW (machine one) will handle all web page requestes, while VCDB (machine two) will run the SQL engine.

The new machines should be live by mid January.

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<B>Marcus Adolfsson</B>
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We upgraded MySQL to the latest version today, and added a bunch of new indexes to the tables.

Let us know if it is any faster...

BTW, the parts for the new servers are now slowly coming in.

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<B>Marcus Adolfsson</B>
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Well, from where I am right now, service is MUCH faster than it was before (granted, the last time I checked VC from here was before school vacations).

BEN