Server Slllloooowwww

[Dauphin]

Do you know where the problem lies, and more importantly, are you any closer to the solution?

Of course if you have the choice between answering with actions rather than words it would be good. (i.e don't waste time replying to say that you can fix it, if it will cause delays to fixing it. )

Well it looks like the admin are still away living it up this christmas

And so they should.

[Solver]

Is it just me, or has the slow period came to an end? If so, Markos has done good job.

[Zopperoni]

It's much better now, still a wee bit slower than normal, but it's very much within an acceptable margin.

Markos & Dan

[Dis]

hmm if this keeps up, I might actually have to get a life

[Urban Ranger]

Good news: it no longer takes aeons to connect to 'Poly

Bad news: server is still slow with loading time of this reply form at 67.34 seconds

So it takes about 3 minutes overall after I click on the "Post Reply" button until this form finishes loading.

Better than before, but there is still lots of room for improvement.

[Provost Harrison]

Well it is still extremely slow for me, although I noticed there was some downtime earlier on this afternoon (GMT). I hope these problems are going to subside soon. I have a better suggestion though:

Bin the old server and get a new one because it is crap

[Dr. Nick]

Took 137 seconds to load this thread and 80 seconds to load the reply sheet.



What is the problem? Server load? Or is the server itself having some little problem of its own?

[Urban Ranger]

It seems to be a connection problem. It takes ages to connect to 'Poly - whether it's the discission forums or not - and Gamestats.

[Dauphin]

Still Slooowwwwww.

[player1]

I havn't posted anything for 4 days.
Why?

It is so slow.

Wait, wait, wait (nothing happens) for several minutes (even 5-10), then sevral KB transfered for 1-5 seconds, then repeat: wait, wait, wait, etc.

[MarkG]

it kind of goes without saying but this is the worst time of the year that something like that could happen....

again, thanks for your patience

[Vlad Antlerkov]

This is ridiculous

88 seconds to load this thread, 330 seconds for the Reply screen to load.

Haven't even been able to connect to this site for the past three or four days. No problems with any other sites, though.

It's reminiscent of the time (not so long ago) when I was stuck with my (rather unreliable) dial-up service...

[Martin Gühmann]

The new server is really fast now, but Netscape 6 just say Please Wait although the loading process is already finished. But that suggest now a really short answer why the were problems since the big forum update.

-Martin

[Lonestar]

Seems to be getting better, I was B*tching about over on the SDMB. Stefu came by and confirmed I wasn't going insane...

[Sirotnikov]

MarkG is being diplomatic.

Mark and Dan are investing time and money to provide you with a free service with great content and quality.

While it's your right to notice problems and complain, stop *****ing like a crybaby as if someone owes you something.

You're acting as if Dan and Mark are guilty of depriving you of something you own or doing things just to annoy you.

They care for the success of the site as anybody here and I'm sure they suffer most when potencial users can't reach the site.

And while it's fine to alert them of problems, being a ***** about it is unjustified.