I've noticed off and on for the last week or so that this forum is loading real slow...i ran a speed test on my cable modem, and its actually running higher than average...www.msn.com takes about all of 1 second to load, as do other webpages...just didnt know if anyone else was having the same problem
Anyone notice this forum running slow?
- Thread starter Matthew
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I post on "longest thread" a lot and the speed at which that thread moves requires a fast forum, it has been horrible, especially trying to keep the conversation flowing, it takes too long to reload, and by the time you read what others have posted, your replies are about 5 replies back, and they dont make any sense....
It's the forum's server. Depending upon how large the SQL database is for the forum and the machine they have it on, you'll get some slow load times. Especially if the box is used by other sites that run multimedia or other forums.
To give you an indication, I once ran a VBulletin message board that had about 8700 members and the forum database was about a gig. Unless you've got a good processor (2ghz+) and about a gig of RAM during peak hours it's going to load slow.
To give you an indication, I once ran a VBulletin message board that had about 8700 members and the forum database was about a gig. Unless you've got a good processor (2ghz+) and about a gig of RAM during peak hours it's going to load slow.
sir nuke please quit moving posts all over the place...the reason we post in here is because we pretty much know everyone and people respond here...when you move posts to other less frequented forums, often you dont get any responses at all or very little compared to when they are in here...if someone wants to ask fellow p5ers what they think of their rims or whatever, lighten up and just leave it in this forum...its not killing anyone
enry
Administrator
Here's some info. If someone has REAL, PROVEN instructions on how to optimize for speed, I am open to suggestions.
Otherwise, spare me the short-sighted comments or half-assed remarks or I will get <b>VERY</b> upset.
The database is over 3 gigs. We have a 2.4 with a gig of ram. CPU load right now is 0.26, 0.59, 0.57.
Apache settings are:
MySQL Settings Below.
Thanks...
Otherwise, spare me the short-sighted comments or half-assed remarks or I will get <b>VERY</b> upset.
The database is over 3 gigs. We have a 2.4 with a gig of ram. CPU load right now is 0.26, 0.59, 0.57.
Apache settings are:
MySQL Settings Below.
Thanks...
Esteban Toledo
Member
RazorP5 said:
It's much easier to do a search when everything is in it's proper location.
Also, when browsing, try clicking on "view today's active threads" instead of the p5 forum. Because users carelessly post in the wrong forums, you'll probably find more that you can relate to.
enry
Administrator
well I checked my mail today (hadn't for a few days) and I got about 400 "too many connections" emails from the forum. so I think that might be the problem.
you would laugh at how many errors I get when the DB server is down, like 20 emails per second. like now, for example, I had to restart the DB server. and let's see how many emails... *drumroll* (waiting for effin email client).. 226 emails.
you would laugh at how many errors I get when the DB server is down, like 20 emails per second. like now, for example, I had to restart the DB server. and let's see how many emails... *drumroll* (waiting for effin email client).. 226 emails.
I was just going to post how the site has been painfully slow during the day lately.. i don't notice it as much when i'm on the site at night time..
are you guys doing any kind of database backup during the day? that may also slow things down.. if so reschedule it for the middle of the night (granted we have international users, but we should be able to find some time period that is the slowest traffic wise)..
if it's more server power or more uplink bandwidth needed, i'm willing to donate again to help out towards costs and would hope that others would do the same..
are you guys doing any kind of database backup during the day? that may also slow things down.. if so reschedule it for the middle of the night (granted we have international users, but we should be able to find some time period that is the slowest traffic wise)..
if it's more server power or more uplink bandwidth needed, i'm willing to donate again to help out towards costs and would hope that others would do the same..
