Author Topic: Site speed...? (Read 127636 times)

Kat Stevens · « **Reply #825 on:** November 22, 2009, 14:01:34 »

Very slow for the past few days, to the point of aggravation. As George said, half loading, slow loading, server timeouts.

Journeyman · « **Reply #826 on:** November 22, 2009, 14:09:32 »

It's been consistently slow out in Prince George where I'm visiting.

But after breakfast with caesars and last night's UFC, followed by what can only be described as 'watching people (several wearing mirrored sunglasses [WTF?]) line-dancing to rock music while kicking beer bottles across the dance floor'....my speed isn't too quick this morning either

Bass ackwards · « **Reply #827 on:** November 22, 2009, 22:10:46 »

Ditto to George's and Kat's last posts this morning when I was on , but it seems fine this evening.

Algae · « **Reply #828 on:** November 24, 2009, 01:38:54 »

Hi,

Sorry, was away in the last days.

Your server specs don't seem to be the issue for me. It's maybe a server configuration problem, but in that case your load will go much higher than just 0.8. Probably the bandwidth. I have see server over 25 of load and working faster than this forum...

With a $150 you have many possibility, it's a good budget.

1. Host your server in colocation. That's the worst scenario to me... The datacenter will host it, but if you have an hardware issue, you will have to go to the datacenter, or they will have to ship you the server back or some offer remote hand service, but it's always in the +$100/hour. So it can become expensive really fast, and since it's not the hardware that the datacenter use, they may not have the good hardware to fix it. For the remote reboot, it's not a problem, APC do some remote reboot power bar (check the AP7900)

2. Get a dedicated server. First, you can get a pretty good server for around $100/month hosted in Montreal, and for approx $50/month more get a good server management. So you will have dedicated staff that will be able to monitor and deal with your server. So you will never loose any more time on this trying to figure what's going on, you just send in a ticket and a tech will look at your issue.

3. Webhosting, it's maybe a good alternative too, some company are offering some great solution, no hassle, you just use the system as a service. But I don't know how much it can cost to host a forum like this, I will need more information to figure that out. But most of those serious host are in USA. We can maybe get a free trial for 30 days to know if it's works and how much it can cost for the next month. (probably in the $100/month range)

#3 would be the best solution, less trouble, just enjoying your website. They manage the website backup, server update, etc.

Sorry for my english...

Mike Bobbitt · « **Reply #829 on:** November 24, 2009, 10:47:12 »

Hi Hugues,

Thanks for the info... your English is much better than my French, so no need to apologize.

The colocation option is a non-starter for me. As I mentioned I cannot reboot the server remotely... it's not that I can't issue the command - I can very easily. But without someone sitting right there with a keyboard in hand to push the boot process forward, it will never get past the BIOS screen.

I've tried a few webhosting solutions... my experience to date is that they simply can't deliver the throughput that I need. For example I have a dreamhost.com account that has "unlimited" bandwidth, but their connections speeds are throttled and slow, so they wouldn't even be able to deliver what I'm seeing today, let alone an improvement. Plus, it's a shared environment where I don't have root access... That cuts down on some of the "extras" that I can manage.

If you know the name of a good dedicated server host, I'd be very interested in learning more. I'm OK doing the server management, all I *really* need is a decent system connected to a fast Internet pipe.

You can get a sense for our current usage by seeing some basic statistics here: http://forums.army.ca/forums/index.php?topic=72578.0

Thanks again
Mike

Algae · « **Reply #830 on:** November 24, 2009, 11:50:27 »

Was not talking about webhosting like Dreamhost, for sure you can't host a forum like this on a shared account. What I was talking about, it's more what we call "Cloud Hosting". So you pay for the ressource that you use, and yes, it can handle much bigger website than this one.

Bin-Rat · « **Reply #831 on:** November 25, 2009, 00:41:53 »

Morning...

Well yes it was slow for myself, kinda lagged out at a few spots, but I like the new Design/template....

Now as for a Possibility of a new site, something I can throw in here, as to something you can research see if it meets your needs.
I am looking into it now, doing my own research on it, But Ummm I came across a site in which you can subscribe to what they call a online pc
https://www.zazeen.com/OnlinePC.html

in which it seems to be like a VPN or VM where it runs Ubuntu Desktop, so you can ssh into the machines desktop and what you do there
runs at there speed of service, as in Downloading a file say from home you have a 10/1 connection, takes I dunno 30 Seconds, on there's if you get the
Ultimate it's a 50 meg down 50 meg upload, so Umm, well you can figure the speed difference, but the file goes to your online PC, and if later on you want
to download it to your system you can.

It supports SFTP as well, and you also have root access, cause I noticed the one remark you mentioned about root access...
Reading the Forums, you can pretty much add anything you want, (linux based as it's Ubuntu) I guess even windows stuff under wine, you just need to install wine, but basically you can install anything,

there bandwidth well checking your link to how much you use looks like an average of 130gig a month, with there packages it goes from 1 terabyte to 6 terabyte of bandwidth, and HD allocations from a 450 gig to 1.5 terabyte.

Speeds are from 10/5 on low, or ultimate is like 100/100 Mbps on a 12 month it's $84.95

But anyhow, the link is there, you can do some research see if that might not be something to look at, that's all on what I can tell you, as I said I
am just getting into researching it myself, so... Just another option.

Have a good one..

NFLD Sapper · « **Reply #832 on:** December 02, 2009, 22:35:25 »

Mike you tinkering in here? site is very slow/not loading at all................. and other users are having problems too.........

recceguy · « **Reply #833 on:** December 02, 2009, 22:37:37 »

I was hoping it wasn't just me. This is driving me nuts.

NFLD Sapper · « **Reply #834 on:** December 02, 2009, 22:43:42 »

I blame his party line

Strike · « **Reply #835 on:** December 03, 2009, 23:45:36 »

I'm sure this is how a crack addict feels when going through withdrawal.

Not sure if it's the site or my own system -- I'm on wireless through a tower. I know things slow down here at night, but this is getting to be ridiculous. I've seen dial-up move faster than this site.

Chapeski · « **Reply #836 on:** December 04, 2009, 00:06:31 »

Quote from: Strike on December 03, 2009, 23:45:36

I'm sure this is how a crack addict feels when going through withdrawal.

Not sure if it's the site or my own system -- I'm on wireless through a tower. I know things slow down here at night, but this is getting to be ridiculous. I've seen dial-up move faster than this site.

I'm by Londonderry and my Shaw is running fine, except for my router dropping me now and then. Maybe it's your tower. It's actually running fast for me right now.

Strike · « **Reply #837 on:** December 04, 2009, 00:11:48 »

Quote from: Chapeski on December 04, 2009, 00:06:31

I'm by Londonderry and my Shaw is running fine, except for my router dropping me now and then. Maybe it's your tower. It's actually running fast for me right now.

I hate you all....

ArmyVern · « **Reply #838 on:** December 04, 2009, 00:23:21 »

Quote from: Strike on December 04, 2009, 00:11:48

I hate you all....

It's not just you Strike.

I've been here all freakin night and I've only managed to get pages to fully load twice (this being one of them)... if this doesn't time out before it allows me to post.

I'm getting error messages galore and am having to refresh constantly and only the first one or two posts in a thread will load after 20 or so refreshes. I'm getting really frustrated. Crack addict indeed.

Quote

Line: 472
Char: 11
Error: Expected ':'
Code: 0

OR

Line: 38 (or 43 or 26 [just pick one])
Char: 0
Error: 'mm_script' not recognized

Arghhhh. making caffeine now, as I can't have the crack.

Journeyman · « **Reply #839 on:** December 04, 2009, 11:10:26 »

First the new colour scheme (which has improved wonderfully from the initial changes

), and now the pages not loading. ~sigh~
Are we going to have to drag you back to Ontari-ari-o?

Of course, being an 'always a bright side' kind of guy, when the site locks up I don't have to see the waste of bandwidth and oxygen by the AmmoTards

George Wallace · « **Reply #840 on:** December 04, 2009, 17:35:05 »

I logged on at around 3 pm and it is now 5:30 and some pages have still not fully loaded.

Next question: What is with the scroll bars on the right hand side of the screen after some of the posts? I first noticed them when I went to a person's profile and read their posts, and found it really annoying........Now I see them to the right of Strike, Army Vern and Journeyman's three posts above. Is this "tweak" one of the things making the site go "wonky"?

Chapeski · « **Reply #841 on:** December 04, 2009, 17:59:26 »

Quote from: Strike on December 04, 2009, 00:11:48

I hate you all....

You know what's funny Strike? Right after I made that post, my site speed s**t the bed. Isn't any better tonight either

muskrat89 · « **Reply #842 on:** December 04, 2009, 22:59:37 »

Wicked slow here pretty much since the "big change". Almost intolerable

Carcharodon Carcharias · « **Reply #843 on:** December 09, 2009, 14:30:08 »

Finally on. I have tried to log on for several days from time to time as I had borrowed a lap top, and it would just sit there and idle.

My normal computer had crashed, and I am finally getting a new one on the weekend ($850 later).

OWDU

leroi · « **Reply #844 on:** December 09, 2009, 15:40:21 »

Overwatch,

I was beginning to worry about your safety & welfare because we haven't been receiving the usual 'sunnier-than-thou-by-the-pool'

weather reports from down under--now that I know it was just a glitch in the inter connectivity matrix I'm not so worried!

How is the weather down your way? It's dismal/dreary here in southwestern Ontario and we haven't seen the sun for about 4 weeks--give or take an hour of sunshine here and there.

The day began with picture-postcard-bigger-than-life frothy, lacy snowflakes but by noon it was pure rain. Yuck!

Say hello to the koalas for us; take your medicinal aussie eucalyptus and take care!

Mike Bobbitt · « **Reply #845 on:** December 09, 2009, 20:36:44 »

Well, I'm finally experiencing things "from the outside" and the speed is definitely inconsistent. I've got a couple irons in the fire about improving that but unfortunately I'm on the road this week and next so I won't be able to get much done for a while yet. Please bear with me, I'll try to make it worth your while.

Cheers
Mike

Carcharodon Carcharias · « **Reply #846 on:** December 10, 2009, 00:01:06 »

Well Leroi,

Todays SITREP is excellent.

This afternoon I finally got my computer, and its running fine so far. had the arvo off, and made a few calls and my PC was in, so the bloke just dropped it off not long ago.

About the weather, its warm, about 31 by 0830 this am, and topped out around 37 or so, but the humidity is a shocker. Yes, I've been in for a swim, water temp a happy 30C.

So, I have a lot of catching up to do with friends on here (they know who they are), a mate leaves for En Zed, so going to yet another social occasion as per last nights funfest of a blokey night out w/bbq, snags, rissoles on crusty bread rolls, smothered in fried onions and bbq sauce. Of course much merry cheer with icey cold XXXX Gold.

Saturday wiull envolve a Sea-Doo trip up Pummicestone Passage, to Fort Bribie for some exploring at this WW2 fortification, with bunkers, coastal gun positions etc. Lots of military history around here, especially Americans, as the island was a major training area for the big push against the Japs to our north.

Will get some pics of the journey, as it will involve a few cold drinks and some food, and good company of mates.

Regards,

OWDU

George Wallace · « **Reply #847 on:** December 21, 2009, 19:52:59 »

The site seems to have gone all wonky in the last few hours. Pages are slow to load, or only partially load. Some pages need to be refreshed several times to load. Spell Check loads very slow. Some new posts time out, so copy and save before you hit POST in case this may happen and you loose your post (especially if you had a case of verbal diariea).

NFLD Sapper · « **Reply #848 on:** December 21, 2009, 20:06:03 »

Quote from: George Wallace on December 21, 2009, 19:52:59

The site seems to have gone all wonky in the last few hours. Pages are slow to load, or only partially load. Some pages need to be refreshed several times to load. Spell Check loads very slow. Some new posts time out, so copy and save before you hit POST in case this may happen and you loose your post (especially if you had a case of verbal diariea).

Good and I thought it was only my connection that had problems....

George Wallace · « **Reply #849 on:** December 22, 2009, 09:46:12 »

WOW! Just made a post and was waiting for it to time out and be lost. The site was running smoothly until a little after 0900 EST and 200 Guests/Users online.......then everything slowed down.

News:

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