Post by: Forth Bridges on January 07, 2007, 02:39:48 pm
Post by: on January 07, 2007, 03:08:57 pm
Post by: wjp666 on January 07, 2007, 03:35:44 pm
Post by: goldencup on January 07, 2007, 06:45:09 pm
Post by: Velvet Darkness on January 07, 2007, 07:21:54 pm
I have noticed that too. Ever since the new server connected it has been a bit New Year/Monday morning -ish.
I also thought it was just my computer.
Though it is a shame it is the site I am glad to know it is not my computer misbehaving again!
It had to be severely spanked and sent for corrective therapy last June and it cost me an absolute fortune!
Post by: on January 07, 2007, 07:54:04 pm
Oh you sexy bitch!
Post by: loulou on January 07, 2007, 10:07:49 pm
Post by: kevvosa on January 07, 2007, 10:39:44 pm
Oh you sexy bitch!
Post by: loulou on January 08, 2007, 09:23:23 am
Post by: chocadmin on January 08, 2007, 10:23:25 am
I've not quite had it that slow. But it is a lot slower than it used to be. Sadly by having a commercial hosting provider the bandwidth for the server is slightly less and also it's on a server hosting many many sites rather than about 20 (although on the old server here only 2 other sites were ever that busy).
It should be up more often though as the old server here had to be restarted for all sorts of reasons (which 99% of the time had nothing to do with this site).
What I will do soon is try and migrate the database that should speed things up a bit but I won't know how much till I've updated a load of code.
Post by: loulou on January 08, 2007, 01:30:28 pm
Post by: on January 08, 2007, 06:13:56 pm
Post by: loulou on January 08, 2007, 06:21:05 pm
Post by: Forth Bridges on January 08, 2007, 09:36:26 pm
Post by: loulou on January 08, 2007, 10:42:19 pm
Post by: chocadmin on January 09, 2007, 10:29:15 am
Well wait till I've worked out how to move the forum into a faster database. To upgrade hosting to a more dedicated server is a huge expense (and not a one off cost either). Who knows maybe one day broadband to our homes will be good enough for me to host on my box at home 
Post by: chocadmin on January 09, 2007, 03:53:15 pm
Has it sped up at all. I know the site was down for a little while, but I notice the timings (at the bottom of all the forum pages) have gone from about 6-16seconds to 1-3seconds.
Anyone else finding it better or is this just temporary?
Post by: Forth Bridges on January 09, 2007, 04:04:57 pm
Post by: chocadmin on January 09, 2007, 04:48:26 pm
Yeah, I'm looking at the numbers on our server here (got a machine to look on it instead of the new host) - and it rarely goes above a second to generate any of the forum pages.
Will continue to investigate and may move the site (again) after further testing.
Post by: Forth Bridges on January 09, 2007, 05:40:00 pm
Post by: wjp666 on January 09, 2007, 06:31:41 pm
Post by: goldencup on January 09, 2007, 06:58:36 pm
Post by: Forth Bridges on January 09, 2007, 07:11:17 pm
Post by: on January 09, 2007, 07:46:34 pm
Post by: goldencup on January 10, 2007, 04:31:25 pm
Post by: Forth Bridges on January 11, 2007, 01:28:25 pm
Why didn't Chocadmin Just spend the money on buying a Extre space on the server at his UNI! ???
then it of stayed where it was and he would not have this problem
plus if he sent the money on the Extra space ( hard drive to hold this - you can now get unto 200GB! for about 50 -60! that's IS CHEAP!
and Alot space!
Post by: loulou on January 11, 2007, 05:23:43 pm
Post by: chocadmin on January 12, 2007, 12:11:27 am
Hello,
Not a space issue or anything like that, just that the conditions of our educational connection mean hosting sites like this is a bit iffy (is it really only for educational purposes? and what happens when I want to run a competition etc.). Much better to use a commercial provider where far fewer limits exist.
If the site is still slow during the day tomorrow (and pipex haven't returned my request) - I'll move the site back to the server at work until I've tested everything on another provider.
What's really frustrating is that at this time of night all is working fine, so it must be other sites on the same server at pipex that are using up all the resources during the day.
Post by: chocadmin on January 12, 2007, 08:19:25 am
Post by: Velvet Darkness on January 12, 2007, 02:16:03 pm
Thankyou Chocadmin for all the messing around you're having to do.
It is really much appreciated.
Post by: chocadmin on January 12, 2007, 02:34:27 pm
Well further to my previous messing about - I'm just loading a test of the updated version of the forum system we're using.
When it's running I'll post a link and you can all tell me if it's quicker or not and whether you can put up with the ad's in it (sadly they added a banner ad when going from version 7 to 8).
It's also prompted me to start looking at the next major update to the site, but that's probably a few months away.