ENworld periodically slows to a crawl?


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I hope it really works out well, the only problem will be to identify what thread has a new post. Ok, checked the subscription in my account and there we can see what threads have new posts so I can see it is no big deal.
 

Posting still seems to take a bit of time. Just viewing pages at EN World seems a bit faster though.

EDIT--well, I'll say posting is definitely faster than yesterday.
 
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This could have something to do with the slowdown. Take a look at the increase in new threads over the last few days.
 

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That sorta proves the point I was making in another thread (but let's not go into that) that with the slowdowns gone, many more people are encouraged to read and post to the board.

But keep it up a few days more, so that you have at least a week with either option on to compare the two.
 
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This is speculation on my part, but I think even the daily activity e-mails are slowing the server down. Here's my reasoning:

Like clockwork over the last few weeks for a few minutes starting at 1am EDT I've been seeing really long load times on the messageboards. Usually in the range of four to five minutes to load a page. By 1:10 or 1:15 the problem goes away and usually doesn't come back. This is specific to ENWorld, because when it happens I always go check Google and an EZBoard or two to make sure my ISP isn't having problems.

I don't currently, but I used to have a few active threads set to daily notification. When I did, those notification e-mails arrived within a few minutes of midnight, again pretty much like clockwork. This however was before the switch to Daylight Saving's Time. Assuming the server doesn't change its clock for DST, midnight Standard Time would now be 1am Daylight Time.

And so I'm clear about exactly what time I'm talking about when I see the slowdown: (in case anyone else wants to see if they're having the same repeatable slowdown)

1 am Eastern Daylight Time = Midnight Eastern Standard Time = 5 am GMT = 10 pm Pacific Daylight Time
 

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