somthing is slowing things down: 11:00 Seattle

[jester47]

11:00 Seattle.

There is somthing slowing the boards down. I am waiting about 8-12 seconds between page loads on average and up to 35 seconds in some cases. This seems severe now that we have the new server. If it were peak hours I would not be concerned, but it isn't. There are 570 users on line.

I hope this is not due to traffic on the reviews and downloads section.

Aaron.

 

[Michael Morris]

I can check. The downloads section is the most likely culprit - but I can reduce the number of simulataneous connections allowed to it if necessary. Also check your own connection speed using an internet speed test like www.bandwidth.com

 

[Hand of Evil]

Noticing a slow down at least a refreah rate.

 

[Allanon]

I've been having speed issues for a good portion of the day. Sometimes the speed increases but most of the time even small topics take about 5 to 8 minutes to open. Large topics are even worse taking over 10 minutes to show. It's not my internet connection or a proxy server as other sites (wizards.com, tweakers.net, froogle.com, google.com, gmail.google.com, etc.) have not slowed down.

I'll see if there is any change if I try it at home later todat but for now enworld feels almost as sluggish as with the old server.

EDIT: to be more exact the problem seems to be in the thread showing. The main page and the general forum listings are speedy as ever (even after purging my cache) but as soon as I request a topic it takes ages to be shown on screen.
Browser used IE, version 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.030422-1633 (in case it matters )

 

[Darkness]

Site's very sluggish for me but other sites (e.g., rpg.net) work just fine.

 

[jester47]

Some clarifications: It was 11:00 PM.

Bandwidth is fine, but I checked again this morning before the roommate started his World of Warcrafting...

Still slow.

Because its my profession, I am inclined to be paranoid and say that we might want to consider the possibilty that the server is getting used in another aspect beyond running the site. How much do our servers caretakers know about security auditing?

Aaron.

 

[Piratecat]

Interesting. I'm finding it blazingly fast.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Its a bit slow for me, actually. Not unbearable, though.

 

[IronWolf]

It's a little sluggish through the lunch time rush here.... Not as bad as before the server upgrade, but not nearly as quick as just after the upgrade.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

It's slow for me, not too much faster than before the surver upgrade. Not unbearable, but definitly slow.