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Re: Slow forum

27 Apr 2024, 13:44

Yes, looks like it's still very slow again. This is frustratin. I will have a look again when I get home. :think:
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Re: Slow forum

27 Apr 2024, 15:54

It's crazy here in the Seattle area. This is the first time I could even access the site for the last couple of days. And it takes a looooong time to load each page.
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Re: Slow forum

27 Apr 2024, 18:55

I'm working on it guys.
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Re: Slow forum

27 Apr 2024, 19:01

just me wrote:
27 Apr 2024, 02:03
The forums are (still) rather slow here.
@tank & @joedf
Would you please provide some information about what's causing the problems?
A number of things actually, there was an issue with cloudflare certificate chain then some corruption of the configuration of the DB server likely from reboots. . After resolving that and a few other changes it seems stable enuff for now. But it's also been a silent but gradual doubling of traffic over the last year. I hadn't even realized we were maxing out bandwidth.
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Re: Slow forum

30 Apr 2024, 07:36

tank wrote:
27 Apr 2024, 19:01
... But it's also been a silent but gradual doubling of traffic over the last year. I hadn't even realized we were maxing out bandwidth.
Thanks for the fix Tank -- It works great now. I'm wondering though, do we need to do a fundraiser to purchase more resources, or whatever?
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Re: Slow forum

30 Apr 2024, 08:08

kunkel321 wrote:
30 Apr 2024, 07:36
tank wrote:
27 Apr 2024, 19:01
... But it's also been a silent but gradual doubling of traffic over the last year. I hadn't even realized we were maxing out bandwidth.
Thanks for the fix Tank -- It works great now. I'm wondering though, do we need to do a fundraiser to purchase more resources, or whatever?
we are in good shape there. We are pretty prudent on costs.
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Re: Slow forum

01 May 2024, 16:03

Down but not out...

Is Microsoft attacking you for biting into their Power Automate revenues??
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...
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Re: Slow forum

01 May 2024, 17:20

If anything they are trying to bite into our userbase. ;)
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Re: Slow forum

02 May 2024, 09:16

rockitdontstopit wrote:
01 May 2024, 16:03
Down but not out...

Is Microsoft attacking you for biting into their Power Automate revenues??
Funny;

They have bigger fish to fry.
our recent struggles were a combo of our growing popularity. couple years ago we averaged 1-1.5 million hits a day now it is closing in on 3 million. the server performance for the size of servers just barely handling it. then a momentary but several day long blip in Cloudflare issued certs
So no this wasnt even an attack.
I have updated certs and dramatically increased our hardware to accommodate for the growth.
even so our costs remain very low to maintain hosting and before anyone asks. of course, donations are welcome, but we currently have a steady and more than adequate amount in reserve and coming in. I also keep the hosting accounts paid 6-10 months in advance. the few times since i took over (11 years ago) and we raised money that we were even a little short I cover for less than a nice dinner date with the wife. i think it has only happened twice.

truth of the matter is, without all the typical nonsense many others do hosting a web site is pretty cheap. volunteers moderate, JoeDF handles alot of the Server admin work, and if some kind of code update to account for new issues is needed or something he can't figure out, i handle it. Lexikos handles the development efforts, and Ragnar handles documentation.
at some point i am going to modify the forum to add AI to assist with new posts and moderating some of the more common junk. but its a time based effort and i do work full time. Maybe next time i am between gigs I will get it done
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Re: Slow forum

02 May 2024, 12:24

wow 3 mil, we've come long way ahah :thumbup:
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Re: Slow forum

02 May 2024, 19:08

tank wrote:
02 May 2024, 09:16
now it is closing in on 3 million (a day)
In your list of credits, you forgot to mention that @mikeyww graciously responds to about 2.5 million of those hits each day. :D
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Re: Slow forum

02 May 2024, 19:41

andymbody wrote:
02 May 2024, 19:08
tank wrote:
02 May 2024, 09:16
now it is closing in on 3 million (a day)
In your list of credits, you forgot to mention that @mikeyww graciously responds to about 2.5 million of those hits each day. :D
No joke... I have just over 1,000 posts. I'll bet 800 of those are Mike trying to explain things to me over the last 8 years. :lol:
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Re: Slow forum

03 Sep 2024, 08:17

Is it just me or is the forum really slow this morning?

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Re: Slow forum

03 Sep 2024, 08:39

Not just you
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Re: Slow forum

03 Sep 2024, 11:14

Yes it was for me, then it went completely down. I did and reboot and notified tank. maybe ~1hr later, the forum is back up.
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Re: Slow forum

22 Sep 2024, 08:39

Super slow in the Seattle area. That has been the case periodically for several weeks.
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Re: Slow forum

22 Sep 2024, 10:38

I've rebooted the DB server yet again. I think we may need to upgrade our db server. :think:
I've also turned on Under Attack mode, and it's very fast for me.
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Re: Slow forum

22 Sep 2024, 13:26

joedf wrote:
22 Sep 2024, 10:38
it's very fast for me.
For me too :thumbup:
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Re: Slow forum

23 Sep 2024, 14:06

I have upgradedn the db cpu a level lets see how things go
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Re: Slow forum

23 Sep 2024, 15:20

Good so far here. Thanks Fellas.
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