Author Topic: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing  (Read 21393 times)

Offline RussC

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SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« on: February 11, 2012, 12:55:12 AM »
7 timeouts per post, 4 per read. No fun at all. Guess its better to lurk here after midnight.....

Offline Jeffry Fontaine

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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2012, 01:22:40 AM »
7 timeouts per post, 4 per read. No fun at all. Guess its better to lurk here after midnight.....

Experienced the same issues but not as many time outs. 
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Offline Cliffy B

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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2012, 02:45:15 AM »
Ditto.
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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2012, 02:59:47 AM »
Seems ok to me now.  Though will look into - it may just be a server issue.  If it continues though, we will look into further.
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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2012, 05:56:09 AM »
Zero problems on my end.

Could you guys please indicate which operating systems and browsers you are using,
the time of the incidents etc., as I'm going to start tracking problems and can use as
much data as possible.
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Offline Jeffry Fontaine

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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2012, 06:16:57 AM »
It was early this morning PST when I had the white screen telling me that it could not access the data base while attempting to post comments on two separate occasions.  Reloading did not work in one instance so I used the back option to refresh the screen and proceed again with better results on the second attempt.  I should have copied the text on the screen but did not do so.  Shame on me. 
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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2012, 06:40:31 AM »
Thanks Jeff, and what you are using for operating system and browser?
“Conspiracy theory’s got to be simple.
Sense doesn’t come into it. People are
more scared of how complicated shit
actually is than they ever are about
whatever’s supposed to be behind the
conspiracy.”
-The Peripheral, William Gibson 2014

Offline Jeffry Fontaine

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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2012, 08:53:46 AM »
Thanks Jeff, and what you are using for operating system and browser?
Vista :(
Firefox :)
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Offline Cliffy B

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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2012, 02:55:23 PM »
Just got this one:

Quote
Connection Problems
Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later.

I'm still running XP through Firefox.
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Offline Jeffry Fontaine

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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2012, 04:01:38 PM »
Just got this one:

Quote
Connection Problems
Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later.

I'm still running XP through Firefox.

That was one of the error messages that popped up for me as well. 
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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2012, 09:41:59 PM »
Just got this one:

Quote
Connection Problems
Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later.

I'm still running XP through Firefox.

That was one of the error messages that popped up for me as well.

And me, but not only when trying to post something, opening a page I get it and even just clicking on the link to the forum in the 'My Favorites' bar.  Sometimes it's intermitant with, 'Explorer can not open the page' message

Offline Cliffy B

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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2012, 12:59:49 AM »
Just got at least 4 of SMF errors in a row.  Last one was while trying to open this thread to report it. 

The Forums knows.....Hal, is that you?   ;D
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Offline Wulf

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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2012, 07:07:31 AM »
i got it several times in a row this morning along with time outs so gave up til now
I have come up with a plan so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel!

Offline RussC

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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2012, 02:44:44 PM »
Zero problems on my end.

Could you guys please indicate which operating systems and browsers you are using,
the time of the incidents etc., as I'm going to start tracking problems and can use as
much data as possible.

Vista, Firefox- latest vers, Mornings and afternoons (USA time zone - Mountain)

Problem is intermittent, brick wall for 15 minutes then reasonable for 30, then an hour inaccessible, then a half ok.

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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2012, 03:16:10 PM »
Thanks guys.

My luck changed as I was getting the can't connect errors etc., and even lost the RSS feed.
Note folks that once again this is not an SMF forum software issue, it's a GoDaddy
server issue.

iMac G5 OSX 10.5.8, TenFourFox 10 ( free source Firefox based, optimized for PowerPC architecture by
a group of dedicated folks who haven't abandoned the PowerPC, unlike Apple and Mozilla  >:( )
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Sense doesn’t come into it. People are
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actually is than they ever are about
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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2012, 04:55:46 PM »
Folks,

I have also contacted the host providers to see what is up with the server.  We are trying.

Regards,

Greg
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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #16 on: February 12, 2012, 09:29:17 PM »
3 timeouts viewing this thread alone.

Vista
Firefox 11

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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #17 on: February 13, 2012, 02:21:07 AM »
Yes, I know.  It is frustrating.  I am working on and am working to correct as soon as possible.  In the meantime, I ask you to be patient and to simply use the refresh option when needed.
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2012, 02:36:28 AM »
^ Oh, I know. I wasn't badgering just providing browser/OS info as up-thread. Take all the time you need!  :)

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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #19 on: February 13, 2012, 02:37:48 AM »
Thanks mate - hopefully it will be rectified soon.  I suspect the problem may be that we've grown faster then the hosting company planned on...  :))
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Offline Cliffy B

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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #20 on: February 14, 2012, 07:30:46 AM »
I just got a screen that said "Coming Soon, the future site of something cool" while trying to load the main page to log in  :o  Got scared there for a minute.
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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #21 on: February 15, 2012, 04:29:50 AM »
I just got a time-out error while posting a reply to an Admin thread. I'm using XP on IE 8. Fortunately, a "back arrow" and clicking the post button again solved it.

Brian da Basher

Offline Jeffry Fontaine

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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #22 on: February 15, 2012, 06:39:59 AM »
Experienced a couple of blank screens this morning and when I checked to see how many people were active it stated 6 X members and 2 X visitors for a total of eight at that moment.  Odd that we are experiencing this sort of thing with so few people actually on the forums.  When you consider the larger numbers participating on forums such as ARC where the numbers are sometimes in the triple digits it is puzzling to experience time outs with so few people on the forum. 

As far as timing out though, let me just say that as I continue to work with this 42mb 3D model in SketchUp I am experiencing far more time-outs and it is not making my SketchUp experience very enjoyable at the moment.  :(
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Offline jcf

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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #23 on: February 15, 2012, 07:07:17 AM »
Experienced a couple of blank screens this morning and when I checked to see how many people were active it stated 6 X members and 2 X visitors for a total of eight at that moment.  Odd that we are experiencing this sort of thing with so few people actually on the forums.  When you consider the larger numbers participating on forums such as ARC where the numbers are sometimes in the triple digits it is puzzling to experience time outs with so few people on the forum. 

As far as timing out though, let me just say that as I continue to work with this 42mb 3D model in SketchUp I am experiencing far more time-outs and it is not making my SketchUp experience very enjoyable at the moment.  :(

It seems that the number of SQL server connections is not a one-to-one ratio with the number of people logged in,
i.e. every-time an avatar is read it's a connection, so if you have a thread with 6 to 10 different avatars visible that is
6 to 10 connections right there, never mind the auto-profile checks etc. going on at the same time. There are
tricks shown on the SMF forum board and in the Online Manual that show ways to reduce this activity, and of course
as most of it is written by IT weasels, the directions are opaque rather than transparent. I'm slogging through the
stuff and I will be trying to implement these hints. Of course the bigger question is: why doesn't the forum
software automatically configure itself in this 'superior' format?
See above reference to weasels.  :-X
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Sense doesn’t come into it. People are
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Re: SlowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwGoing
« Reply #24 on: February 15, 2012, 07:29:37 AM »
All hail the God of Frustration!!!

You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it.