Is this site slow or is it just me

[Andrew2KRT10]

I can't sit and wait for this site to load sometimes. Most of the sites I go to load in 1-2-3 seconds. This site, I could sit for 20-30 seconds waiting for it to load. Anyone else notice this? I almost didn't bother posting this cause it took so long to go from screen to screen.

AC

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

Yes, it is very, very slow. Seems like it's worse in the morning. I read two other sites before this one opens it's first thread. What's the deal?

 

[PaViper]

This site is not slow at all



to be slow, would indicate any movement at all

 

[Neil - UK]

been

S L O W . . .

for ages


hope someone eventualy explains whats going on !
time to spend some more of the VCA coffers

 

[plumcrazy]

this server is embarrassing. how long has it been like this?...since the winter?

 

[PDCjonny]

It's painfully slow to the point of total frustration sometimes. It is never fast and rarely even "normal" it has just varying degrees of slowness.

 

[plumcrazy]

they obviously cant afford to upgrade to a decent server or one that works.

 

[Sellshomesdrivesviper]

I noticed the same thing until I upgraded to my new 28.8 modem, now it seems blazing fast.

 

[98MODMTR]

I don't even bother logging on between 3am-9am.

 

[PDCjonny]

The National VCA surely can pick up the tab to move this site to a fast server. Go visit http://www.z06vette.com/index.php the Z06 site and LEARN something about how a site should load.

 

[Andrew2KRT10]

Guess I hit on a hot topic. Hey....I bet our new NY/CT President can fix all our problems!

SCOTT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AC

 

[Casey]

I only notice it being slow in the early hours of the morning.

Otherwise, it's flying!

 

[plumcrazy]

andrew you are correct SCOTT'd fix it.

our NY/CT site is nice and fast though, cause it ISNT on this server..

 

[Andrew2KRT10]

Ahhhhh, so I make the switch?

AC

 

[CitySnake]

andrew you are correct SCOTT'd fix it.

our NY/CT site is nice and fast though, cause it ISNT on this server..

Funny you should mention that...

 

[BACKNBLACK]

Scott am I banned form the NY site also?

WAR SMACKIE IS MY MISTRESS

 

[SylvanSRT]

sooooo damn slow, i thought it was my computer or dsl connection but all other sites load instantly. *** is w/ this site does anyone have an explanation? slow? sometimes painfully, really does anyone know why??????

 

[CitySnake]

Scott am I banned form the NY site also?

WAR SMACKIE IS MY MISTRESS

LOL...don't think so, YET! LOL

 

[Jay Herbert]

FYI, NONE of the regional sites are on the same server as the forums. They have their own completely separate server. The regional server has almost no load on it.

The forums server's memory will be doubled, to the max of the servers capability, next week. This should much of the speed issue, which is only a problem during certain heavy usage hours which currently utilize 100% of the servers memroy.

 

[plumcrazy]

Jay..""certain heavy usage hours which currently utilize 100% of the servers memory""

come'on, heavy usage hours are 4:30AM till 8am on the east coast ? ?

I guess those guys from across the pond use the heck out of this site... huh ? ? ?

 

[Neil - UK]

thanks for the update Jay, I know early morning here you struggle to get access, when most of the US should be tucked in bed

 

[PDCjonny]

Early mornings are the worst here in the northeast, so I don't know if that theory holds water.

 

[plumcrazy]

jon, THATS what im saying.

 

[Jay Herbert]

Early mornings are the worst here in the northeast, so I don't know if that theory holds water.

Thanks, we have been watching CPU load and memory use logs, we'll look at the times you and UK have mentioned.

 

[Jay Herbert]

We are looking at four things:

1) Are we getting slammed by spam throught the mailserver as long as the site has been around (going on eleven years), this is a very real possibility. If this is the issue, we have a solution.
2) For the early AM issues, we believe it may have to do with how we perform backups (which we do during that time). We do two backups, one a 100% tape backup and one to a storage server which only updates any changes on the server from the prevous day. It is very possible the tape backup is the issue here. If so, we'll discontinue the tape backups and invest in a different backup method.
3) Memory issue as previously mentioned, plan is in place to address this issue.
4) We are using an older version of the Forums software that is not real efficient in how it utilizes the database. Plans are in place for an upgrade, but were delayed awaiting the latest "about to be released" version of the software. Well, it has been "about to be released" for months, so we'll likely just have to do two upgrades, or get special permission to get hold of the Beta version.

 

[ViperGTS]

>>>thanks for the update Jay, I know early morning here you struggle to get access, when most of the US should be tucked in bed <<<

Same here in Germany! In the morning it is hard to get a connection to the VCA forum.

 

[Jay Herbert]

>>>thanks for the update Jay, I know early morning here you struggle to get access, when most of the US should be tucked in bed <<<

Same here in Germany! In the morning it is hard to get a connection to the VCA forum.

We looked at the backups, and that appears to be the issue for those overseas and the east coast early risers. Sometimes the tape backup (which starts at 3AM CST) is not done until 8AM CST (That is how huge the forums database has become). The tape backup uses a lot of CPU and memory, so we turned it off and will depend on the incremental backups. Please let us know if this takes care of the issues seen during those early AM hours.

 

[Warfang]

>>>thanks for the update Jay, I know early morning here you struggle to get access, when most of the US should be tucked in bed <<<

Same here in Germany! In the morning it is hard to get a connection to the VCA forum.

We looked at the backups, and that appears to be the issue for those overseas and the east coast early risers. Sometimes the tape backup (which starts at 3AM CST) is not done until 8AM CST (That is how huge the forums database has become). The tape backup uses a lot of CPU and memory, so we turned it off and will depend on the incremental backups. Please let us know if this takes care of the issues seen during those early AM hours.

RAID the puppy for redundancy and tape backup once a week/month. Nothing here is life and death in the long run.

 

[Neil - UK]

working great here Jay this morning

 

[PDCjonny]

Hey...definite improvement here in the northeast US 6:00am!