Site slowness and lock ups

[brvheart]

Just and FYI...


You might have been seeing some slow downs and lock ups with the site, I have been working with our host to try to pin point the issue and resolve it. Please be patient while we are working through this. I know that it has been going on for a long time, but our host thinks that they have it figured out :) so we should see it clearing up.

Thanks for you patience and sorry for the inconvenience and frustration that it has caused.

brvheart

[brvheart]

We are still having issues, please bear with us until they are worked out.

[brvheart]

please report all slowness issues or lockups here please.

[Boo]

I am getting a pretty slow response. Especially if I compare it to other sites. Also have occasional lock ups. Eventually the site will respond, but I go do something else in the meantime cause it takes awhile.


Oh yeah also, I get the same thing on dial up and high speed cable. No difference in response time, and there definitely should be.

[brvheart]

thank you, I have been saying for a longtime that it is not just me seeing it and that compared to other sites....it is slow. My host and I are trying to work through it.

[PDX->SEA]

There's a notable pause for me when refreshing or clicking on a sub forum... but I just thought it was because I'm D/L a lot of Torrents !!

Heh,
~Storm

[WouldLuv2FightU]

FIrst thing I noticed when I joined was that it is a little slow compared to other forums. It's not ridiculously slow but it is pretty slow. It's the kind of slow that makes you say aloud "come on....what the -? Oh here we go"

[Easye1982]

There's a notable pause for me when refreshing or clicking on a sub forum... but I just thought it was because I'm D/L a lot of Torrents !!

Heh,
~Storm

Yeah...refresh is my biggest laaaaaaaag...... Also when I try to sumbit a new thread....I was even froze up before the post was sub. I had to re-write it :(

[brvheart]

ok thanks guys, please bear with me on this as it will be resolved as soon as I can. I appologize for the slowness, but will have it worked out.

[jeremy]

It's quick for me.

[brvheart]

Sorry about the DB errors etc, I will get this resolved ASAP with the host!

[PDX->SEA]

Hopefully just a "blip" ... but the site is very slow on Thursday Oct. 26th from 5:30pm-6:15 Seattle time. (so far)

No need to reply, just an FYI.
:)

~Storm

[Boo]

You beat me to it Storm. I was going to comment that it seems even slower than usual tonight. Painful almost.

BTW, I know you are working on it, I'm just giving you feedback in case you might think it's fixed.

[brvheart]

thanks for the FYI and feedback guys, keep it coming please!

[macman]

:attention: I know durring the day from about 930est to 330 est we do have some bandwith issues, This will get resloved. Someone sent me a aim about slowness tonight , However I don't see it from my home on rr. There should not be any more db errs. If anyone gets one please post it here.

Cheers!!

[brvheart]

still happening for me....how about others?

[PDX->SEA]

I get a "delay" -then it pops up.
Slow, but bearable.

[brvheart]

ok all,

Until these issues get worked out (either waiting for our host to fix it or find a new host if nothing can be done by our current one - he is working on it), the shoutbox and welcome panel both add to the slowness....so here is the choice:

Do away with those two items until the resolution comes, or deal with the slowness until the resolution comes and keep those two items.

Now the site is still slow and locks up with those two items being gone, but it will take some of the slowness away....so what do you guys want to do? It is up to you, I will do what you guys would like all you have to do is let me know, majority wins on this, it is the only fair way.

So speak now or forever hold you peace :D

brvheart

[Boo]

OK, my vote (and Storms too, I guess :) ) is for dealing with the slowness and keeping the features. Now I'm assuming by that, it isn't going to take 6 months to speed ur up.

[macman]

Just wanted everyone to know, We have made some progress on the bandwith issues durring the day. Lets see how it goes.:)

[Boo]

Just wanted everyone to know, We have made some progress on the bandwith issues durring the day. Lets see how it goes.:)

Thanks for the update. It seems to be slower for me after 5:00 PM. I have dial up. Is that because of higher traffic?

[macman]

On dial up im sure you will see some slowness due to all the larger than noraml
images people post. But no you should not see any slower then naormal now due to bw issues on this side, We have that fixed. I hope now that more people will chime in and report what there seeing, The site for me loads fast from home all the time.

[Boo]

I hope now that more people will chime in and report what there seeing, The site for me loads fast from home all the time.


Yeah, they do need to chime in. Otherwise, it would be hard for you to evaluate problems if you aren't having them.

I'm curious to see how much better the cable hookup at work is doing now that you've fixed some problems. We will see today.

Thanks

[brvheart]

The host is going move the site to a different server to see if that helps, after that is done we all need to chime back in and see if that solves any issues.

[PDX->SEA]

Wow, the site is PAINFULLY slow today.
Wednesday Nov. 8 (10:00am - 10:30am)

Checked against CNN, Gmail, Bodybuilding.com, and Seattle-times.

[brvheart]

thank you!! Our host does not see when he checks, but I keep telling him that it is not just me.

[PDX->SEA]

[Only registered and activated users can see links]
is the host, correct?

Looks like it is, and being run on:
NS1.DAYTONCREATIVE.NET
NS2.DAYTONCREATIVE.NET

[brvheart]

that is the correct host, please keep other info in PM's to me ;) Your post will be editted ;)

[macman]

Everyone, Web Server and database server to be changed in the next few hours.
Got some quick testing to do first. Going from two cores to four:):lolbeat:

[brvheart]

Site and DB moved to new 4 core server, please note that you should see a big difference in the next few hours as to speed, and there should be no more lockups. Please report here anything that you see.

[brvheart]

Site has been randomly locking up and going slow on me tonight...anyone else?

[welsh_lad_04]

Mines been fine but i havnt really been on here 4 the past couple of hours

[macman]

We got that fixed a few months ago. But do let us know if you see any issues.:)

[brvheart]

Like I said, it is locking up on me tonight at random times...and going slow. I have not let it time out as of yet.

[brvheart]

ok things running very slow for me today....anyone else? Drop down menus etc and page loads...

[Freestyler]

Slower than normal for me today. I just chalked it up to being on dial-up.

[brvheart]

anyone else?

[Boo]

I seem to be OK today

[brvheart]

try clicking the drop down menus in the navbar please and let me know...

[Boo]

No delay with any of the nav bar drop downs either.

[brvheart]

hmmmffff...kk thank you :)

[Kanablz]

Slow for me today and locked a couple times

[Easye1982]

Just got back on from a really bad lag then crash of my IE. at about 8 or 8:01 pm

[brvheart]

is anyone seeing slowness on loading and lockups again or is it just me?

[rightcrosslefthook]

Not me.

[welsh_lad_04]

I havent had any problems

[Boo]

No more than usual.

[jegray]

Well this week my background is dark and I can't get the old light theme back. Also in firefox it shows up way to large and I have to use the horizontal scrollbar to see everything including paging controls. I haven't changed anything- it just popped up like this one day.

[brvheart]

well....the light version has not been updated with all the addons etc, it will be back when I get a chance to update it.

as far as the size, that is a browser setting, I also use only firefox, never internet exploder....I hate IE.

[brvheart]

Anyone else all of a sudden having lockups and slow loading?

[OMNIpotus]

Not I. Everything is peachy except your avatar... it just... it scares me a bit.

[brvheart]

ok anyone else having issues with the site tonight?

[OMNIpotus]

Real slow. Just got my new internet and it's 7mbs down, aside from the fact that you're not that far from me. Over the last two weeks or so it's been slow for me, home today and at work.

You should do a traceroute to your server brv, see if it's not your server but some relay station inbetween you and the server.

[brvheart]

Anyone else seeing slowness and lockups starting last night?

[2mcgrath]

yeah i had some problems last night,very slow loading

[jhell]

It happened to me, mark , captain america and lilp while we were playing poker and took minutes before we could even get back in there. It just wouldn't load or almost get there and then give you the boot.

edit: They all said it did the exact same thing to them so it wasn't just me.

[brutus]

The site was running slow for me as well the other day. I mean really slow. I freaked out thinking my computer had one of those nasty new viruses so I did every scan i could, ran ccleaner, disk clean up, disk defrag and then I realized that it may not be my computer. I check other sites and it was running fine there. I almost had a heart attack thinking my computer was all messed up. luckily, it wasn't.

[jhell]

The site was running slow for me as well the other day. I mean really slow. I freaked out thinking my computer had one of those nasty new viruses so I did every scan i could, ran ccleaner, disk clean up, disk defrag and then I realized that it may not be my computer. I check other sites and it was running fine there. I almost had a heart attack thinking my computer was all messed up. luckily, it wasn't.

Funny you say that because that thought crossed my mind to but like you said, every other site I tried worked fine.

[brvheart]

ok, glad it was not just me, I will dive deeper in to this and see what is going on, if you see it again please post back here with the time so I Can see if it is related to anything that is running at the time.

[markzabin]

It happened to me, mark , captain america and lilp while we were playing poker and took minutes before we could even get back in there. It just wouldn't load or almost get there and then give you the boot.

edit: They all said it did the exact same thing to them so it wasn't just me.

yep, only lasted a few minutes though so no biggie

[brvheart]

anyone else having a helluva time here the past for few weeks?

[2mcgrath]

yep its been really slow for me again

[jhell]

It times out on me occassionally.

[Boo]

Humm, not having any problems myself, and I've been constantly uploading/downloading at the same time. Man, that's nice to say for a change.

[brvheart]

anyone else besides me and mcgrath having issues again?

[Boo]

Not noticing any problems yet. I'll be sure to whine LOUDLY if I do.

[brutus]

on occasion it times me out when i click a link to a thread. other than that, business as usual.

[prophet665]

This site is always slow for me. I know it isn't my connection because other sites are just fine.

[macman]

I wish I could see anything slow, I am at home on rr and I can't see any page that loads in more than 1 second,
All i see is google ads taking longer than the site to load. I don't even see the db issue we seen a few months ago, But I know its still there because I do see it at times during the day, it is the quick reply sql statements that cause it, I don't know why it comes and goes, But unless you changed something last night I don't see it right now. If others are reading this post please let me know how the site has been for you the last three months. Chris, Please come to my house or my work so you can show me what it is your seeing, I cant see anything bad with how this site is preforming. a 1 second page load on every page is all I see. I can pull up the db server wile were testing and show you that when/if we do see anything it is that one code doing it.

---------- Post added at 06:48 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:40 AM ----------

Also, I have clicked on almost every new post trying to make this happen,every page one second.
Please let me know if you changed something last night. So far all i see is a site that loads faster then the goolge adds, from my view that is a impressive site, For a db driven site it's un heard of to be this fast.

---------- Post added at 07:01 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:48 AM ----------

I spoke to soon, Just seen a three second page load, And it was the quick reply that loads last and i seen it in the db server.

[prophet665]

For the last 6 months or so this site loads slow for me. Sometimes it is just noticeable and other times it is disruptive.

A good example is I double posted the other day because the site would not reload after i hit the "Submit Reply" button. After a few minutes on other tabs, I came back to this tab, pressed the Stop button, and hit "Submit Reply" again. It still didn't reload. I figured I would just come back later and post. I then read the thread later and there was the double post.

I know it isn't my connection because I can load this site and 9 other graphics heavy sites at the same time and every single time this site is the last to load.

[macman]

Thanks for the reply, It is very odd it would be the last site to load, I will post some things to try and duplicate this, I have been looking for months now and for me at home or here in the server room I can't make it load slow, The one quick reply code I know can cause a what looks like a slow down but its the sql doing a copy to trmp table, What is odd is it comes and goes for no reason I can find.
I hope others will chime in and tell me what they see. Thanks again.

[brvheart]

# 1 - it is not quick reply, that has been on since day one and does not change.
# 2 - Quick reply is only in play when viewing a new post and replying. The slowness is every freaking where - homepage, whos online, new post, calendar the list goes on and on.
# 3 - Quick Reply is a javascript loading nothing to do with server load
# 4 - NOTHING HAS CHANGED, the site all of a sudden goes in to these periods of things running slow which is usually (at least in my field) caused by an upgrade to a server etc that conflicts and was not tested in a test environment before moved to production.

[brvheart]

we can take this offline, my members do not need to see this, they can provide feedback as if the site is slow but do not need to read the things between you and I, either call me or IM me

[prophet665]

I know brvheart wanted to take this offline, but I was just curious on the setup. Is it a LAMP setup?

[brutus]

This is ****ing bull****. I don't need to come home from work to see all this *****ing back and forth between a couple of *****es so they can show us how ****ing smart they think they are. if you *****es wanna argue, do it off ****ing line. I just wasted 30 seconds of my life reading this bull**** and now I want it back. ****.













:)

[prophet665]

This is ****ing bull****. I don't need to come home from work to see all this *****ing back and forth between a couple of *****es so they can show us how ****ing smart they think they are. if you *****es wanna argue, do it off ****ing line. I just wasted 30 seconds of my life reading this bull**** and now I want it back. ****.


So how was your day? Was it kind of tough?

:thumb:

[rightcrosslefthook]

This is ****ing bull****. I don't need to come home from work to see all this *****ing back and forth between a couple of *****es so they can show us how ****ing smart they think they are. if you *****es wanna argue, do it off ****ing line. I just wasted 30 seconds of my life reading this bull**** and now I want it back. ****.


:)

^That, ladies and gentlemen, is what is known as a Class 1 spazz out.

[brutus]

So how was your day? Was it kind of tough?

:thumb:

Nah it's been good. started work at 4am and just got home. not too bad at all.

^That, ladies and gentlemen, is what is known as a Class 1 spazz out.

yes, I am a spazz. Sorry for the outburst, I have yet to take my medication today.

[prophet665]

yes, I am a spazz. Sorry for the outburst, I have yet to take my medication today.


Brutus' pharmacy:

[Only registered and activated users can see links]
:wof:

[2mcgrath]

i had alot of slow *** loading times last night

[brvheart]

anyone else just see that blip lasting 3 minutes no matter what you click?

[Grabaka]

Definitely very, very slow for me today. This is the only site I ever have trouble with in that regard.

[brvheart]

yeah me too, and it is pissing me off more every time.

[2mcgrath]

yep same here

[prophet665]

I don't know if you changed anything, but the site is blazing fast for me at 10:30 central time. This afternoon, about 6 hours ago, it was extremely slow.

Just thought you would like to know.

[brutus]

^Same as prophet here brv.

[brvheart]

yep, that is the thing, it will get real fast, then go back to crap....lets see if it stays fast for everyone.

[PDX->SEA]

The site is occasionally slow, but I just relax, open another site (EZTV, BB.com, Slashdot) and and check back in 30 seconds or so.

I appreciate the work you've put into here, and this is pretty much my 1st stop for any MMA news, comments.

Thanks!!

[rightcrosslefthook]

Not having any problems on my end. Everything usually runs pretty smoothly. Thanks B.

[PDX->SEA]

Today's lock up was pretty major!
Couldn't look at anything for an hour or so....

[brvheart]

Yeah sorry about that I was just as upset as you guys. Hopefully since we got moved to a different server (as result of the major lockup) we will be better off.

[Boo]

When did it happen? I missed all the excitement.

[brvheart]

When did it happen? I missed all the excitement.
on the contrary - you missed nothing because you could not to get anything - literally....

[Boo]

Was that you I heard screaming earlier? I thought we had a storm on the way, but now I wonder...

[brvheart]

Was that you I heard screaming earlier? I thought we had a storm on the way, but now I wonder...
most definitely me ;)

[prophet665]

Was that you I heard screaming earlier? I thought we had a storm on the way, but now I wonder...

most definitely me ;)

Oh man...I didn't even think to connect the little girl like screams with the site being down; I thought it was just your semi-monthly man-waxing.

[brvheart]

Oh man...I didn't even think to connect the little girl like screams with the site being down; I thought it was just your semi-monthly man-waxing.

ummmm.....uuuhhhhhh.......ermmmmm......yeah, that is what I meant, sorry got confused....

[brvheart]

anyone else?

[prophet665]

anyone else?

Yup. The site [Only registered and activated users can see links] also was reporting it was down for a while.

It is slow as heck for me, also.

[brvheart]

Site has been fast for me tonight - anyone else?

[NDshotokan]

Yeah, since it was down earlier it's been super good.

[Boo]

I had some problems earlier, but seems fine now.

[brvheart]

Yeah I had issues earlier also, but it has been super fast since then