Slooooowness

[Tamsin]

Sorry about the slowness, I've contacted the host about it so hopefully they have alook at whats causing it.

Tam

[Jaypot]

Here was me doing all kinds of clean ups thinking it was my PC :roll: Glad that it's not me then :D Mind you, did give the computer a well needed disk clean etc :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Marlene]

Same here...although when I was on other things it was as fast as usual..like you I thought it was my computer....I was able to go and do other things in between each "click"...so frustrating when I want to catch up on so much I have missed over the past week!!!

[luvabun]

Will this site just keep growing and growing or will it get to a stage where you will have to delete some old pasts to free up space?

[Tamsin]

I'm not sure, at the moment the database is about 33MB. I think we brought about 100MB altogether, more space isn't too expensive though.

If we end going for years then eventually I might need to delete some, I'd probably go for things like the general chat rather than the care posts so the posts that might be useful for reference stay. I'd have old backups though for emergencies.

Tam

[Maaike_Butter]

We're just a bunch of chatterboxes...:D

[bunnyhuggger]

Any sign of quickening up yet Tam? This is a nightmare :lol: :roll:

[Tamsin]

Did it just speed up? If it lasts yay, if not I'll send them another email.

Tam

[Tamsin]

Arg I'm going to strangle it :x

[bunnytales]

Drat :roll: That means I'll have to rebuild my PC and our Server tomorrow morning as I was convinced it was our end, now a big, big pile of techno chips on the floor - never mind an early Tuesday Master Mind puzzle never hurt anyone :lol: :lol:

[Tamsin]

The host has twiddled something to try fixing it. Is it any better?

Tam

[Diddeen]

Seems better to me Tamsin

[bunnyhuggger]

Yes!!!!! At last!!!!!!!! Seems fine now, I might get to bed earlier tonight :D

[Tamsin]

Is back to snail impersanations, isn't it? :(

[Bertie]

It is. :(

[bunnyhuggger]

*nods* :roll:

[Marlene]

It is soooo painfully slow

[Caz]

Bit better again now - anyone notice a pattern?? Maybe the hosting company is hosting a high working hours usage website as it seems to speed up in the evenings a bit.

Caz

[Tamsin]

The host is in america, 5 hrs ahead of us, so its 3 in the afternoon there :?

I'll get back to them.

[Tamsin]

If you notice it go slow can you record the time here. The host is going to keep an eye but it might help if we can work out the times if its not random. As Caz says it could be something thats just happening one time of day.

Tam

[bunnyhuggger]

Mine's slowed down....... if I try to post something it takes ages and when I'm finished reading a post, it takes ages to get back to the index. Anyone else finding this just now? :?

[Marlene]

Seems to be responding great right now 11.30 Thursday!!

[bunnylove]

i am having trouble getting on at all most of the time it keeps saying broken server and if i do get on its painfully slow most of the time in the last three days!!

[luvabun]

Any time I tried this morning between 8 and 10, I got the dreaded error message. So I've defragged my PC and at the mo its OK (now 1325). There's me thinking I'd done something right for once but perhaps its just a co-incidence.

[Denny]

I am finding it a bit slow at the moment, but then it is almost like it has a burst of energy for about 5 minutes or so, then a couple of minutes on go slow mode :roll:

[Maaike_Butter]

Same here!

[haffyj]

Me too!! someone make it go faster!!! I dont think work would like it if i kept smashing my 'puter!!!

*noting time as 1.51pm*

[Tamsin]

I think I might look at a different host when our 6 months are up. Forums use alot of bandwidth so we went with a cheap one I hadn't used before rather than the one I use for RR but there might be some others worth looking into now we know exactly how busy.

Tam

[Caz]

Have pm'd you re: http://www.nethosted.co.uk/multiple_domain_hosting.html

My bro says the plus plan is probably the minimum you would need as the forum will need a lot of bandwidth but it should be quicker anyway as his new servers are based in the UK. They use the same forum software apparently so it should be easy to move with little or no loss of service.

Anyway I will stop plugging his company now - promise ;) !

Caz

[bunnyhuggger]

so, so, soooooooooooooo slow just now ......................

[Tamsin]

Yeah, I think we're gonna have to switch.

Tam

[bunnyhuggger]

speeded up again! :roll:

[Maaike_Butter]

Oooohhh, it all went boomy! :shock:

[Caz]

Excruciatingly slow now (9:30 to 10:30am).

Caz

[bunnylove]

and at 4pm

thanks

[Caz]

Very slow all day for me but seems faster now (although am now at home).

Caz

[Denny]

anyone else got it realllllly sloooowwww at the moment :? or is it just me :?

[Amelia]

Nope, it's slow for me too :?

[Towsbuns]

I am finding it slow this morning too.

[Denny]

I am giving up for the moment :roll:

I have managed to tidy the house, have a wash, get dressed, all inbetween posting on here and I think I have only made 4 replies :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Just going to make a cuppa and some toast while this goes through :wink: :lol: :lol:

[MandyM]

It's been like the CHA CHA... SLOW SLOW QUICK QUICK SLOW :lol:

[Bertie]

It's all been very sporadic. Some threads will load really quickly, but when I click on a different thread it has to umm and ahh for a bit. Doesn't seem to be related to thread length or there being lots of piccies either. Mostly it seems random. It's not been as bad today as it has been though.

[Tamsin]

The host just email to say they think they have finally tracked down the problem and the speed issue should be sorted. Soooo, let me know if there are any further problems.

Tam

[bunnyhuggger]

:thumb:

[Bertie]

It's being quite friendly today. :D

[Tamsin]

It didn't seem to die in the 8am-10am slot like it has the last few days :)

[Denny]

Its as fast as a rocket now :D nice one Tamsin :D :thumb:

[Jaypot]

Is it me? The site seems to be going awfully slow - it's 18.55.
I tried on John's laptop and it's the same :? Mind you, it is the same broadband connection so it could be that :?
Anyone else finding it slow :?:

[Bertie]

It's being quite slow for me at the moment too. :(

[Jaypot]

Sheesh, it's just taken just over five minutes to post a reply :x
I ended up knitting a sock and I couldn't knit beforhand :shock:

[Bertie]

I ended up knitting a sock and I couldn't knit beforhand :shock:

It's the knitting doing it. :shock: I'm knitting a jumper. It must be a property of the wool that it slows our internet connections down. I have socks waiting to be knitted, I dread to think how slow the forum will get then. Maybe we should start a knitting circle. We could knit ear warmers for rescue bunnies.

[Tamsin]

Seem a little faster?

Tam

[bunnyhuggger]

Much faster now Tam :thumb:

Ooooooooooo and there's a bunny missing in the emoticons :wink:

[Tamsin]

Good :D The emoticons should all be back now.