I suffer from a very slow Armorama site the last couple of weeks/months?
I do not know when it has exactly started but it is kind of annoying.I do not seem to have these problems with other sites.
Has something substantially changed?
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drabslab
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Posted: Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 06:34 PM UTC
bilko
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Posted: Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 07:17 PM UTC
I have had the same problems over the last week - in fact this is only the second time I have managed to get on.
After 3 - 4 minutes of trying to load I just get the message that the site is unavailable, there must be server problems and to try again later. I tried continuously for 4 hours last night (8.00pm to midnight EST Australian time) with no luck.
I see some (very) high figures as the number of people on line in the last 30 minutes ( from 275 - 350) is this what is causing the problem?
I need my nightly big A fix. :-)
Brian
drabslab
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Posted: Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 07:24 PM UTC
Ach, I am glad that I am not the only one. It means at least that I am not dreaming 
Could it have something to do with the "adbrite" publicity thingy?
I have the impression that now when I go to armorama i am passing another server first.
Could it have something to do with the "adbrite" publicity thingy?
I have the impression that now when I go to armorama i am passing another server first.
Sabot
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Posted: Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 07:38 PM UTC
I believe we had some malcontents trying to disrupt our website. Staff_Jim is working with others to prevent further occurances from happening.
slodder
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Posted: Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 08:00 PM UTC
If it's been slow that long, it may be a cache problem with pages from the old server vs. the new one? Not 100% on this but it would be worth deleting your temporary files in IE.
Eagle
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Posted: Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 09:03 PM UTC
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it may be a cache problem with pages from the old server vs. the new one? Not 100% on this but it would be worth deleting your temporary files in IE.
Been there, done that.... but I also have a bad performance as far as the big A is concerned. All sites are like lightning, but Armorama speed is like a frozen snail that has hybernating for too long :-)
Sometimes it even is that slow, that I decide to give up and return later.
Diablo
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Posted: Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 09:30 PM UTC
strange??,no problem here.it is just as fast as other sites.sometimes having problems getting on to the site,but thats it 
i use firefox btw.
greetings jeroen,.
i use firefox btw.greetings jeroen,.
staff_Jim
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Posted: Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 09:35 PM UTC
Hmm....are the people who are having slow delays using FireFox or non-IE browsers? I used a Firefox browser when I was over at a friends house yesterday and a few functions (where pulldowns were needed) seemed to take forever! Then he let me use a newer PC with firefox and they worked fine. Not sure what is up with that.
There are periods (from my perspective) where the site is running slower, this is ussually from a background process or a memory leak we have been suffering from. But otherwise this server combo we have now is a LOT faster than it was this time last year.
Jim
There are periods (from my perspective) where the site is running slower, this is ussually from a background process or a memory leak we have been suffering from. But otherwise this server combo we have now is a LOT faster than it was this time last year.
Jim
propboy44256
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Posted: Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 09:49 PM UTC
S-L-O-W on my end to, Sunday, site would not respond at all in the early morning
animal
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Posted: Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 09:49 PM UTC
Same here. It has been very slow. Also Jim, I still can not access my members account.
Also Jim, I still can not access my members account. drabslab
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Posted: Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 09:52 PM UTC
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Hmm....are the people who are having slow delays using FireFox or non-IE browsers? I used a Firefox browser when I was over at a friends house yesterday and a few functions (where pulldowns were needed) seemed to take forever! Then he let me use a newer PC with firefox and they worked fine. Not sure what is up with that.
There are periods (from my perspective) where the site is running slower, this is ussually from a background process or a memory leak we have been suffering from. But otherwise this server combo we have now is a LOT faster than it was this time last year.
Jim
Sorry Jim but that is not the answer.
I can ensure you that the equipment that I have at my disposal here is top of the bill and I don't have any problems with other sites. Armorama seems just to be slower. Overloade server? inefficient software?
It could be worth looking at it considering that I am not the only one having difficulties. I have however, no intention of leaving Armorama because of these small issues. The content is great and there are some great people on this site... and that'smore than enough motivation to regularly visit.
keenan
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Posted: Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 10:18 PM UTC
I am on cable at home and T1 at work and I haven't noticed the site being slower. I have noticed the occasions where the site has been down occasionally, but not slower.
Hope this helps with the diagnosis.
Shaun
Hope this helps with the diagnosis.
Shaun
Clanky44
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Posted: Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 10:30 PM UTC
Sunday morning for me was a no-go. From about 0830 to about 1000, no access whatsoever, the other sites I frequent where all fine. It's been this way now for about 3 to 4 weeks (Sunday mornings)
Frank
Frank
staff_Jim
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Posted: Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 10:46 PM UTC
We have had outages (no response) in the past few days (Sunday morning... Friday Morning). But overall the server is running normally. Just this morning when I posted the topic above with 378 members online the posting phase took 2 seconds. Not slow. Also images are loading practically faster than the page can be drawn.
There certainly will be slow "pages" or requests (like checking the dynamic latest posts page or doing a search within the forum), but overall the server(s) are running normally for users on high speed broadband connections without any gateway bottlenecks or slow DNS servers in the way. Perhaps your ISP does not have DNS information cached on their end? Or they have the wrong DNS information. That would cause slow load times.
Jim
There certainly will be slow "pages" or requests (like checking the dynamic latest posts page or doing a search within the forum), but overall the server(s) are running normally for users on high speed broadband connections without any gateway bottlenecks or slow DNS servers in the way. Perhaps your ISP does not have DNS information cached on their end? Or they have the wrong DNS information. That would cause slow load times.
Jim
matt
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Posted: Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 10:49 PM UTC
I've had no major Issues (With exception to the Outages) Load times seem to be reasonably quick......
Salvo
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Posted: Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 11:31 PM UTC
I have Armorama set as my homepage and the past month it has really been dragging. I either time out or get .sql errors. It won't effect me visiting the site, just wish I wasn't having problems.
Cheers,
Salvo
Cheers,
Salvo
bilko
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Posted: Monday, February 06, 2006 - 05:39 PM UTC
Since I made my post (last nigt - really very early this morning) I haven't had any time outs trying to get in here. So maybe it was either the hackers or my ISP.
Thanks for the responses Jim.
Brian
MrRoo
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Posted: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 02:23 AM UTC
Since the server change the site has been slow and slower for me. some days worse then others. a lot of the time it takes for ever (or seems like it) to get the rely (to post) page up and then post my reply.
Some days I just give up and close out of the site because it just takes to long. No other sites are like this at the same times.
I run IE on a fairly new computer.
Cheers
Cliff
Some days I just give up and close out of the site because it just takes to long. No other sites are like this at the same times.
I run IE on a fairly new computer.
Cheers
Cliff
staff_Jim
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Posted: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 02:49 AM UTC
Cliff,
But it's only like that at some times of the day? Not all the time right?
For the record Alexa says...
Speed: Fast (67% of sites are slower), Avg Load Time: 1.3 Seconds (what's this?)
Jim
But it's only like that at some times of the day? Not all the time right?
For the record Alexa says...
Speed: Fast (67% of sites are slower), Avg Load Time: 1.3 Seconds (what's this?)
Jim
Sabot
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Posted: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 03:25 AM UTC
I do not notice any slow speed issues and I use both a wireless laptop on DSL at home and a fairly powerful LAN at work. I have noticed more outages in the past few weeks than ever before.
MrRoo
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Posted: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 03:52 AM UTC
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Cliff,
But it's only like that at some times of the day? Not all the time right?
For the record Alexa says...
Speed: Fast (67% of sites are slower), Avg Load Time: 1.3 Seconds (what's this?)
Jim
Jim it is slower overall but worse at certain times of the day. the worst of course is when a lot of folk are on and I cannot connect at all. I immediately go to other sites of mine all over the worls and they are faster by a long way.
Cheers
Cliff
WindSword70
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Posted: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 04:26 PM UTC
I am having slow or no connection problems also. Its 0625 here and it has taken me 23 minutes to connect to the site after getting 2 "gateway timeout server is unreachable messages". Pages are loading slow. I didnt have these problems before the server switchover.
GunTruck
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Posted: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 09:12 PM UTC
I'm having page loading issues too - from the Latest Posts page when trying to access a Forum Thread. Other parts of the site have been working well for me.
Gunnie
Gunnie
propboy44256
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Posted: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 09:53 PM UTC
Even getting slower today 2/8/06
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