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Thread ID: 43990 2004-04-03 09:08:00 forum speed Rod ger (316) Press F1
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226914 2004-04-03 09:08:00 1min 6 secs to load forum from link in pcworld home page.
1 min 29 sec to load page 2
2 min 30 sec to log on
search for "pc world nz" in Google, 16secs
all on dailup
???
Is Press F1 severely choked, or extremely popular on a Saturday night??
Or just slow?
Rod ger (316)
226915 2004-04-03 09:21:00 yes, yes and OMG YES!!!

no, that wasn't a Harry met Sally moment, but the answers to your queries. Move on nothing to see here.
Jester (13)
226916 2004-04-03 09:26:00 > 1min 6 secs to load forum from link in pcworld home
> page.
> 1 min 29 sec to load page 2
> 2 min 30 sec to log on
> search for "pc world nz" in Google, 16secs
> all on dailup

Just to get this clear -

Are you bragging or complaining?
godfather (25)
226917 2004-04-04 01:22:00 Just makes it so hard to use. I've used and supported this forum, for years, on and off as work allows. Its been about 4 months since I really had a browse and the speed thing was just so noticeable.

I know its always been a BIT on the slow side but it seems to be getting worse. Its a great resource with some really knowledgeable people, let down only by its treacle like speed.
Rod ger (316)
226918 2004-04-04 01:29:00 It may be something to do with my cache as things seem quite a bit faster than yesterday? Rod ger (316)
226919 2004-04-04 01:31:00 concidering since robo came onboard the amount of posts have gone from 3 per day to 30+ per day. those who remember the old forum will think this forum is a rocket ship even on its slow days. tweak'e (174)
226920 2004-04-04 03:15:00 Admittedly this Sunday, but am getting 11 - 16 seconds for entry to F1. Pages 2, 3 etc, etc. And I live in Raglan!

Looks like you need a session with Addaware & Spybot *** to clean out the computer tubes. Hope that makes an improvement.

Have a nice day

Dastardly
Dastardly (5480)
226921 2004-04-04 03:16:00 Someone should moan about it in the next PC world. Write to Bruce Buckman for the mailbox column ]:)

Basically if the server isn't being stressed CPU wise, then they should look at getting some faster hard drives in to access the database. I suggest dual raptors in raid0 +1 backup drive.

That and the server's internet connection are the bottlenecks.
Orion (5481)
226922 2004-04-04 03:38:00 Wow. ESP hardware tracing and bottleneck analysis. :D

A tiny database like this (225k records) isn't likely to be disk I/O limited.

I suspect the interpreted system is more likely to be the main problem. A bit of configuration tuning of the forum software, and the database backend software would be more likely to boost the speed.
Graham L (2)
226923 2004-04-04 03:42:00 Nah! I'm clean and optimized( one of my hobbies tweaking W98). Rod ger (316)
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