TheMachine 803 Posted August 20, 2012 (edited) Stop hosting the forum on this -Seriously, slowest web forum I've used in years.Also, you could reduce the server load by about half by removing most of the pointless, flashy features this forum uses.Why does it update while you're replying to a thread to tell you someone's replied?That's like 2 more http request's, minimum, probably more.When you click inside the reply box it must tell the server 'someone's typing', then it must send it back to you to say someone's replied.Like half of the time I refresh the page the site is offline or it takes 30 seconds to load.100mb connection, wtf?There's no way a web forum should be grinding your host into dust. Edited August 20, 2012 by TheMachine 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thehumandove 344 Posted August 20, 2012 It's slow because they're playing number cruncher and oregon trail 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lvg 1690 Posted August 20, 2012 It's hosted on Rocket's PC and he torrents blu-ray pr0nz a lot.Jokes aside this is being discussed, alternate hosting is being looked at, originally the forum wasn't expected to receive this amount of users. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dilorenzovictor@gmail.com 36 Posted August 20, 2012 I recommend invision free Rocket, I use it for my community, it works great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Diealot 46 Posted August 20, 2012 Good thread-title, good point. Beans.It's hosted on Rocket's PC and he torrents blu-ray pr0nz a lot.Jokes aside this is being discussed, alternate hosting is being looked at, originally the forum wasn't expected to receive this amount of users.Good that it's acknowledged. I will now whine a little about it and say; this should be done 3 weeks ago.It is currently a pain in the neck. Thank you for your time.Peace.SD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tenzomonk 3 Posted August 20, 2012 (edited) it's alpha... you didn't pay for it... it's a mod, not a game... 3rd person is an exploit...oh, wait...wrong thread :)(have my beans... this place is painfully slow! and sadly, that beige box probably could do a better job) :D Edited August 20, 2012 by tenzomonk 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SmashT 10907 Posted August 20, 2012 Rocket, why u no install more tubes? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoRegrets 495 Posted August 20, 2012 I blame the endless MLP Thread + every Brony Thread + every Brony Signature + every Brony YouTube Video + every Brony Profile Image for the bad performance 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3NiTY 0 Posted August 20, 2012 i totally agree to him! this forum needs to be upgraded! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jordy@sigux.com 44 Posted August 20, 2012 (edited) Why would they, they don't get paid. The forums are currently hosted on a Secured Servers dedicated machine, and I'm guessing they have a fancy package, which easily costs a couple of hundered bucks. There is just an excessive amount of load on the server, and the servers can't handle it. Now that that's said, when I did game and website hosting for a company I used Secured Servers too, and they had a lot of maintenance and downtime from time to time. I haven't been with them for a while so I really can't say what's going on there.They offer everything from 10mbits (Lol) to 10gbits, and I'm sincerely hoping the forum server has atleast a 1gbit connection. Edited August 20, 2012 by Brightbull Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eastonch@gmail.com 4 Posted August 20, 2012 Do you not think that this has something to do with CloudFlare? Since every request has to pass through that, maybe there's a caching problem. Anyway.... SecuredServers already HAS A GREAT ANTI DDOS mechanism in place, so CloudFlare really isnt needed. I'd suggest removing CloudFlare, changing to either LightHTPD or Nginx and optimize MySQL configuration to match. Watch server loads, and watch incoming traffic. @BrightBull there's no need for a 1Gbit for this website... Google serves between 1-10GBit depending on location, sites like MinecraftForum are on 1Gbits (Curse Network). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jordy@sigux.com 44 Posted August 20, 2012 (edited) What Eastonch said. Edited August 20, 2012 by Brightbull Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ankhenaten 111 Posted August 20, 2012 It's not running on a computer. Stupid urban myths cr@p. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites