Slow load times

[NogbadTheBad]

I've been getting very slow load times over the last 48 hours, anything going on?

[Dave the Brave]

So it's not just me?

DtB

[strawberrybrick]

503 errors, but they're better now.

[Scott Bails]

Everything was fine, until that Wallace moron came around again.



I typed this yesterday, BTW. ;)

[mozo-pg]

Slow for me too.

[proggy_jazzer]

Slow for me this afternoon, and I also just got a "database error" page a few minutes ago...

[Jerjo]

I agree. Last couple days have been rough. I assume the host is having issues.

[progeezer]

I too thought it was just me, but it seems to be improving.

[Yodelgoat]

I was right in the middle of posting my 9000 word essay on "what is prog?" when you decided to take the system down. Time to start over!

[rcarlberg]

I thought my porn was slowing everything down. Good to know.

[nosebone]

Slo-mo

[JKL2000]

Yep, me too!

[lak611]

What browser are you using? Have you tried clearing your cache and cookies?

Sent from my LG-US996 using Tapatalk

[Poisoned Youth]

I thought my porn was slowing everything down. Good to know.

That give slow load times a different meaning...

[Zeuhlmate]

yes, something happened.
When I click on a link (or new page) nothing happens for some seconds, then the page disappears from the screen a split second, and then it loads fast.

[Duncan Glenday]

I've been in touch with our ISP, and they're working on it.

[Gruno]

I've been in touch with our ISP, and they're working on it.

You're slowing my load, Duncan! :drool


By the way, I just donated to the slush fund here via PayPal...

[Harbottle]

I blame Phil Collins.

[progeezer]

I actually got a non-PE screen an hour ago that said "This account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information".

I e-mailed 2 other PE members to find out if it was just me or a site issue. Neither has responded, but I just tried it again & voila!

[interbellum]

I actually got a non-PE screen an hour ago that said "This account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information".

I e-mailed 2 other PE members to find out if it was just me or a site issue. Neither has responded, but I just tried it again & voila!

Same here (also with the slowness), but I'm glad I'm allowed to join the party again.

[Painter]

I actually got a non-PE screen an hour ago that said "This account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information".

I e-mailed 2 other PE members to find out if it was just me or a site issue. Neither has responded, but I just tried it again & voila!

Got the same message here.

[Painter]

I actually got a non-PE screen an hour ago that said "This account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information".

I e-mailed 2 other PE members to find out if it was just me or a site issue. Neither has responded, but I just tried it again & voila!

And for some reason, after trading PMs with one of the moderators, my screen name changed from "painter" to "docp" ?!?!?

[Duncan Glenday]

And for some reason, after trading PMs with one of the moderators, my screen name changed from "painter" to "docp" ?!?!?

Huh?!?

I'll look at that...

[Duncan Glenday]

Huh?!?

I'll look at that...

Looks like it might have been a slip of the finger - but it's fixed now.

Sorry about that!!

[progeezer]

Watch those fingers pal!!


:D

[Duncan Glenday]

Watch those fingers pal!!


:D

That's what she said :(

[Painter]

Looks like it might have been a slip of the finger - but it's fixed now.

Sorry about that!!

Ahhh yes, that feels better... Ummm this whole post seems mighty unseemly.

Thanks

[Duncan Glenday]

Feedback just received from the ISP:

I complained about the slow performance yesterday.

Today, they took the system down for a short time while they reconfigured the database parameters to optimize the system's performance.

It would have been nice if they'd TOLD US in advance!

Still - it should all be okay now...

[Painter]

Feedback just received from the ISP:

I complained about the slow performance yesterday.

Today, they took the system down for a short time while they reconfigured the database parameters to optimize the system's performance.

It would have been nice if they'd TOLD US in advance!

Still - it should all be okay now...

IT is my day job and that kind of "service" is very common from vendors

[rcarlberg]

I actually got a non-PE screen an hour ago that said "This account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information".

I e-mailed 2 other PE members to find out if it was just me or a site issue. Neither has responded, but I just tried it again & voila!
Me too. Might need to run a virus scan on PE's servers.

Or maybe that's just the error you get when the ISP is rebooting the service?

[Duncan Glenday]

Me too. Might need to run a virus scan on PE's servers.

Or maybe that's just the error you get when the ISP is rebooting the service?

They run virus scans regularly, and email the reports to me weekly.

This was the error we got in the hour or so while the ISP took the database offline, reconfig'd the DB parameters, and brought it up again.

[3LockBox]

That give slow load times a different meaning...

The ultimate rejection

[Hobo Chang Ba]

Still slow here...half the time the page won't even load.

[Scott Bails]

Yep. Still having issues and 503 errors.

[Scott Bails]

Yep. Still having issues and 503 errors.

[markwoll]

It may be time to jump the Whatever happened to thread to 40

[JKL2000]

Problems kept happening for me too, but now it's screamin' fast! Ahhhh...

[spellbound]

I actually got a non-PE screen an hour ago that said "This account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information".

I e-mailed 2 other PE members to find out if it was just me or a site issue. Neither has responded, but I just tried it again & voila!

This happened to me, too, a couple of times. I tried emailing the only mod whose address I had, but the mailer demon bounced it back as undeliverable. Admittedly, he could have changed his address, but I am left without explanation for why my account could be suspended without cause and without me ever getting to see the PE opening page. As far as slow, lots of sites have been slow for me lately, including this one, even though I recently ran all my anti-virus/malware programs.

[NogbadTheBad]

It's the site not you, and the suspension message related to the site not you. I pinged Duncan when it first happened to me.

[Don Arnold]

Problems kept happening for me too, but now it's screamin' fast! Ahhhh...

Yeah, mine has also speeded up. In fact, I'm now reading through tomorrow's posts! :)

[Poisoned Youth]

Problems kept happening for me too, but now it's screamin' fast! Ahhhh...

Good. I figured you were on suicide watch and was getting concerned.

[Poisoned Youth]

And for some reason, after trading PMs with one of the moderators, my screen name changed from "painter" to "docp" ?!?!?
You look more like a docp.

[JKL2000]

Good. I figured you were on suicide watch and was getting concerned.

Nah, I was on Snakeoil Audio for the time being.

[Dave (in MA)]

Nah, I was on Snakeoil Audio for the time being.

Was it fast?

[3LockBox]

I kept getting a message saying:

This account has been suspended. Nobody likes you. Get a life!

Obviously, I did nothing of the sort.

[rcarlberg]

Still running appreciably slow for me. :(

[progeezer]

Still running appreciably slow for me. :(

Ditto

[Duncan Glenday]

Dammit! :mad

I'll get back with them again in the morning...

[Duncan Glenday]

Dammit! :mad

I'll get back with them again in the morning...

[Halmyre]

Fine for me. Maybe it only affects people who are not true prog fans?
:cool

[rcarlberg]

I know what it is. It's all those double posts!

[Gruno]

Good. I figured you were on suicide watch and was getting concerned.

Ugh. Now get ready for "What's a Suicide Watch? I've never heard of them."

[jake]

Does PE have a Twitter or Reddit account or some other way of letting members know when the site is down or your email/password may be compromised?

[NogbadTheBad]

Does PE have a Twitter or Reddit account or some other way of letting members know when the site is down or your email/password may be compromised?

There is a facebook page, and you can contact Duncan via that.

[jake]

There is a facebook page, and you can contact Duncan via that.

Thanks for that. Unfortunately I'm one of those rare birds who is not on Facebook. Which makes me wonder if social media would be the best way to communicate such a message - maybe an email blast would be better. I'm not talking about asking PE what's wrong, I'm more of a PE contacting me to say 'change your email password immediately' type of thing.

[NogbadTheBad]

If they needed to do that then they'd send out an email, we've received those in the past from Duncan. I used FB as a way to let duncan know there was an issue with the main site.

[Jerjo]

So, during the downtime, I looked at this "porn" that Carlberg talked about. Hmm, Americans seem to have some sort of obsession with step-siblings.

[Duncan Glenday]

Fine for me. Maybe it only affects people who are not true prog fans?
:cool

Uh-oh - my secret system manipulation tool has been "outed" :oops


:lol

[interbellum]

The site functions now at the normal speed over here.

[Gruno]

Uh-oh - my secret system manipulation tool has been "outed" :oops


:lol

....nice tool.

[Plasmatopia]

Please...let's not start outing our tools around here.

[progeezer]

Please...let's not start outing our tools around here.But aren't we striving for transparency and full disclosure?

[Plasmatopia]

But aren't we striving for transparency and full disclosure?

Most of the tools out themselves.

[Yodelgoat]

I also spammed poor duncan...

And immediately went into paranoid mode....

Are they mad because I posted too much in the Artists forum?

Is DocProgger a new mod?

Did they decide my comments are too cynical/stupid/worthless?

Can I get my annual donation back?

[Duncan Glenday]

...
Is DocProgger a new mod?
...


Yes

:lol

[rcarlberg]

Back to normal speed again. Back to replying without thinking about it first.

[Zeuhlmate]

Back to normal speed again. Back to replying without thinking about it first.

...But I dont know what to think before I have posted it !

[Jerjo]

Robert, does that come with a free gallon of eye bleach?

[Mister Triscuits]

Duncan, can we go back to the site failing to load?

[Poisoned Youth]

Don’t post pictures like that please. A lot of members have families and don’t want to have to be embarrassed when trying to browse the site worried about offensive pictures on a music forum. Jeez.

[Dave (in MA)]

Happening again.

[Duncan Glenday]

I wasn't online last night, but it seems okay now...

[Gruno]

I experienced some slowness in the wee hours of the morning.

[Duncan Glenday]

I also experienced some slowness in the wee hours of the morning.

But the system was fine :lol

Kidding - please keep me posted if you experience performance issues.

[NogbadTheBad]

I also experienced some slowness in the wee hours of the morning.

But the system was fine :lol

Kidding - please keep me posted if you experience performance issues.

You handing out little blue pills?

[rcarlberg]

It was slow an hour ago. Seems fine now.

[Duncan Glenday]

You handing out little blue pills?

Well, Gruno said ...


I experienced some slowness in the wee hours of the morning.

:lol

[Gruno]

Hey, it was a long night...

[rcarlberg]

The site has been running slow again, for the past four-five hours.

[NogbadTheBad]

Same here

[progeezer]

YUP!!

[jake]

Just noticed that. Has everybody left Facebook to come here?

[Duncan Glenday]

Running okay for me

[Dave (in MA)]

Slower than normal for me tonight, on & off.

[rcarlberg]

Back to normal this morning

[progeezer]

Back to normal this morningNot for everyone I'm afraid. Still very slow here.

[Progatron]

Still a bit sluggish for me as well. 10-15 seconds per function. Not a huge deal, of course. But I do need to know what people are saying about Yes!

[rcarlberg]

Yeah you're right. About every third load is still slow for me.

[Jerjo]

Yeah, it's a little glitchy

[NogbadTheBad]

Very slow this morning

[Progatron]

Yep, same here. Slower even than the last time.

[progeezer]

Me three.

[Steve F.]

Slow here as well.

[Plasmatopia]

Wicked slow for me.

[rcarlberg]

Fine for me. Y'all must be on the government's watch list.

[Dave (in MA)]

It took me eleven Mississippi to open this thread.

[Dave (in MA)]

But half a minute later, it's fine.

[progeezer]

Mine is anything but fine right now!

It took me (I watched) 35 seconds to get to this thread upon searching, and then another 25 seconds to open it. I can only wonder how long it will take now to post this.:(

[Jerjo]

It's dragging like a 70s prog band on the casino circuit with a 65-year-old drummer.

[mozo-pg]

Yeah, it's slow.

[Plasmatopia]

Weird...it's fast for me now.

[Duncan Glenday]

I'm out-of-country right now, and will be for the next 2 weeks.

I'll get hold of the ISP when I get back...

[BarryLI]

Another vote for slow here, more like s l o w.

[Duncan Glenday]

I'm out-of-country right now, and will be for the next 2 weeks.

I'll get hold of the ISP when I get back...

I just got back - will contact the ISP.

[mozo-pg]

I just got back - will contact the ISP.

i hope you had a great trip!