# Appalling board performance **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 30, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalling-board-performance/512112 "2009-09-30T15:57:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalling-board-performance/512112/81 "2009-10-08T04:05:18Z")
Looks like I’m encountering a few glitches. That same error page sometimes coming up when I try to open a thread or post. But refreshing the page seems to work for now. ---
**Author:** ![sweepkick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sweepkick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweepkick)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalling-board-performance/512112/82 "2009-10-08T05:18:52Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > We’re having problems with our service provider, which hosts many Creative Loafing sites. Short version of long story: (a) We mirror the master database server to a slave, which handles many of the DB queries. If we don’t do this the MB can lock up in as little as 15 minutes, as Jerry determined by recent experiment. This problem became acute after a vB upgrade last year. (b) Although the master server is a dedicated resource, the slave is shared and uses a shared data pipe. Apparently our host is having bandwidth issues. When the pipe fills up, everybody using shared resources has problems. We surmise they’re getting a lot of beefs about this. Jerry has been inquiring and they tell us an upgrade is supposed to be in place by mid-October. If that doesn’t work, we’ll have to see what a dedicated slave will cost. Our apologies for the inconvenience. Thanks, Ed. Precisely the info that was being fished for. Regards, SweepK ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalling-board-performance/512112/83 "2009-10-20T02:23:55Z")
Well, it’s definitely gotten a lot better, and I’ve had no more trouble logging in. But there are still some glitches, such as getting an error message if I click on a thread. Refreshing works in that case, but if I get the error message after clicking on New Posts or a Search, it makes me wait 5 more minutes. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalling-board-performance/512112/84 "2009-10-24T16:35:48Z")
FWIW, I haven’t encountered any problems for several days now. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalling-board-performance/512112/85 "2009-10-24T19:29:27Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > I get the problems at 3-6pm here in the UK, which is 9am-12pm on your side of the pond, which goes along with it being a morning problem. But why should it be worse in the morning? Since it always seems to happen to me around 9:00AM, I’ve always attributed it to people getting to work and, instead of getting to the work they’re _being paid to do_, they start immediately checking their personal e-mail and visiting all the threads they’re subscribed to. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalling-board-performance/512112/86 "2009-10-24T22:54:28Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Since it always seems to happen to me around 9:00AM, I’ve always attributed it to people getting to work and, instead of getting to the work they’re _being paid to do_, they start immediately checking their personal e-mail and visiting all the threads they’re subscribed to. 9:00 AM West Coast or East Coast? ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalling-board-performance/512112/87 "2009-10-24T23:06:29Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > 9:00 AM West Coast or East Coast? 3PM UK time is 9AM east coast. And it happens at all times of the day for me…pages not loading, pages taking several minutes to load and I just don’t bother waiting and do something else, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalling-board-performance/512112/88 "2009-10-25T06:02:53Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > 9:00 AM West Coast or East Coast? West Coast. I see the biggest lag/inability to connect from about 9:00AM, when people with the types of jobs where they use a computer are likely arriving at work, to about 10:00, then it gets much better, then there’s more trouble between noon and 1:00. (And hey, plenty of posters have admitted they do much/most of their posting from work. Which can be annoying for people like me whose jobs don’t involve using a computer - I have to wait until I get home to check the board, and between all the earlier-time-zone people and people posting from work, most of the threads I could have contributed to have already been responded to with the same answer I would have given and all I can do is add a smartass comment after the fact 😛 ) Now, granted, a lot of the lag/inability to connect can be attributed to all the _non_-Doper people in my city/time zone all hitting the 'Net at the same time, thus clogging up the tubes, but I can still connect to most other sites during those times (if a bit slowly). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalling-board-performance/512112/89 "2009-10-26T03:57:27Z")
A little trouble logging just now, at 10:55am Monday morning. We’re 7 hours ahead of GMT, so that’s 10:55pm Sunday night in Chicago, 11:55pm on the East Coast. Received an error page when I tried logging on. Refreshing took me back to the log in page, where I had to log in from scratch. Did that twice and then worked on the third try. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalling-board-performance/512112/90 "2009-10-27T11:57:37Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > FWIW, I haven’t encountered any problems for several days now. Same for me. I haven’t seen it run this smoothly in months. Possibly years. I hope something demonstrably changed that we can pin this improvement as being down to. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalling-board-performance/512112/91 "2009-10-27T12:01:46Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Same for me. I haven’t seen it run this smoothly in months. Possibly years. I hope something demonstrably changed that we can pin this improvement as being down to. I’m touching wood frantically, because it’s still going well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalling-board-performance/512112.md?page=4)