# SDMB database problems? Board up, then down.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-database-problems-board-up-then-down/164707>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 28, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-database-problems-board-up-then-down/164707 "2003-03-28T04:37:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-database-problems-board-up-then-down/164707/1 "2003-03-28T04:37:49Z")

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Today the Board database has gone down and up like a yoyo, what is happening?

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**Author:** ![AvidReader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@AvidReader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AvidReader)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-database-problems-board-up-then-down/164707/2 "2003-03-28T04:43:16Z")

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**Really**!!! Seems slow every day. More so at certain times of the day.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-database-problems-board-up-then-down/164707/3 "2003-03-28T05:00:53Z")

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It’s the old supply and demand; the demand for the board outstrips the supply of bandwidth available.

But this time around, we also needed a reset. Which Jerry the Tech God provided, and now we’re back up and running again.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator  
Or at least as close to it as we can get.