Update Thread for Board Performance Symptoms

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#1

Report for 09-28-03:[ul][li] Great clickthrough speed and posting all the way past noon PST.[/li]
[li] Afternoon (evening EST) snarl of page refresh and posting turn around.[/li]
[li] Higher failure rate of “sneak through” post submits.[/li](Some timeouts still manage to complete text transmission without finalizing the signoff handshake. Upon a second preview, the post is shown as having been added to the thread. During the final stages of board gridlock, timeouts occur with “sneak throughs” occurring 3% of the time.)

[li] Update of latest contributors on forum pages can remain unchanged for up to ten hours so far tonight.[/li]
[li] One of my posts was lost.[/li](Can’t remember the thread now as I am not currently logging all posts. If the situation deteriorates, I will begin logging my posts again (and posting times from now on).[/ul]

#2

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[li]9/29/03[/li] Everything seems fine, but I can’t get this feeling that someone is watching me… Stalking me. I heard the murderous server of chicago is on the loose. I hear he’s been taking threads from the Zenster district… Doing horrible things to them.

WAIT! What was that noise?

Investigating. If I do not reply within 6 hours, assume dead.
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#3

While Zenster’s OP, in the light of the weird stuff around here lately, was serious (I take it) – your post fair cracked me up, Aslan. :smiley:

#4

Well, Quasi’s “Lottery and Stock … WTH” thread in GQ is shot to hell.

No OP present between the header and footer. When I posted a note to the mods, the forum then showed 0 replies, yet indicated that I was the most recent poster. Could be that I am viewed as the original poster or something.

Methinks it’s time to reset the server, or take all the hamsters out for a drink (or a bullet, whichever comes first).
Thread ID:

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=214832

#5

Let’s not neglect to mention that there are nearly half a dozen of Quasi’s duplicate threads as well.

#6

It’s a hit-or-miss over here. Board speed is absolutely blazing at times and snail-paced at others.

#7

For me those times when you press submit and the thread either hangs or times out - the thread gets posted 99 percent of the time.

(I think I remember only one occasion when the post didn’t post)
Board slowness co-incides with the following occurences…
1 minute after I arrive here.

Whenever I spot an interesting thread (it’s fine before that)

Whenever I get a particularly good idea for a thread or reply to a thread (again, fine before that)

Whenever someone has said something dumb or wrong and I must correct quickly.

#8

It’s been a couple of days and Aslan hasn’t replied yet… sigh the MSC (murderous server of Chicago) has taken yet another victim.

#9

This used to be the case, but lately, it seems to be the reverse situation. When I have a post that times out, I always preview to check, and lately (this summer, or so), it’s not been posting the first time.

Always preview before resubmitting.

#10

I’d like to add:

On the rare occasion that I run into a reply-less GQ thread I actually know the answer to.

#11

10-03-2003

Great clickthrough and posting times up until ~15:00:00 PST. Performance declined seriously thereafter until about 21:00:00 PST.
10-04-2003

Good speed all day until 21:00:00 PST. Board is currently providing marginal performance .

#12

One post lost from Quasi’s Cafe Society “Christmas Recipe” thread.

#13

MacTime 11:30:35

What is the deal here?! I think someone is swiping recipes and forgetting to put them back in the cookbook!
This behavior must desist!

And I (who have silently been observing for a few months) am at great puzzlement upon witnessing disappearing threadmarks.
Where are the VBulletin Police when we need them?
:eek:

#14

Major bottleneck observed around 19:00:00 PST. Otherwise, pretty smooth sailing all day.

#15

Definite problems with “last post” updates on the Cafe Society forum page. My reply to Quasi’s cookoff thread has not been reflected for over 6 hours.

Time to reset the server (if that is what cures this problem).

#16

Nitpick: Do you mean PST or PDT? I’m pretty sure that all of the Pacific zone states observe Daylight Saving Time, and we haven’t fallen back behind, yet.

#17

Recently, it’s pretty apparent that the boards really choke up as the “lunch crunch” sweeps across the continental United States. From about 9:00 to 13:00 PDT the boards bog down rather badly.

Today, a pit thread started by Otto had its OP deleted and my GD “Lack of Modernization in the Middle East” thread posted, received three views and then promptly self-destructed. I’ve just noticed another missing post in the IMHO “Baby Shower for Guys” thread. (Now reposted.)

Time to reset the server or whatever it is that fixes this.

#18

Well, that’s three different posts of mine that have gone missing from the IMHO “Would I want to eat the chicken’s feet served in Chinese Restaurants?” thread.

Someone’s tender ministrations are required. Hammer or no.

#19

Okay, something really twisted is going on. I have never seen anything like this before. I’m trying to do a search in the BBQ Pit and after a while, the screen goes totally blank (white). The back button returns me to my forum search entry just fine.

This has happened four times in a row.

#20

Very strange. The progress bar shows the search function completing, but instead of the “Your search is now in progress” notification, I get a blank screen.