# When are the hampsters the most rested up? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 12, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-the-hampsters-the-most-rested-up/108580 "2002-05-12T03:00:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-the-hampsters-the-most-rested-up/108580/1 "2002-05-12T03:00:11Z")
When are the biggest SDMB traffic jams and when are the faster-running times? I used to be able to see a pattern based on working hours of East Coasters and Midwesterners, but I don’t think it’s there anymore - I never know when to expect difficulty accessing or posting to threads. When are the boards ALWAYS down? I was finding them consistenly unavailable between 1:30 and 2:00 a.m. Pacific Time, but it’s been awhile since I checked. Also, has an email really been dispatched to your technical staff? (I’m referring to the message one sometimes gets when the server is unavailable.) If I sit there and hit Refresh a dozen times, are a dozen emails dispatched? One more question: Is it mostly North American traffic that slows the boards, or do European, Aussie, etc. posters contribute significantly? Am I correct in thinking the biggest demographic “humps” are in the Eastern and Central time zones of N.A.? ---
**Author:** ![Melandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Melandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melandry)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-the-hampsters-the-most-rested-up/108580/2 "2002-05-12T03:23:14Z")
I just recently asked the ‘email’ question- the answer is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=114410). ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-the-hampsters-the-most-rested-up/108580/3 "2002-05-12T04:23:36Z")
Thanks, Melandry! I would have done a search, but the hampsters were huffing and puffing… I hope my other questions haven’t all been recently asked and answered, too. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-the-hampsters-the-most-rested-up/108580/4 "2002-05-12T05:25:15Z")
The ATMB thread [FAQ - technical issues - please read this BEFORE posting a question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1959053#post1959053) says: > [@](#): > > Usually board maintenance is at the same time every night - from 03:30 to about 04:15 (Chicago, Illinois, USA time) the database is locked down so that we can capture a consistent backup. Due to the current hardware configuration the old system of modifying the status of the SDMB to present a “down for maintenance” screen is no longer in place. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-the-hampsters-the-most-rested-up/108580/5 "2002-05-12T08:18:10Z")
I read the FAQ once, I swear! Sorry, folks! I’m sure my demographics question has ALSO been discussed… I’ll just go eat worms now ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-the-hampsters-the-most-rested-up/108580/6 "2002-05-12T15:48:30Z")
In general, the highest use is during the daytime in the USA. Beyond that I can’t say. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-the-hampsters-the-most-rested-up/108580/7 "2002-05-12T20:19:20Z")
You can’t say because you don’t know, because it doesn’t follow a regular patter, or because then you’d have to kill us? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-the-hampsters-the-most-rested-up/108580/8 "2002-05-12T20:56:26Z")
There is definitately a regular patter around here. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-the-hampsters-the-most-rested-up/108580/9 "2002-05-12T20:57:44Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-the-hampsters-the-most-rested-up/108580/10 "2002-05-13T05:39:34Z")
GilaB - because I don’t know. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-the-hampsters-the-most-rested-up/108580/11 "2002-05-14T22:39:14Z")
Wait… you don’t know whether you don’t know, you don’t know that it follows a regular pattern, or you don’t know that you’d have to kill us? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-the-hampsters-the-most-rested-up/108580/12 "2002-05-15T01:20:08Z")
As far as bringing some of the members to an untimely end - that desire is always burning in my breast. But I can’t predict “when to expect difficulty accessing or posting to threads”.