Opinions on new server speed

sgtpepper · Post by **sgtpepper** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:58 pm

The speed is still kinda slow for me, but it's not bothersome. The real annoyance for me is that the forum suddenly doesn't tell me whether there are new posts and whatnot. Is that because of the new server? I might try clearing my cache or something...

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:29 pm

sgtpepper wrote:The speed is still kinda slow for me, but it's not bothersome. The real annoyance for me is that the forum suddenly doesn't tell me whether there are new posts and whatnot. Is that because of the new server? I might try clearing my cache or something...

Do you mean that it doesn't say you've read something, but you have? I've gotten that a lot more recently, and it screws up the way I check the forum.
This morning and a few other times before then, the site seems to go down for 30 minutes to an hour.

Felino · Post by **Felino** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:36 am

hmmm, I keep seeing the server go down for like, 1min or so, then zip back up, very slow :S

Post by **Black Six** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:13 am

benheck wrote:PS: Screw the donation idea, nobody would do it. Last time we tried that I think it raised $15 bucks. Just click the ads if you need parts and call it a day.

Ben, from my experience, if you want people to donate there's gotta be a carrot. Exclusive forums, special title, getting the podcast early, sneak peaks at new projects, something like that. If you want people to give you there money, you need to make it worth their while.

Post by **benheck** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:07 am

Blacksix I don't need the donations, the ads are fine. Regardless I think they're a bit futile, like a clan that expects members to pitch in for their Counterstrike server, etc. It's like asking someone for gas money if you're driving 10 blocks to the store.

I think the server is much improved since they took care of that "rogue user", personally.

-Ben

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:59 pm

the pages wont load for me sometimes and when i post sometimes i cant veiw any ben heck p

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:09 pm

Felino wrote:hmmm, I keep seeing the server go down for like, 1min or so, then zip back up, very slow :S

Yeah, that just happened to me, it bugs the crap out of me.

Post by **Black Six** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:29 pm

It just took me about a half hour to get to the forums, loading the main page and then the forum index. After that it's been fine though. This was also the first slowdown I noticed.

project_failure · Post by **project_failure** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:42 pm

the pages wont load for me sometimes and when i post sometimes i cant veiw any ben heck p

It just took me about a half hour to get to the forums, loading the main page and then the forum index. After that it's been fine though.

been that way for me the last few days.

@ben: probably too expensive but maybe you could put the forums and the main page on seperate servers.

Post by **bicostp** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:50 pm

Fourms = over
Slow = very yes

Sorry, too many Strong Bad emails.

The server's been slow as crap for a few hours now! I'm sorry but the new hosting plan sucks. In my opinion occasional outages on the cheaper plan is much better than this.

Post by **Skyone** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:58 pm

bicostp wrote:Fourms = over
Slow = very yes

Sorry, too many Strong Bad emails.

The server's been slow as crap for a few hours now! I'm sorry but the new hosting plan sucks. In my opinion occasional outages on the cheaper plan is much better than this.

Agree'd times 100.

Ben; just set up a paypal link on the site and forums and just put "donations - we could always use them!" Personally, I know that at least 200 people would donate something.

I don't think you need the donations either, though. You're paying far to much for a crappy service (if it's still the one at iPowerWeb, the VPS).

Anyway to get the forums back to not running horribly, anyway is a good way.

Twisted Warthog · Post by **Twisted Warthog** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:01 pm

Yeah it just took me about 2 hours or more to get back on the forums on my piece of junk computer.

Post by **benheck** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:52 pm

When it konks out I usually have to reboot the server from my admin panel. But I probably don't spend as much time on my own site as all the collective forum users, so I take your word that it's slower.

I don't know what to do. It's a pain to switch. Any good server host suggestions?

-Ben

Post by **Skyone** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:07 pm

benheck wrote:I don't know what to do. It's a pain to switch. Any good server host suggestions?

Once again, I suggest ixWebHosting. Great price, great service!

Post by **gannon** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:36 pm

Ben, anyway to get the bandwidth/cpu usage stats for the new server since the switch?