old speed query ..

Izopter · Post by **Izopter** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:24 pm

For weeks I now note theOptom has been running extremely slowly at times eg 10-20 secs to change screens or hang for much longer. This is when only a few are logged in, so actual traffic does not seem to be very relevant.

I have checked my download times and checked speed of opening of other sites and everything is as fast as expected though my virgin link has been dicy at times and computers have many options to misbehave.

Only me?

DG · Post by DG » Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:32 pm

Not only you Izo - and just as randomly as you describe.

eagle · Post by **eagle** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:29 pm

Same here in a random fashion. Has been for months. Happens at home or work. Fairly brief episodes though.

eagle · Post by **eagle** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:31 pm

Just happened - took over 30 secs to open a page. It can be longer.

DG · Post by DG » Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:33 pm

Yes - and then the next one in less than the blink of an eye - weird!

Izopter · Post by **Izopter** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:16 pm

DG wrote:Yes - and then the next one in less than the blink of an eye - weird!

But when every one is delayed by ages, without letup, it gets unworkable ..

That and the fact we have lost our archived posts - which I often used to refer to - indicate some sort of 'economy' is going on.

Humspoff · Post by **Humspoff** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 5:39 pm

Not all archived posts have gone though, only very high posters and silly people with a name of just two letters...

Negative Tech · Post by **Negative Tech** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:58 pm

I can see every post I've ever made, going back to March 2006, that said I haven't made nearly as many as some.

I assume, and don't think it's unreasonable, that theOptom begins pruning after a user has a certain number of posts.

He/she/they can't be expected to host everything that's posted, indefinitely, on a site that's free to use.

Hosting large amounts of data and serving it up quick enough for people not to complain easily turns into an expensive hobby.

eagle · Post by **eagle** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 7:38 pm

True but I can only access page 1 of mine. Page 2 and beyond are out in the ether somewhere.

DG · Post by DG » Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:50 pm

Humspoff wrote:Not all archived posts have gone though, only very high posters and silly people with a name of just two letters...

Tsk

Izopter · Post by **Izopter** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:14 pm

^ah! new User name.
Must remember ..

Post by **theOptom** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:10 pm

I've only noticed the slowness last 1-2 weeks, but it is usually very brief.

It could be that the number of visits and page views has been growing steadily, e.g. last month we had a record: over half a million page views.

MTP · Post by **MTP** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 1:50 pm

Yes, but a couple of hundred thousand of those were just LAM in her various personas agreeing with herself in some weird sense of self worth.

Humspoff · Post by **Humspoff** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:10 pm

MTP wrote:Yes, but a couple of hundred thousand of those were just LAM in her various personas agreeing with herself in some weird sense of self worth.

PMSL!

MTP · Post by **MTP** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:37 am

More server outages and delays at this end, especially yesterday and this morning. Very frustrating.