I just tried, and I had two very slow (~10s) pageloads in a row, then multiple sub-second pageloads for 10-20 seconds, and then another slow load.
EDIT: Submitting this post also took ~15 seconds after I pressed the button
Topic: Why has this site been going so slow? - page 3. (Read 4019 times)
I too have been experiencing slow pageloads occasionally, while most of the time the loads only take less than a second. But I'm running into these slowdowns much more frequently than every 90 seconds.
I just tried, and I had two very slow (~10s) pageloads in a row, then multiple sub-second pageloads for 10-20 seconds, and then another slow load.
EDIT: Submitting this post also took ~15 seconds after I pressed the button
I just tried, and I had two very slow (~10s) pageloads in a row, then multiple sub-second pageloads for 10-20 seconds, and then another slow load.
EDIT: Submitting this post also took ~15 seconds after I pressed the button
I don't think its post volume. If anything I'll bet posts have decreased since member level was de-coupled from post count. Something else is wrong.
So, where's that new forum software? You've only got a fraction of a million dollars sitting in theymos' pocket.
^^^_______^^^^^^Same thing is happening with me, forum is slow.
So, where's that new forum software? You've only got a fraction of a million dollars sitting in theymos' pocket.
^^^_______^^^^^^ 
Maybe we should get rid of threads like the one "Lets post 21 million photos"
Why the hell do we need that garbage on the forums anyways? Its just getting out of hand, reduce the noise, that leads to reduced traffic and load on the servers = less problems.
Why the hell do we need that garbage on the forums anyways? Its just getting out of hand, reduce the noise, that leads to reduced traffic and load on the servers = less problems.
I don't think that costs the forum anything. Storage is dirt cheap—highly doubtful that's the issue—and it makes an insignificant portion of the posting volume.
Maybe we should get rid of threads like the one "Lets post 21 million photos"
Why the hell do we need that garbage on the forums anyways? Its just getting out of hand, reduce the noise, that leads to reduced traffic and load on the servers = less problems.
Why the hell do we need that garbage on the forums anyways? Its just getting out of hand, reduce the noise, that leads to reduced traffic and load on the servers = less problems.
That's how modSettings should work, but it's actually also used for things like a timestamp of the last ban added, so it changes pretty frequently.
Why does every visitor need to refresh the cache though? It's still a global array, so I'm confused as to why it's not just refreshed globally through a cron script, dumped into a mod_settings_cache.php file, and loaded.
And this has only been happening for about a week - something must have changed recently...
That's how modSettings should work, but it's actually also used for things like a timestamp of the last ban added, so it changes pretty frequently.
Why does every visitor need to refresh the cache though? It's still a global array, so I'm confused as to why it's not just refreshed globally through a cron script, dumped into a mod_settings_cache.php file, and loaded.
I think that the site becomes slow every 90 seconds when the modSettings cache expires and every visitor then needs to do an expensive query. Does this seem to match your observations?
SMF handles modSettings really badly.
SMF handles modSettings really badly.
Yes that sort of matches for me - I can be clicking with sub 0.5 page loads times then suddenly 10+ second page load on the next click. When a page does load slow it's always over 10 seconds for me - I'm not seeing any variation like some pages loading 5 or 6 seconds etc. It's either really fast or 10+ seconds. Now you mention the 90 secs cache expiry I will look for that.
So, where's that new forum software? You've only got a fraction of a million dollars sitting in theymos' pocket.
That's how modSettings should work, but it's actually also used for things like a timestamp of the last ban added, so it changes pretty frequently.
I think that the site becomes slow every 90 seconds when the modSettings cache expires and every visitor then needs to do an expensive query. Does this seem to match your observations?
SMF handles modSettings really badly.
SMF handles modSettings really badly.
Based on a grep of SMF source, it seems the modSettings contains only forum-wide settings. If it's global, can't the cache be set to indefinite, and manually cleared when needed?
I think that the site becomes slow every 90 seconds when the modSettings cache expires and every visitor then needs to do an expensive query. Does this seem to match your observations?
SMF handles modSettings really badly.
SMF handles modSettings really badly.
It isn't really slow. It's more like erratic.
2 clicks out of 10 result in a lightning fast render.
But 8 clicks out of 10 end up with a timeout, or a really long loading time (>=5 seconds).
2 clicks out of 10 result in a lightning fast render.
But 8 clicks out of 10 end up with a timeout, or a really long loading time (>=5 seconds).
Still very slow...
Super slow on my end as well
I also feel it's been quite slow recently. May be it's time for the admins to manufacture some hero status accounts for sale to fund server upgrades. 
It's actually starting to feel faster than usual if you ask me.
Pretty sluggish here as well.
I'm also having difficulty accessing BitcoinTalk, very slow and frequent database errors.
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