View Full Version : MacForums awfully slow
adversecamber
Aug 5, 2008, 05:44 PM
I've been with MR for several weeks now and find that the forums can often be painfully slow - the 'User Control Panel' often takes 30secs or more to load.
I'm also already finding that MR is almost the last place to find information. What's going on?? I thought MR was a good site - or am I mistaken?
EricNau
Aug 5, 2008, 05:47 PM
I'm definitely noticing a slowdown right now as well.
rdowns
Aug 5, 2008, 06:09 PM
Slow as hell for me. Other sites are fine.
Gray-Wolf
Aug 5, 2008, 06:16 PM
May be just a restart on the server needed. ;)
I imagine this heading to the feedback forum shortly. :rolleyes:
rdowns
Aug 5, 2008, 06:24 PM
Uh oh, now I'm getting database errors.
EricNau
Aug 5, 2008, 06:25 PM
I just got a vbulletin database error, for what it's worth.
EDIT: Guess I'm not the only one.
re: db error. I restarted the DB.
I believe our MySQL server is running low on RAM. I've requested a ram upgrade (to 6GB) to see if that will help.
Should happen overnight.
arn
rdowns
Aug 5, 2008, 06:39 PM
Much better now. Thanks, Arn.
Scepticalscribe
Aug 5, 2008, 06:46 PM
Must admit that I had noticed that as well; having acquired a superb MBP just in April, (as a switcher) and having also observed this excellent and informative site as a visitor seeking information and ideas for a few months prior to that, I was surprised to note how the site had appeared to have slowed down quite considerably fairly recently. After all, it couldn't have been laid at the feet/keyboard/or specifications of my beautiful new MBP.
Good luck with revamping it.
:apple: MBP 15.4", 2.4 Ghz, 2 GB RAM, 160 HDD
:apple: iPod Classic 30 GB
the recent slow downs have been a combination of things. One of which is just increasing traffic. 5000-6000 people on at once used to be reserved for event days. now it's just a weekday afternoon/evening.
The RAM upgrade should help. If it doesn't, we'll look into other alternatives.
arn
GGJstudios
Aug 5, 2008, 07:02 PM
Growing pains! Isn't it great?! :D
we've been upgraded. Hopefully it will help.
arn
Watabou
Aug 6, 2008, 01:03 AM
Noticing the same slowdowns.
It's better now though but still a bit slow. Typically like 5-6 seconds now.
MacNut
Aug 6, 2008, 03:00 AM
Not sure if it's related but I am not getting any email notifications.
Dagless
Aug 6, 2008, 07:53 AM
Noticed it keeps hitting pockets of slow this morning. Seems to be okay now.
steveza
Aug 6, 2008, 08:00 AM
Seems much better today than it was last night (UK time)
iJohnHenry
Aug 6, 2008, 08:09 AM
Holy crap. :eek:
It's on uppers today. :cool:
Nicely done, whatever that was. ;)
GGJstudios
Aug 6, 2008, 09:56 AM
MacRumors seems ... um....... snappier! :D
FearlessFreep
Aug 6, 2008, 02:21 PM
Still see some slowness at times.
iJohnHenry
Aug 6, 2008, 06:26 PM
Still see some slowness at times.
The bottom ad is always slow to load.
Just hit 'esc' if you don't want to wait.
GGJstudios
Aug 6, 2008, 06:30 PM
The bottom ad is always slow to load.
Just hit 'esc' if you don't want to wait.
What ad?
iJohnHenry
Aug 6, 2008, 07:40 PM
Yes, I know, we've been through this before. :rolleyes:
Some peeps don't have any ad blockers running.
I'm also already finding that MR is almost the last place to find information. What's going on?? I thought MR was a good site - or am I mistaken?
Pray tell, what information are you referring to? News? Rumors? Rumors of news or news of rumors?
Also, being first isn't important. Being reliable, accurate, complete, and trustworthy are worth waiting for.
nickspohn
Aug 6, 2008, 08:31 PM
Forums seem to be faster right now than they have been for the passed few weeks.
PlaceofDis
Aug 6, 2008, 08:41 PM
thanks for the RAM upgrade arn, i'm definitely noticing a difference as of late. lets hope its enough for a while.
aross99
Aug 7, 2008, 12:35 AM
I see a significant improvement as well. Makes for a much better forum experience!
alphaod
Aug 7, 2008, 12:37 AM
Yeah I noticed a lot of slowdowns. Now it's a lot faster!
The only thing that's slowing me down is the 20 second spam filter.
redwarrior
Aug 7, 2008, 12:43 AM
Everything is much faster for me. Thanks Arn!
And also, thanks to alphoad, it had been a whole 30 minutes since I thought about breakfast.;)
deannnnn
Aug 7, 2008, 01:49 PM
The forums seem particularly slow today (August 7th).
dalvin200
Aug 7, 2008, 01:51 PM
The forums seem particularly slow today (August 7th).
I've noticed this slowdown over the past few days, but yes, i totally agree..
at first i thought it was my web connection, but other sites load up blazing fast as usual ;)
exabytes18
Aug 7, 2008, 02:02 PM
The forums seem slow, but my issue is with the avatars and images. Some stall, some fail, and the ones that do tend to push the page down (if you immediately scroll down through a topic and the images haven't loaded, the page will "bounce" as the images load and take up more space).
Silver-Fox
Aug 7, 2008, 02:03 PM
So slow here in the UK about 10 and 11 ish
JML42691
Aug 7, 2008, 02:10 PM
The RAM update seems to have helped somewhat, but the forums still feel slow, but I have also noticed that the really slow periods have a tendency to happen at regular times. So maybe it is just the amount of users that are active on the site.
localoid
Aug 7, 2008, 10:09 PM
I'm getting this on at least three threads:
vBulletin Message:
Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/forums/public_html/macrumors_plugins/adsense.php
Line: 38
Here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=539211&page=4) ... here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=538484) ... here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=539026&page=3)
OttawaGuy
Aug 7, 2008, 10:10 PM
I'm getting this on at least three threads:
vBulletin Message:
Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/forums/public_html/macrumors_plugins/adsense.php
Line: 38
Here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=539211&page=4) ... here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=538484) ... here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=539026&page=3)
Me too.
Sun Baked
Aug 7, 2008, 10:19 PM
Seems to be crashing ...
Temporary fix seems to be logging out, and you "may" be able to browse threads.
localoid
Aug 7, 2008, 10:19 PM
Working now... (the threads I'd mentioned minutes ago)
r.j.s
Aug 7, 2008, 10:20 PM
I'm getting this on at least three threads:
vBulletin Message:
Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/forums/public_html/macrumors_plugins/adsense.php
Line: 38
Here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=539211&page=4) ... here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=538484) ... here (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=539026&page=3)
Same, on just about every thread, I can logout and log back in, but that will only work temporarily.
MacNut
Aug 7, 2008, 10:20 PM
It seemed to be a cookie problem.
Sun Baked
Aug 7, 2008, 10:21 PM
Same, on just about every thread, I can logout and log back in, but that will only work temporarily.
Yep, time to run the repair scripts. Which means the site being offline for a bit. :(
MacNut
Aug 7, 2008, 10:24 PM
I got it working for a bit then it crashed again.
Sun Baked
Aug 7, 2008, 10:25 PM
I got it working for a bit then it crashed again.
As long as you are logged out, it'll flush the cookies and work.
Log in to reply and it'll crash.
Think that is where most are at.
r.j.s
Aug 7, 2008, 10:27 PM
Yeah, Logging out and back in makes it so I can view one thread ... there is already a thread started by another user trying to figure it out.
Something is corrupt in the db.:confused:
MacNut
Aug 7, 2008, 10:28 PM
I think we are heading for the dark side of the moon again. The site is slowing too.
Dr. Cabrera
Sep 6, 2008, 10:12 PM
we've been upgraded. Hopefully it will help.
arn
Running on Google Chrome .. this site seems to be the only site that I visit that still seems to lag
I am on a T3 line with the following speeds
Download Speed: 62181 kbps (7772.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 7379 kbps (922.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
( even Digg has recently become speedy after switching to Chrome)
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