Why is site so slow?

[emac82]

The last few days it seems like these forums are very slow. I have been on it on a few different computers, so I know it's not my Internet or computer.

Like, when I click reply it can take like 30 seconds to pop up, and when I hit submit it takes forever..

Is anyone else having this problem? Is this normal?

 

[WildCowboy]

We had a couple of problems a few days ago, but as far as I know, everything has been straightened out. The forums have been pretty snappy for me all day.

Linky

 

[BigPrince]

Heavy traffic currently because the ad and they were having problems which were resolved.

 

[WildCowboy]

The server load is running pretty high right now and is still rising. So yes, there may be some sluggishness in the short-term. But things are still pretty good for me.

 

[arn]

made some adjustments.

it was a combination of the iPhone ad and another story dugg directly into a forum thread.

Should be ok for now...

 

[emac82]

I find it is still running slow. Like, when I clicked on this thread to check to see who responded, it took at least 15 seconds to load, and that's a long time. If it was just my computer then I wouldn't be complaining, but even when I reply to a post it gives me an error?

Edit: When I clicked "submit post" It was 20 seconds to actually post this message.

Is it just me?

 

[Me1000]

its not just you, but when 2 stories get to the front page of digg, normally that would crash a server!

Arn, Why didn't you digg the stories?? lol

 

[arn]

its not just you, but when 2 stories get to the front page of digg, normally that would crash a server!

Two stories pointing to macrumors.com wouldn't have hurt the site much. The front page can handle a lot of traffic.

It was the direct link into the forums in addition to a popular front page story (which also drove people into the forums).

The forums are database heavy, and while relatively well optimized, but it can only handle so much traffic in a burst.

arn