Why is the Forum so Slow

[vRS Carl]

I don't know if this is just me.

Basically the forum quite often hangs or doesn't respond at all. For example tonight i clicked on the Bookmark in my Menu Bar for this site. Home page loads up no problem. Clicked "show new replies to your posts" and it took nearly 11 minutes to show me the posts. I thought this maybe my internet but i could load other websites no problem.

Also trying to reply to threads the same thing happens.

I tried it using a 3G connection and it does the same thing. I tried it on chrome to see if it was a safari issue and also tried on windows to make sure not an OS X issue.

It doesn't do it all the time but it is doing it enough to make it annoying and is starting to get to the point where it's doing it more often than not.

[edd666999]

happens to me all the time too

[S2 Ant]

Being crap for me this evening and most of the day today too

[Saint Steve]

Hasnt been good since the server change.

[vRStu]

I get that quite often too, it just seems to stall.

[gazbutS3]

yep, I get the same

[MAT ED30]

me too  just did it then waited ages for the page to come up 

[SteveP]

I am aware of the issues which appear to be related to a massive increase in use of the search function from guests and members  

I have also tracked an issue with the way the forum database indexes are working (or not to be accurate)

I am make some more changes tonight and will continue to monitor the situation

[gazbutS3]

thanx Uncle Buck

[SteveP]

 

It may get even slower for the next 30mins 

[gazbutS3]

 

[Greeners]

thanx Uncle Buck

 

[S2 Ant]

If the search feature is hammering it and "Guests" are able to use it, is it worth trying to restrict the search function to members only - prevents bots from trawling it and slowing us down

[SteveP]

That's already been done.

[S2 Ant]

Ah cool ok, couple of posts up you said it was guests using the search function a lot thats all :)