Significant Site Loading Slowdowns

[ecowper]

I’ve been experiencing very significant site load wait times. Bad enough, at times, that my browser declares the Pit is not responsive. Checked with a couple other folks to confirm that it is not just me. This has been happening for the last 7 days, or so, and seems to be worse today.

raywjohnson just checking that we aren’t going crazy or see if you know what might be the issue?

[Finster]

I thought it was just me. Our internet can’t be slow at times

[Panhead John]

I’ve had the same problems. For several weeks it’s been happening sporadically, taking 30 seconds to a minute to change a page. If I hit the like button sometimes it doesn’t do anything but show…..working. It seems like it just slows down for a few minutes here and there, almost every day.

[jayjordan]

I've been having same issue with other sites I frequent. Could be some nefarious going ons in the interwebs...

[BKYDBBQ]

Same here...

[Donw]

Unfortunately same here.

[Mosca]

Same.

[Steve B]

Same here. Unfortunately I don’t believe that it’s gonna get much better, unless of course it is some kind of glitch. The platform that the Pit runs on is rather antiquated and really can’t handle the volume and speed that we have become accustomed to in the society of technology that we live in.

[jfmorris]

They are a year or so out of date on vBulletin, but for this type site, that is one of the top platforms. The way you handle performance for a lot of users is in scaling the web server and database. I think most sites like this are dealing with an inordinate amount of spam and hack attempts that slow things down.

[Ace]

Has been slow for me for the past several days.

[dpearce]

Oddly enough, it's been fine for me. Now, I will say, I have been busier this week than previous, so I'm not hitting the site as much...

[RichieB]

I've been seeing this too. I figured it was Panhead John filling up the server with inflatable porn.

[RonB]

Add me to the list.

[SheilaAnn]

I’ve been good…. And I’m in here a couple hours each day.

[RichieB]

I'm happy no issue SheilaAnn.
It's like a like an intermittent constipation event.

[jfmorris]

I’ve not noticed issues from here in the past week or so. I had a day a couple of weeks ago when I had some issues, but thought it was on my end.

[jlazar]

Same here.