Forums Slow?

[Vagrant Zero]

Hey guys I woke up today and since it's part of the morning ritual I checked the forums only to notice they're slow as all hell. I'm talking clicking a link can take over 15 seconds to load and I'm on a 6mbit. I've tried mutiple browsers, all same, tried other websites, they load very fast. Is there some kind of server problem on yours guys' end?

[LiquidX]

Good to know its not only me. It has been doing it for me since yesterday.

[saturnotaku]

Same here. I thought it was my wireless connection at home, but it's doing it to me at work as well.

[OWA]

Yep, same here. I had trouble with several sites yesterday at home though so it may be our area (VA) that is having problems and not the actual site.

[DiscipleDOC]

Could the site be getting hammered by a DOS attack?

[YOGIx213]

Having the same slowdown problem here at work when browsing through this forum.

[gw186]

I don't know why, but it's good to know it is not only me.

[saturnotaku]

It looks like the site has a ton of traffic right now. I know there were 400+ people browsing the forums so the server may be overwhelmed right now. I'm betting if it's not a technical problem that it will get better after E3 excitement dies down.

[OWA]

Well, I just got home a little while ago and my internet access was completely down. I'm not sure who his provider is but I really think the Hampton Roads area is having some issues. I can now access other sites but most sites are dog slow. Of course, like you noted, it could just be the increased traffic. I'll be glad when it's back to normal. It's definitely trying my patience at the moment.

Edit: Actually, maybe you're right and it's only the increased number of browsers causing it. I can now access other sites pretty quickly but it is still sluggish here.

[MikeC]

I'm working on it now. :)

[OWA]

I'm working on it now. :)
I think you fixed it already. It is working great for me now. :)

[MikeC]

Might be a temporary fix only. :o

[vampireuk]

I blame Gib.

[Riptide]

Yeah I noticed the slowdown earlier but it does seem better now.

[Sazar]

Seems like the load i picking up at certain times. I couldn't even log onto the site during certain hours today.

It's snappier now though definitely. :thumbsup: mike and co.

[Vagrant Zero]

Yup it's much better now thanks.

[Son Goku]

Early this morning (about 5 amish Mountain time) I couldn't log on at all. Then when I could finally logon, it was rather sluggish. A bit better, but still a tad sub-par.

So long as we don't run into duplicate thread problems (saz will know what I mean) and people not being able to post the first time, I guess things will be relatively, OK...

[MikeC]

It is the videos we are hosting of E3 that is slowing down the server. I am working on a fix. :)

[Son Goku]

Just noticed another server blip, while I was reading the forums. No responce, and a ping came back with a time out...

BTW, if it's video hosting, I wonder if a forum member out there has some web space they could donate to you guys for hosting purposes, which you could link to. That'd get the load off the nvn servers. I've only got 40,000 KB in my university account (my ISP is probably less), and much of that has class work taking up space.

[netviper13]

I have 30 GB of storage and 120 GB of monthly bandwidth on my website, so I would definitely be willing to host several videos to help cut down on the slowdowns here.