Slow Forum?

[Martijn Meerts]

It seems to be really random when it happens, and then for how long it remains slow. I have various system logs and performance logs, but there's nothing sticking out as being an obvious cause of the issue.

 

I haven't gotten around to setting up the new server instance yet, and I'm not 100% sure that will actually fix things. But either way, we do need the update at some point soon-ish, since the forum software is also heading towards a new major release with new minimum requirements that we likely don't meet at the moment.

 

[Kingmeow]

Seems to be back to normal for the past few days.  Just another data point.

[cteno4]

It appears to be something that spreads. This time first report was from canada, but still working fine hee in the us, but then soon punky here, then reports from all over. Then after a couple of days it all goes poof. This seems to happen maybe every 3-6 months and each time Martijn has not found any indications in the logs of something gumming up ther works so it seems to be outside the server and in the aws connections to the world. Fun in the world of IT! 

 

Jeff

[Martijn Meerts]

Due to the situation in the world, there's also been a lot more attacks on various of the big hosting companies. While those attacks aren't directed at the forum specifically, they will cause a lot of additional traffic on the data centers itself, which in turn can cause the forum to slow down.

 

That said, I do believe it's not just the hosting provider in this case, but I haven't been able to find any cause (yet). I do still plan on spinning up a new server instance with updated software, I just need to make some time for that at some point.