Very slow chat forum and crashes

trafalgar_2 · 27 January 2005 at 3:08PM

MSE_AbuseController wrote:

but i feel a few kind words about the efforts of the team would be much appreciated. Several of the guys pulled in 4am shifts Friday, Sat, Sunday and Monday to get these forums up and running....effectively giving their own time.

No offense Abcon but we do appreciate the long hours everyone has put in and have said so on several threads...............

'anyone else think they have done a fantastic job'
being just one of them:D

People are just getting frustrated when the site runs fantastically .....then suddenly runs like the old one:(

However we do understand there are problems to sort out and everyones efforts are very much appreciated by all:)

elona · 27 January 2005 at 3:08PM

Sorry about that

YOU ARE ALL FANTASTIC AND WELL DONE sorry to shout but I cannot do pretty pictures etc.

It must be awful for you and we are not getting at you - honest!

arkonite_babe · 27 January 2005 at 4:15PM

This is a big cheer for all the team at MSE who have worked so hard to get the new forum up and running. We appreciate what you do very much. We're not complaining, honestly! Just trying to be helpful !

Former_MSE_Abuse_Controller · 27 January 2005 at 4:32PM

Thanks guys, we're not fishing for compliments (not yet anyways!) but it really is nice to hear the support most of you give us. I think the general feeling we had was that people werent allowing enough time for these changes to take effect and the problems to be ironed out.

Trust us, this forum is going to be fantastic when its at full speed - it's pretty great now!

trafalgar_2 · 27 January 2005 at 4:46PM

MSE_AbuseController wrote:

Thanks guys, we're not fishing for compliments (not yet anyways!) but it really is nice to hear the support most of you give us.

Most ......not fishing :rolleyes:

aliasojo · 27 January 2005 at 4:47PM

MSE_AbuseController wrote:

Thanks guys, we're not fishing for compliments

Oh you big fat liar!

Personally I have no idea of exactly what is involved behind the scenes with a job like this. I think that's the problem with a lot of people, they just don't realise the significance of the task involved. Maybe that's why there are so many 'site's slow' comments.

I do know, however, that work has been going on almost constantly to try to get things sorted out as soon as possible.

For all it may be Martin's site, it benefits all of us and I'm sure I can speak for everyone when I say we DO appreciate the effort you have all put in.

I'm sure loads of us would be lost without this site, lol. Thank you for getting it up and running again.

Now, could we please go invisible again....and can we have a 'Grab It Related/Consumer Discussions Board Immediately under Grab It please?

purplepatch · 27 January 2005 at 5:11PM

Thanks to all of you for your efforts to get things up and running so quickly.

Yes, it may be slow today, but would rather put up with a bit of slowness for the bedding down period, than be without the site full stop. A weekend was bad enough :eek:

Keep up the good work - it is much appreciated

MSE_Martin · 27 January 2005 at 5:15PM

Hi thanks folks.

Sorry but it's frustrating for me too. I want it to be perfect. I hated the site crashing - still do. The problem is 'changes crash it'. Moving server crashes it.

What we could've done is close the site for two weeks - and hopefully have everything superb after that. However i know how much people would miss it so i wanted it running warts and all.

I think a 'good and fast most of the time, but struggling at others' isn't a bad result in week one.

To give you an indication - my suspicion is today in terms of number of pages server (ie how many different pages are read on the site) we will be in the biggest 2,500 site IN THE WORLD! Up there with massive international media organisations. That's why the site is struggling.

I've found the budget for server upgrades and we are going to shift to proper big industrial strength servers very soon - and hopefully that'll make a big difference. Now we've got the software running well - but we need to look at how it works first.

By the end of this week I want it running smoothly with some slowness.

What i really want is by next tip day (if we can change servers in time) it to be pretty fast even with 2000 people on it!

martin

david78 · 27 January 2005 at 11:06PM

There's over a thousand people on now and the site is slower but still very usable. I don't mind crashes so much but there is this worry at the back of my mind that this fantastic community will one day disappear because of some big hardware failure.

System · 27 January 2005 at 11:34PM

Martin, and your techie team, i just want to say thankyou for everything you have done and are presently doing. Even though the site is slow, i have still bagged myself a few bargains and if each page took 5 minutes to load, i would still be grateful!!!