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Is anyone else finding the site slow?
Glad
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I'm finding the site is really slow today,
and it was slow last night too,
is that a coincidence as we've just had the avatar facility back or is something behind the scenes slowing it up
and it was slow last night too,
is that a coincidence as we've just had the avatar facility back or is something behind the scenes slowing it up
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The tips being sent -
We've found when there are over 900 people on the site it slows dramatically. This is the reason for the server upgrade (prob early next week)
martinMartin Lewis, Money Saving Expert.
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It's going slow because the weekly Tip has gone out.
We seem to slow down when we reach a critical mass of about 850 users online. So, when the Tip is sent, the upsurge of users clicking through to the Chat Forum takes us over a 1000 and into the sluggish territory that we're now experiencing.
The new server upgrade is going ahead and we hope to have it up by early next week and certainly in time for next week's Tip. Hopefully, today and tomorrow will see the last of the slowness.
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thankyou for the response
I don't usually get my tip until Thursday so didn't connect it with a slow site todayI am a Senior Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Wales, Small Biz MoneySaving, In My Home (includes DIY) MoneySaving, and Old style MoneySaving boards. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.0 -
Ye was just gonna say how slow it seems to be 2night...I guess it doesn't help when there are well over 1100 people surfing the forums! Bring on the new servers!The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing:)0
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Hate to complain because the site has been and is invaluble, but it is incredibly slow and has been for some time0
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I understand it is with the Tips going out, but at the same time it is a real pain sitting here, waiting for pages to load and replying to posts takes absolutely for ever.
My patience is generally very good, but my back doesn't agree with me. It hurts.:(0 -
Folks. Don't worry. I'm making a major investment in much much bigger servers - we're going to an 'enterprise server' (whatever that means - i keep thinking star trek) but effectively to deal with chat forum the existing server will just store the data and two super-fast processor servers will work in tandom to send the info.
All in all I've asked we've enough juice to cope with 4,000 online at one time. I hope it works. However to get the set up so there's no down time, we've had to wait to configure. My aim is that for next weeks tip it'll all be rockin Martin Lewis, Money Saving Expert.
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That sounds super dooper Martin, Thanks.:)0
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Sounds great, it's good to see that you are building and expanding on the success of MSE and the forums, and also investing in them too.
...Beam me up Scotty!
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I wasn't actually complaining as such, I just wanted to know if it was a site thing or my computer,
and didn't connect it with the tip which I don't get until thursdaysI am a Senior Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Wales, Small Biz MoneySaving, In My Home (includes DIY) MoneySaving, and Old style MoneySaving boards. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.0
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