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Whence come these bulwarks that clog the bright streams of data?

Eszett

Eszett

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Recently it has come to the attention of several members that these servers barely do their job in delivering us the pages reliably, having gone down many times in the last couple of day. However, ever since this last bout of downtime I am now flat-out appalled about how unreliable these servers are. While before it merely irked me, now it's severely getting on my nerves. Even when the forums aren't down, they run incredibly sluggish. This amount of downtime is simply inexcusable.

We all know these nearly-daily occurances of this downtime aren't going on due to some regular updates. The old server worked just fine without any of this mess. Joe, please do somet hing about this matter. D:
 
Serebii

Serebii

And, as if by magic, the webmaster appeared...
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You are severely exaggerating, it is nowhere near that bad, yes its down sometiems but thats beyond our control and is primarily based on usage
 
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Mequuh

Well-Known Member
I've only seen it down twice, but I've only started getting on the site to check news in January.. And not very often. But if the old server was better, just switch and fix it.. I guess its up to you. But why did you switch if the old one wasn't down as much. -_o

And Eszett... Whats the tittle mean? I've been sitting here trying to figure it out.
 
Eszett

Eszett

one love
Whence means "from where", bulwarks are a sort of barrier, and "the bright streams of data" refers to the transmittance of data between the server and your computer.

And perhaps I exaggerate a little, Joe, but I seem to recall it going down at least two to three times this month out of schedule.
 
Eszett

Eszett

one love
It hasn't been any more busy than it has in other times. If anything, it would have been less busy on account that many of the pre-college American posters here were being consumed with midterms and whatnot. Besides of which, how would the backup impair the performance of the site? It's not like people are downloading it thus reducing the reliability of the site; it just stays on the server until it is needed.

And the last servers were cheaper, were they not? That statement seems contradictory to those which I recall you and others making.
 
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Mimori Kiryu

Well-Known Member
I've noticed this too. I've had this come up about four or five times today. Is there an actual reason for it or just because Serebii.Net Forums is really popular?
 
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Mimori Kiryu

Well-Known Member
I guess that's true too. o.o; Sometimes it just doesn't open and says it can find the server or it says something along the lines of 'the server is being worked on right now, please link the reload button on your toolbar to try again.'

Or something like that.
 
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Magma Leader Maxie

Non caedor caedo
I've noticed it too, and there seems to be more and more "Not Available" pages for me, too.

I thought that when backups are made (even Gigabyte ones) the server's speed should not be seriously impaired, if they're saved on the server itself. I don't think that getting "Not Available" three times a week has much to do with your database backup being made since it's made towards the end of the week, if I recall correctly.

I suppose you can't do much about it. But I have to admit that your server seems to be coughing under the strain of those who connect to it. It seems to be restarting a bit too often too. But apart for that, ... *sigh* I'll have a regular server-down and a diet coke, please.
 
TRJessie579

TRJessie579

Obsessive Beader/Mod
Happening to me, too, for the record.

I was coming on to make a thread about it, myself. XD
 
Wolf Goddess

Wolf Goddess

~Lupo Di Autunno~
I've noticed it ALOT. And it's really starting to bug me. Once a week? Fine. Twice a week? Okay. But three times in a day? No, just no.
 
Juputoru

Juputoru

M-m-m-m-onobear?!
I just had a few posts load somewhat slowly, and I went "oh great, the servers are down AGAIN?!" Which they hadn't but still. If I start getting thoughts of server doom whenever things start being slow, I start to have doubts about the quality of the servers being used...and start to wonder as to whether I should only start accessing the site at 1 in the morning under the cover of the pale, pale moonlight, after having ritualisticly sacrificed half the forum-going population to the gods of server speed and maintainance.

But in all seriousness...there's no reason for this that I can see. We haven't had problems with tons of users using the forums before(at least, not like THIS), and I fail to see why making a backup on the SERVER ITSELF would slow things down that much and for that long, even IF the file is huge(and here's a thought...if this is the problem, MAKE BACKUPS DURING PERIODS THAT ARE TYPICALLY SLOW. I know that with users from several continents using the forums that there usually aren't times that have almost no users at all, but there have to be times with considerably fewer users than others). There's also the matter that this happens several times a day, without warning. The forums are buzzing along fine one moment, and then...BAM! "Page cannot be displayed". ...How long have we had these new servers, again? :/

Nobody wants to use forums that go down frequently and unpredictably like this. It forces people to wait to view threads when they shouldn't have to, there are undoubtedly some people that lose posts that they had just finished making, and it makes it look like you don't care enough to get better servers(at least to some people).

Serebii said:
I haven't noticed this sort of downtime so it is possible that it isnt a fault on the server, but rather a fault on one of the hops between several of you and the server
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It's possible that you weren't using the forums when the downtimes occur, y'know. (OMGzorz unthinkable idea :O) But seriously, whether you see it or not, there is still a problem. SPPf users are a whiny bunch, but we don't complain about non-existant issues.

In short...
Server slow. Sever go down. Server bad. Users unhappy. Useful/believable explainations not offered. Degeneration into caveman talk now happening. Server still slow like caveman at times. Cavewomen Oggess not amused. Solution must be found! Ugga ugh! Oggess now go be hunter and kill bad server that not work well.

Oggess now stop cavewoman talk.
 
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JoshYEAH

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The thread title is a tad pretentious, don't you think? :/

I couldn't give a damn about the server tbh, I mean, yeah, it means I can't get onto the best forum on the internet for about 5 minutes, but that is no real indictment unto my life. This server is an improvement from the previous one. And if you feel the need to occupy the five minutes or whatever the server goes down, go to fark or something, and have a look at some news stories. I hardly think that in those five minutes you can't find something to do, on the internet. --;

-Josh
 
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Heracross

Custom User Title
I would be inclined to agree if it wasn't happening four times a day. We shouldn't be expected to c/p every single post we're about to make in the anticipation of a crash.
 
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Ohtachi

mia san mia
I found the server being down a nuissance, too. But that is why MySpace exists. :) Anyways, I don't know anything about the old server, and I haven't had any major problems with this server. I just wish the server would go down while the kiddies like me are at school. :/
 
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Fatal

Well-Known Member
It's inconvenient, yes, but not horribly unbearable. It would be nice if the server ran faster, because like Eszett said, the forums are running slow as hell even when they're up. And I do have to c/p my post into a document just in case I happen to lose it. o.o

-Fatal
 
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