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Slow Down until Unusable

HumanoidoHumanoido Posts: 5,770
edited 2011-01-14 21:48 in General Discussion
Why does the forum slow down until it becomes unusable at approximately the same time every day?

I realize my time is in a vastly different zone and you are probably taking the forum offline during minimal use hours to make upgrades, but your downtime is my prime time!

Comments

  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2011-01-13 08:23
    Your ISP is probably overloaded at peak times. I don't notice much difference throughout the day.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-01-13 08:24
    It's probably not the forum. Most likely it's your ISP or maybe something further upstream that's sensitive to network load, which has a diurnal cycle. For example, I'm on a cable system, which is load-dependent, and I can always tell when school's out because my access speed suffers.

    -Phil
  • Jim EwaldJim Ewald Posts: 733
    edited 2011-01-14 21:48
    The site does experience a slowdown for about 5 minutes at approximately 12:25 UTC every day while we perform backup operations. Our network monitor reports that the average page load times in the 200 to 250 ms range, with occasional peaks or between 450 and 500 ms. The average page load time while backups are running is approximately 4 seconds. Are you seeing slow response at other times of the day?
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