Tony Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 I think this will all change with the new host. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 Tony we're already on the new host! It's a shared server so this will still happen now and again when the server is under load. It seems ok now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 I see....I thought the slow down was due to Zen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 Have you forgotten I moved it 12 days a go, that's why it was offline again. It's been with the new host since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 works fine on windows 10/chrome here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 works ok on windows 10/chrome, but sometimes is slow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 Yeah everything is working ok it just seems a little slow sometimes during the day. I've asked the host to investigate in case there's anything that can be done to help. Strange thing is the first week after changing it didn't happen at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 The host are having an issue with one of the servers and are working to resolve the problem so it should be sorted soon hopefully. At least it's only temporary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 And it will be sorted way faster than Zen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 At least we are now in direct contact with the host and don't have to go through a middleman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 I shouldn't have waited for so long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4UL T Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 I'm using Chrome on my phone. Was slow a couple of days ago. Nice and quick now tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Are you having any log in issues now Paul? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 I'm using Chrome on my phone. Was slow a couple of days ago. Nice and quick now tho I must admit my laptop running win 10 and Firefox is well up to speed now whereas before the forum was snail pace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4UL T Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Are you having any log in issues now Paul?Not at all thanks Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Are you having any log in issues now Paul?Not at all thanks Rich Good stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBoy Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 At least we are now in direct contact with the host and don't have to go through a middleman! That's the key, be in charge of your own destiny as much as possible. When we set up OOF back in 2006, we went with a UK based shared hosting provider, but got turfed off by them within 2 weeks for being too resource intensive (but then like most UK hosting providers, they were a bit mickey mouse) - remember that was when we were a brand new forum, so not that busy. Ever since then, we took the decision to try to own as much as feasibly possible, and have manual fallbacks for those that aren't (mostly the static stuff on our site, as the software we use (initially YaBB, now Simple Machines Forum) allow us to host the dynamically generated stuff (like thread text) on our own servers, and the high bandwidth static stuff (images, icons, smilies, style sheets etc) on a shared hosting provider - and because its only static content coming from them, we are hit less by the slowdowns they suffer (being a shared provider). Occasionally their end has a wobble, but we have that static content also hosted elsewhere, and its a very simple config to tell our software to grab the static stuff from an alternative location. Obviously, occasionally our own dedicated server goes wrong as well, but that is in our own control, and most of the time we have another (virtual) server sat almost ready to take on the job. Thus, we can only blame ourselves most of the time if things don't go to plan. We have one critical item - connectivity - that is a single point of failure, and that is provided by (you'll think ironically) Zen Internet. Who I've always found responsive and technically decent and understanding. But even if they can't fix that quickly, we run a medium length TTL on the domain, so we can quickly migrate elsewhere, and the Internet will find our new home within a few hours.... ...and when we migrate back, we would set our TTL to, say, 15mins, so we'd be discovered again almost immediately.... ….fortunately we have not suffered a big enough outage to have to warrant doing that, but we have tested it on a test domain, more than once Hope that gives you things to ponder over, and feel free to contact me privately if you need help and advice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 Thanks for the support, any and all advice is welcomed...It's just as well Rich has a full grasp of the interior because you lost me on "That's".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 The thing is WIM is such a small forum I don't think it warrants having a dedicated server. How much does it cost you to run your one, not just in electricity but time as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 Good question.... Just to add the forum is running so slow even i'm getting fed up with it...Anyone else having the same problems or is it my PC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBoy Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 The thing is WIM is such a small forum I don't think it warrants having a dedicated server. How much does it cost you to run your one, not just in electricity but time as well? That's one for a private conversation. But we run OOF on a shoestring financially, and nowadays, apart from planning, I spend more time on the forum than in the back of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBoy Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 And, yes, intermittently running like a dog here as well. Yet other times, its good as gold. (Currently, this morning, Win7 + IE11) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 As I said above the host are having an issue with one of their servers causing the intermittent slowness. They are upgrading hardware tomorrow so it should be up to full speed by the end of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 Good because now i keep getting timed out saying cannot find server. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBoy Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Sorry, not posted for a while, work have been demanding their tuppence worth from me! But with the move, and the new software (that I'm still not convinced I like the theme of yet!), all the issues I was seeing, particularly when browsing from work, are resolved. Excellent work Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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