things slowing way down again this morning

By Brandon H
in Site & Forum Issues

 Share

Recommended Posts

Grand Master

cork1958

Posted
Posted

Shouldn't say this, but it's running better than it has in a long time now. Last time I said that, a page or 2 back, it almost stopped right then and there, when trying to post my reply.

Here's hoping!! :)

Edit:

Post actually went right through!!

  • 1 month later...
Grand Master

+hedleigh Subscriber²

Posted
  • Subscriber²
Posted

^ yeah, as soon as the driver issue i had passed, everything was nice and zippy again. not sure what caused the site to choke there

Sorry Brando212, looked at your member title and thought... So it's you!! :rofl:

  • Charisma and Brandon H
  • Like 2
Grand Master

remixedcat

Posted
Posted

Haven't been having any issues for a while now. Maybe I'm not on at the times where it happens!

Remixed, what's a hampster? :shiftyninja: :rofl:

Edit: took me longer to write that than to post. :)

hampsters power servers

Grand Master

+hedleigh Subscriber²

Posted
  • Subscriber²
Posted

there's hamsters and there's HAMPSTERS.

Completely Off Topic:-

I realise that I should probably let this go. As a person who was always 'into' the English language, I find spelling mistakes a little grinding. But whatever, I rarely worry about it.

I just thought that you were maybe unaware of the correct spelling. But to insist you are correct.... well.

If you can give me a link to what you think it is, fine. But it is not in any of the dictionaries or encyclopaedias that I own. (A lot!)

If you want to believe you're correct, fine. I don't agree with you though.

Back on topic:-

I haven't had any real slow downs today, but it is taking slightly longer today than yesterday. Not worth worrying about though.

  • 2 weeks later...
Grand Master

Detection

Posted
Posted

Loading threads is running fine, but posting is taking forever for me today, hitting post and watching that little square pattern at the top right forever, 'saving post' shows at the bottom and sometimes never refreshes the page, although clicking back into the thread from New Content link shows that my post has worked

Mentor

corrosive23

Posted
Posted

This could be solved by migrating to vbulletin. Vbulleting can scale more then IPBoard can. Vbull powers Something Awfuls forums. They currently have (958am MST) have 6,820 registered users logged in. 173,599 users total. 3,157,920 total threads.

138,528,681 total posts. 3,143,336 archived threads. 79,580,687 archived posts. Ive jest to experience slowdowns or downtime with them.

Grand Master

Detection

Posted
Posted

This could be solved by migrating to vbulletin. Vbulleting can scale more then IPBoard can. Vbull powers Something Awfuls forums. They currently have (958am MST) have 6,820 registered users logged in. 173,599 users total. 3,157,920 total threads.

138,528,681 total posts. 3,143,336 archived threads. 79,580,687 archived posts. Ive jest to experience slowdowns or downtime with them.

I think there are too many customisations to this IPB to migrate to vBulletin, iirc it is even a big hassle upgrading to newer versions of IPB

Grand Master

Steven P. Administrators

Posted
  • Administrators
Posted

This could be solved by migrating to vbulletin. Vbulleting can scale more then IPBoard can. Vbull powers Something Awfuls forums. They currently have (958am MST) have 6,820 registered users logged in. 173,599 users total. 3,157,920 total threads.

138,528,681 total posts. 3,143,336 archived threads. 79,580,687 archived posts. Ive jest to experience slowdowns or downtime with them.

Anything scales well if you throw enough hardware at it :p

  • Charisma and +Gary7
  • Like 2
This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Posts

    • JetBrains' new AI-first 'IDE' JetBrains Air is now on Windows

      By +pmrd · Posted

      Very fitting name since AI users have air where there brains should be.
    • Microsoft finally launches WSL Containers in public preview

      By Legend20 · Posted

      Slick!
    • Dbrand thought they could get away with this Steam Machine case, Valve disagreed

      By Rosyna · Posted

      Yes, it was amusing at the time because even then dbrand was well known for stealing the designs of products from other companies. That’s what they do.
    • Dbrand thought they could get away with this Steam Machine case, Valve disagreed

      By ZipZapRap · Posted

      Didn’t Dbrand once complain that Casetify was ripping off their designs a well? seems pretty bad of them to try and get around Valve’s copyright this way with that in mind.
    • Dbrand thought they could get away with this Steam Machine case, Valve disagreed

      By David Uzondu · Posted

      Dbrand thought they could get away with this Steam Machine case, Valve disagreed by David Uzondu Image via Dbrand Dbrand has cancelled its highly anticipated Companion Cube enclosure for the Valve Steam Machine, which it teased back in November of last year with a concept render and sign-up page, because it did not ask Valve for permission first before manufacturing the case. According to Dbrand, it took the "backwards approach" of building the product first before asking for permission from the copyright holder. Seven months of work went into the project, requiring over a thousand engineering hours from the design team. Workers developed forty-four sets of injection molding tools, making a unique mold for each sub-component of the crate. When the Companion Cube went live on Monday last week, it, according to Dbrand, quickly became the second-fastest-selling product in the company's fifteen-year history, racking up orders for hundreds of thousands of units. Customers eagerly bought the $129.95 deluxe edition or the bare-bones $99.95 version, which the manufacturer cheekily branded as the "Poverty Cube". It was around this time that the legal eagles at Valve descended on the accessory maker with a formal demand. The developer pointed out that the iconic block design remains protected intellectual property from the game Portal, so unlicensed sales had to stop. Dbrand said that all its pleas to salvage the project with the Valve team, including proposals to run a properly licensed release under official terms "with their blessing", fell on deaf ears, so it had no choice but to obey and remove every trace of the product from the internet. If you bought the enclosure, the company said that banks will process your refund by the end of this week, but if it still hasn't arrived in your account by then, you should not hesitate to contact support. The Steam Machine itself is a high-performance console that Valve designed directly to bring PC gaming into the living room. It was announced on 12th November 2025 (the same day Dbrand announced the Cube) and runs on the Linux-based SteamOS, the same OS that powers the Steam Deck. As for the price, due to the shortage of memory and storage chips, the hardware cost landed much higher than people were expecting, starting at $1,049 for the 512 model (without a controller) or $1,128 with the new gamepad. The premium 2 TB model pushes those prices even higher, selling at $1,349 for the standalone console and hitting $1,428 if you want the bundle.

  • Recent Achievements

    • Rookie
      Almohandis went up a rank
      Rookie
    • Apprentice
      jahara21 went up a rank
      Apprentice
    • Reacting Well
      NovaEdgeX earned a badge
      Reacting Well
    • Week One Done
      NovaEdgeX earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • One Year In
      BA the Curmudgeon earned a badge
      One Year In

  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      532
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      266
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      148
    4. 4
      Steven P.
      97
    5. 5
      macoman
      57
    Show More

  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!