EB reaaaaally slow lately

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dirkstainly
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Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:22 am

Anyone else notice that EB is really slow lately? To me it has gradually slowed down over the last year, but now it's crawling even when there are fewer than 15 people accessing it.

Is there some system problem--I/O overload? Server host restricting bandwidth? Maybe amount of content has outpaced the server?

Are we on the same servers as WikiLeaks was and we're collateral damage? :lol:

I ask because it took nearly 60 seconds to display the page to create this topic.

Mods, technical wizards, is there anything that is being done? Is there anything we the users can do to help?

[EDIT: Took two tries just to post this question because the first try timed out]
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ChefFerrari
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Tue Dec 07, 2010 10:13 am

why was it down the other day also?
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Tue Dec 07, 2010 10:44 am

It is running smooth over here.
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Tue Dec 07, 2010 10:48 am

I've noticed the same thing over the past six months - I experience it both at work and home.

Maybe it's time for a capital campaign to speed up performance.
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Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:41 am

I've noticed it too. This morning for example. EB, please let me/us know if you need more donations, given the traffic here, to make the site run smoothly. I'll admit the sin of not having donated in awhile myself.
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Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:02 am

Soooo slooowww tooodayyyy
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But-we-unleashed-a-lion
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Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:08 am

pj101ca wrote:Soooo slooowww tooodayyyy
I thought the internetzzz was broken.. or my brain! but I'm not alone
I hope this doesn't go off like it did last Sunday or something
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Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:14 am

pj101ca wrote:Soooo slooowww tooodayyyy

NEW ULTRA SLOW EB

GET IN WHILE YOU CAN!!!
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Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:25 am

In before it dies!
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Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:27 am

Someone alert the captain that the ship is taking on water and listing to starboard....
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Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:34 am

weallen wrote:Someone alert the captain that the ship is taking on water and listing to starboard....

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Thu Dec 09, 2010 1:55 pm

It's probably related to there being 100 or so people on here all the time now. The site wasn't really designed for such an intense amount of traffic.
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Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:42 pm

strange, it's running faster for me today than most days
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Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:44 pm

Just wait until tomorrow.
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