Can you tell a difference???

Wayne 962 · Wayne 962's Garage

Between the older server, and the new one? The new one should be just about as fast as the old one, except during peak times, when the older one was slowing down considerably.

Anyone experienced any slowdowns?

-Wayne

Formerly Steve Wilkinson · 05-10-2002, 02:34 PM

The new one seems pretty slow to me--certainly not a bit faster than the old one. And that's exacerbated by the fact that first it loads-loads-loads the complete list of two dozen bulletin boards, then requires me to choose "911 Board," then loads-loads-loads that one, whereas the old one took me straight to the 911 board. (Is that a problem I'm creating for myself? I dunno.) Mind you, I have a dial-up, steam-powered Internet portal in Upstate New York via, as Gene Hackman said in The French connection, do-ya-pick-yer-feet-in Poughkeepsie.

Stephan

epbrown · 05-10-2002, 02:43 PM

Did you update your link to the page? I got that same behavior when I kept using my old bookmark, but it's back to normal (direct to group) since I deleted the previous one and re-created it.

Emanuel

Jess · Jess's Garage

No, no difference at all.

We still get the same threads.

You know, Escort v. Valentine One, HP increase for my SC, which tires will fit my car?

Still Wayne, thanks very much for all you do!

Jess

cab83_750 · 05-11-2002, 08:06 PM

The old one (or the set-up you had before the company you were using went out of business) was a lot faster.

I was accessing your site at 6:00 a.m. PST and it was slow compared to the old one.

Sorry for my honest feedback.

Wayne 962 · Wayne 962's Garage

The server is on a dedicated pair of T1 lines that are at about 5% utilization, so I doubt it has anything to do with the connection. I have tested this connection extensively, and found that it consistently pulls down 3.0mbs which is the max (374 kb/sec).

This is a new machine that should be about 20-70% faster at rendering the pages. It's also not shared with the webserver (was running on the same machine). So, there's no real reason why it would be slower, unless we were having machine problems (which we were a bit previously).

cab83_750, do you have a cable, DSL or dialup connection? People with dialup connections can't give an accurate assessment of whether the site is fast or slow (sorry), because it is so dependent on the download speeds. In other words, the machine may render the pages in about 1/4 of a second, but it would take you 30 seconds to download. It's impossible to tell if the pages are taking 1-3 seconds instead of a 1/4 second when you're download is that slow...

Searches are much, much quicker...

-Wayne

cegerer · cegerer's Garage

No complaints here. Seems quite fast at all times. -- Curt

Jcon · 05-12-2002, 04:56 AM

It certainly isn't slower. I can't say I've noticed a real speed increase, but I never had problems in the past.

C. Clark · C. Clark's Garage

Wayne,
Considering where I live everything is the same. Up here in the country there's no DSL or anything like it yet, so land lines are the only game in town. I did have to change the address for my bookmark and get a new password... not big deal, thanks for the effort and a place to hang out and learn.
Chas.
69 / 912 Coupe

cab83_750 · 05-12-2002, 07:53 PM

Wayne,

At home, I have a DSL.

I work for FoxSports Net, and you could guess that we have the fastest connection anybody could have.

Lastly, as I am typing this reply, the hour-glass continues to be displayed. I would guess that CPU is active even though I am just replying.

In any event, you're a lot faster than RENNLIST.

On the honest side, there were times when I could not access anything. I was forced to check rennlist after having been a PelicanHead for a year.

tummi · 05-12-2002, 09:35 PM

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In any event, you're a lot faster than RENNLIST

As someone who stirred a pot with this, I must say here I was just goofing one night but was surprised at how candid people are on this board. This new server is not discernably faster than the old one, maybe it's like a repaved highway speedwise. More people will come? I think the main issue is downtime - people have patience, but get frustrated when they cannot get a response at all. I think that probably had to do with the transition. I run a t-1 at work and dsl at home and am happy fast. If i had one wish it would be that i could choose the number of posts i could read on one page 25-50-100-500,etc.