Posted on 01/07/2011 5:47:28 PM PST by Winstons Julia
The site is REALLY slow. There seem to be issues that have been ongoing. I know you're in a Freepathon, but in the LAST Freepathon, I gave you quite a bit of a donation. Why? Because I like the site and I thought I ought to contribute.
This slowness is really frustrating. What's the problem?
It was very clearly stated and a link to the thread is in post 33. I got the link from my history. I saw the "No Thanks" when I refreshed the thread. Most people really DO understand "No Thanks".
Jim! What you have is record-locking!
In your code, some programs are locking records as they read the file! All you have to do is look at all your source that doesn’t specify ‘set lock off’ when reading files!
I’ve noticed a pattern. Whenever important news (for us) is incoming, the locks start slowing down read time.
Look at all the user priveleges you give (especially moderators) and make sure you have the set_lock_off flag turned on for their access!
OK, LOL!
I AM entitled to an answer to a question.
I’m TIRED of your music, DJ. You are just on the attack.
This is FREE Republic...but it’s not FREE to run.
I donated. I am asking a question.
I guess I *do* feel entitled TO ASK the question. Why? Because I DONATE?
What would you have? Some totalitarian state where no one says, “What’s going on?”
Go live in your free paradise where no one’s allowed to ask questions....sounds like ... certain countries I have heard of...
Get off my back. You have no point.
This site is working fine.
Yes, Dear Free Republic is under attack. By dumb vanity posts!
Hi Jim.
I want you to know that I mean no disrespect.
Can you tell us what’s going on from your point of view? Because the site is REALLY slow from our point of view.
Same here: SLOW!
Are you? Because you donated? Lots of people do. You aren't the only one. Are they all entitled to demand answers?
I donated. I am asking a question.
There you go! "You OWE me!"
What would you have? Some totalitarian state where no one says, “What’s going on?”
You know how I find out what's going on? I check the Boss' posting history. That way he doesn't have to answer a thousand times just because somebody donated.
Get off my back. You have no point.
Only if you promise to quit whining. And that WAS my point.
This thread has it all!
;<)
I’m serious. I have no idea. Last time it was a problem in the database. The time before that a server fried. More than once it’s been DOS attacks. This one looks like some sort of logjam. I’m sure John will get it cleared up eventually, but this is a huge complex multi-server, multi-user system with lots of hardware and software that all has to mesh perfectly to work at maximum performance levels. Something’s always going to snap. Never know when or what or if it’s natural or DOS. Lots of people hate us and would love to see us go belly-up. War is hell. So are computer systems. If it can go wrong it will.
Yes it does. lol
Only if slower than molasses is “fine”
Jim, thanks for the feedback.
I'm a monthly supporter of FR, and I am entitled to have Jim Thompson call me within the next 5 minutes and give me a total rundown on exactly what is going on. And if he has to miss his supper, that's just tough.
I figure that by now, because of all the contributions I have made, I own all the servers at FR, all of the software, a lifetime of servitude to me by Jim Thompson's son, Jim's nifty Navy Vet hat, and some other stuff I haven't thought of yet (I'll do 20-30 follow-up posts later, to finalize my list of demands).
Oh my, noobs -- they never cease to amaze.
I'm going to offer an answer because JimRob and JohnRob are very, very busy right now, which is why you won't hear much. I'm not involved in system administration at FR but I am a sysadmin for a major university and so I hope you'll understand it when I tell you that your question can't be answered...right now.
This is the one we shudder to face, an unexplained performance hit in a complex system. The answer to your question is one I give my boss all the time: "I don't know, I'm checking." What that actually means is that I'm checking several hundred things in multiple ways, some automatically, some manually. Poking, prodding. Some things I'm actually trying to figure out how to figure out. I actually do have a present problem similar to this in the university's backup system and it's driving me nuts.
Money won't solve it because you don't know what to buy - if you did, you'd have the problem solved already. It could be something as simple as a 50-dollar interface card or a very esoteric delay in database indexing. It could be failing hardware, misconfigured operating system or application, bad code that loops where it shouldn't, it could be literally thousands of things. And it's a live production system so you don't have the luxury of taking it down and injecting test apps here and there. And you can't simulate a production system under load by a test system under a simulated load. It's a tightrope and you're walking it and there's no net. That's what they pay us for.
Believe me, the techs are far more frustrated than any user when this stuff happens. I can imagine what John is going through right now. He's tried a reboot to clear the kruft out of the system and it doesn't seem to help much, or for long. Now it's time to get dirty. I don't envy him the job. Just trust me as someone who has earned the right to say it - he is very, very good. Sorry to be long-winded, but that's how things are in the biz.
Now watch me triple-post this and look like a total jackass. Again. LOL!
So the site is slow.
At least you got the FR time clock running correct.
It’s a trade-off.
Oh my, noobs -- they never cease to amaze.
Yup. lol
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