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  1. #16
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    There is probably a script that runs to update things like that and the script probably runs once an hour or longer.
    If you're happy and you know it......it's your meds.

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    So a script runs to update things like that. It used to update right away, now it can take an hour or more as an "improvement". Gee, isn't that special.
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    I only use Chrome and Chromium; it took less than 2 seconds to get to this page, less than 3 seconds to log in and return to this page. I'll edit how long this post takes.

    This post took about 1 second to appear. I must not be coming around when the site is slow. Seems decently fast to me.

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    Maybe I am dreaming but the VDr site does seem faster today.
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    Is anything actually being done about the slowness?
    It's simply a pain.
    Navigating, posting takes for ever.

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    It took me 35 seconds to get to this page.

    I just ran some tests here: http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/

    I compared three similar forums to see how fast the main page loads.

    1. My forum (the main page is 480kB in size): http://www.smartestcomputing.us.com
    Average load time (3 tests): 2.2 sec

    2. http://windowsbbs.com/ (333kB)
    Average load time (3 tests): 2.2 sec

    3. This site (391kB)
    Average load time (3 tests): 6.4 sec
    That's for the main page only.
    Going any deeper is a challenge.

    There is definitely something wrong.
    Too weak server for the newest software?

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    I sure hope so also, it is indeed a pain. According to SpywareDr (from another post) this may have something to do with it.

    The new vBulletin software may not be through indexing our over 1.3 million messages yet.
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    It's been what?
    Two weeks? More?
    I remember BleepingComputer, which is a HUUUUGE site going through an upgrade and it took them maybe 3-4 days to reindex everything.

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    Broni - I'll report it. Problem is - the site loads fine for me.
    If you're happy and you know it......it's your meds.

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    VirtualDr does have more than 7 times the number of posts as SmartestComputing


    discussions.virtualdr.com - 1,354,087

    smartestcomputing.us.com - 189,275


    FWIW, here are my results from http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/ this morning:
    • discussions.virtualdr.com


      Tested from New York City, New York, USA on July 24 at 07:06:20
      Page size 369.5kB
      Load time 3.89s
      Requests 101
      Perf. grade 87/100
      Your website is faster than 40% of all tested websites


    • smartestcomputing.us.com


      Tested from Dallas, Texas, USA on July 24 at 07:08:44
      Page size 476.3kB
      Load time 2.07s
      Requests 99
      Perf. grade 85/100
      Your website is faster than 68% of all tested websites


    • windowsbbs.com


      Tested from Dallas, Texas, USA on July 24 at 07:09:46
      Page size 366.1kB
      Load time 3.13s
      Requests 162
      Perf. grade 75/100
      Your website is faster than 50% of all tested websites

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    C:\Windows\SYSTEM32>tracert virtualdr.com

    Tracing route to virtualdr.com [70.42.23.121]
    over a maximum of 30 hops:

    1 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms 73.99.224.1
    2 7 ms 9 ms 7 ms te-2-1-ur02.aberdeen.wa.seattle.comcast.net [68.
    85.241.209]
    3 14 ms 13 ms 13 ms ae-24-0-ar03.seattle.wa.seattle.comcast.net [69.
    139.164.169]
    4 19 ms 20 ms 26 ms he-1-7-0-0-10-cr01.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net
    [68.86.91.165]
    5 14 ms 15 ms 16 ms pos-0-1-0-0-pe01.seattle.wa.ibone.comcast.net [6
    8.86.85.38]
    6 15 ms 15 ms 13 ms 208.172.91.5
    7 15 ms 15 ms 15 ms cr1-te-0-5-1-0.sel.savvis.net [204.70.224.45]
    8 95 ms 33 ms 33 ms cr1-pos0-3-2-3.sanfrancisco.savvis.net [204.70.1
    93.66]
    9 35 ms 33 ms 33 ms er1-7-0-0.SanJoseEquinix.savvis.net [204.70.200.
    197]
    10 35 ms 33 ms 39 ms 208.175.172.10
    11 155 ms 51 ms 205 ms border1.te8-1-bbnet2.sfo002.pnap.net [63.251.63.
    65]
    12 33 ms 33 ms 33 ms quinstreet-1.border1.sfo002.pnap.net [63.251.48.
    202]
    13 * * * Request timed out.
    14 * * * Request timed out.
    15 * * * Request timed out.
    16 * * * Request timed out.
    17 * * * Request timed out.
    18 * * * Request timed out.
    19 * * * Request timed out.
    20 * * * Request timed out.
    21 * * * Request timed out.
    22 * * * Request timed out.
    23 * * * Request timed out.
    24 * * * Request timed out.
    25 * * * Request timed out.
    26 * * * Request timed out.
    27 * * * Request timed out.
    28 * * * Request timed out.
    29 * * * Request timed out.
    30 * * * Request timed out.


    Looks close to what did happen in New Jersey until they put vdr on it own dedicated server.

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    And then there's the fact that the ADS are coming from a different server. If you have a bad/poor hop getting to the ad server - it could cause problems.

    I haven't heard back from the guys and gals upstairs. Am sure they'll look in to this.
    If you're happy and you know it......it's your meds.

  14. #29
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    VirtualDr does have more than 7 times the number of posts as SmartestComputing
    It shouldn't affect main page load time.

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    It took 1 minute and 5 seconds to post my last reply.

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