TE slow

forkvoid

Since I've been here, I've noticed that this forums sometimes slow to a screeching halt, with page loads even sometimes timing out. Has anyone else experienced this? I found it somewhat ironic that a forum dedicated to technology professionals has a slow web server.

I know the owner(which of you mods runs this place?) probably pays for most of it out of pocket, and I would more than happy than donate some money to go towards a server upgrade for increased performance.

Paul Boz

I've never had an issue in the several years I've been here.

networker050184

I've never had an issue with speed on this site. Its been a lot better than most of the other forums I visit.

forkvoid

Weird. I've had slowness issues on three different connections... my home, my new work's line and my old work's line(a large university with an extremely big and underutilized pipe). Three different computers, too(two Windows, one OSX, Firefox and Safari).

Hyper-Me

For a few months last year it was nearly unbearable. The outlying links and top banners would load but the content was just blank for 2-3 minutes before finally loading in.

This year its been fairly peppy,though.

veritas_libertas

I haven't had any problems since I have been a member.

mikej412

forkvoid wrote: »

which of you mods runs this place?

That would be (a.k.a WebMaster )

Drop him a PM when you're having an issue (if you can) or remember your local time (and server time if you can open the most recent thread) so he can check the logs. Hopefully it's something simple like you just happen to log in every time the server is getting backed up

Pash

Come on, we are engineers here. Send Webmaster traceroutes and ping/pathping results when you are having these issues so he can submit to his provider as well!

For the record. I have never had any problems, only when the site has had serious DOS type attacks.

Webmaster

I know the owner(which of you mods runs this place?) probably pays for most of it out of pocket, and I would more than happy than donate some money to go towards a server upgrade for increased performance.

If it is on our (host's) side it's unlikely our dedicated server. We've had our busiest month ever so it's possible we had some more peaks. I've had no comments/complaints and except for a day or two a couple of weeks ago it's always responding snappy for me. Things always slow down a bit during the summer so the growth isn't a reason for us to upgrade, yet. And I appreciate the idea of donating but we have loyal advertisers who cover that.

Just a random test:

Your speed test result:

URL: www.techexams.net Measured speed : 1.38 sec


Samples from our benchmarks, showing average speed (in sec) for the last 12 months:

google.com  arin.net  apple.com  microsoft.com  fedex.com  usps.gov  cnn.com  weather.com
0.6          0.7        1.1          1.2           2.3      2.9      4.4      5.9[IMG]http://www.vertain.com/i/s.gif[/IMG]

Almost as fast as Microsoft

If TE seems slow to you and it really seems to be on our end please send me a tracert result.

Paul Boz

I would actually also endorse a donation function. Several other forums that I post on provide this opportunity and just put a little gold star under your username to indicate your contribution to the community. This place has given me so much that $10 here and there doesn't sound out of the question at all.

veritas_libertas

Paul Boz wrote: »

This place has given me so much that $10 here and there doesn't sound out of the question at all.

Agreed...

astorrs

Paul Boz wrote: »

This place has given me so much that $10 here and there doesn't sound out of the question at all.

+1 (or is it +2 now)

Webmaster

Thanks guys. Obviously any donation is appreciated. We do have a donate option, just tucked away a little at:
Support TechExams.net

And the text there still applies, it will be used directly towards new content, for a writer (which could very well be one of our mods or members) or perhaps software upgrades/enhancements to deliver new content/features, i.o.w. put back in TE. We'll have our 8th anniversary in a couple of months and then I'll hopefully be able to announce some new/updated features we will implement this summer. It will include something like the special edition we had for the Network+ TechNotes, which many people purchased even if they passed the exam already as a means of donating.

Paul Boz

$10bux sent your way man

Gogousa

I have never had any problems, I live in the south part of the continent and here webpages around the world are not always fast, but this site is always fast.

Webmaster

Paul Boz wrote: »

$10bux sent your way man

Thank you!

bertieb

But good idea, I think I *owe* TE a donation for all the advice, feedback and encouragement I've received from members over the last couple of years

Pash

Paul Boz wrote: »

This place has given me so much that $10 here and there doesn't sound out of the question at all.

As Paul has said.

Donated myself as well.

Webmaster

Now that's nice message to start my inbox with Thanks for the donations and the appreciation.

Paul Boz

Webmaster wrote: »

Now that's nice message to start my inbox with Thanks for the donations and the appreciation.

Dude I would have started donating forever ago if I knew there was an outlet to do so

Kaminsky

As it's getting busier, we may need a bigger hampster on the wheel that drives this site. Maybe even a gerbil.

Webmaster

So far our four-core hamster needs little effort to keep up but if he gets close to becoming tired we'll surely take a look at gerbil-technology