Why is the board always down? - LotusTalk

OneFastLotus · 05-14-2008, 04:07 PM

It seems whenever I go to log into Lotus Talk the board is down. Is the server not big enough?

I'm not getting a message from vbulletin saying that anything is being done, so I dont think it's because someone is working on the backside of the admin panel.

Server?

dma550 · 05-14-2008, 05:50 PM

Never found it down myself? when you can't get to it, and you're on a PC, try this from a command prompt: tracert w w w . lotustalk.com (without the spaces, the board kept connecting my text into a link)
report it back.

There was a time a while ago that Comcast, my ISP had bogus routing for the mini forums I frequent and it was always down from my home connection.

OneFastLotus · 05-14-2008, 05:54 PM

Its happened to me, and also to my husband at work, and we're on different ISP's.

I didnt write down the time that I found it down, but it's been morning, afternoon and evening, so there's no one particular time that I've not had trouble with. The outage time varies. It's not too long, but still is annoying when you go to log in.

I was down this afternoon. I happened to call my husband at work and I mentioned I needed to go do something on Lotus talk and he told me it was down. Sure enough I logged in, and it was down. So, I'm not sure. Seems like a server issue.

Bavarian Motorist · 05-14-2008, 05:55 PM

It's down for me a lot as well.

ZAMMY1 · 05-14-2008, 06:03 PM

it dumped me shortly after 6:20 pm tonight.
it just went not available.
i guess it can happen.
not necessarily a complaint, just information.
sam

Randy Chase · 05-14-2008, 06:16 PM

I am not having a problem with it being down, but I also don't control the server any more and I do find it is not as responsive for me as it used to be. Oh well.

What is helpful is doing the tracert and seeing where the stoppage is. The tracert will tell you.

JoshS · 05-14-2008, 06:17 PM

And so it begins

MidasHands · 05-14-2008, 07:55 PM

Never had one problem with it being down and I log in from home and work all the time.

nvrblu · 05-14-2008, 09:15 PM

It was down once, maybe twice during the past 3 weeks. It has been reasonably stable but a bit sluggish.

mpsalm · 05-14-2008, 09:23 PM

I find it down occasionally from home or work.

Mr.C · 05-14-2008, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mpsalm

I find it down occasionally from home or work.

+1
And It seems like it is veeeerrrryyyyy slow at times...

Elise8206 · 05-14-2008, 09:38 PM

QUOTE=mpsalm;1008221]I find it down occasionally from home or work.[/quote]

Me too. Both work and home

CALtd · 05-14-2008, 09:52 PM

I see the slowness from time to time but never an outage. But then again I don't have access to the server any more either. I did tracert and found a blip in the speed between Level-3 and Qwest Los Angeles, then blip again to get to New Mexico. I bet that Texas has a faster route than LA to NM. I'll try later from my servers in Chicago and see how that looks.

andrewgotanelise · 05-14-2008, 10:07 PM

i find it either down or slow a lot

RacyTracy · 05-14-2008, 11:08 PM

I found it down a lot before when I tried to sign on from work around 3AM (Chicago time)...but it's never been down since the takeover....but it's always slow now.

nvrblu · 05-14-2008, 11:44 PM

I believe it was down for a while in the afternoon on 4/29.
I think it is slower because ads are fetched from other sites... whether you see them or not.

The average post rate has dropped (750/week averaged over the past 3 weeks vs. 870/week averaged over the past 12 weeks), ... looks like RacyTracy now has the best guess for 1,000,000 posts.

ms355 · 05-14-2008, 11:44 PM

I cannot complain about the speed, but I found the server was down a couple of times in the (European) noon which would mean between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. of your time. That could be normal for service routines. However, it was also down last night.

nvrblu · 05-14-2008, 11:56 PM

Okay. I have a confession...

Several weeks ago, I wrote a little java program to GET the forums index page, extract the post count, sleep for 30 minutes, and then do it again. I write the date, time, and post count to a tab-delimited file and import that into Excel every day or two... just curious about posting patterns. It seems a lot of people on this forum do their posting while at work

If the HTTP GET fails, I abort the program. It has stopped twice during the past several weeks, most likely due to a timeouts.

Since it records the time stamp, and it sleeps 30 minutes between GETs, I could look at the time stamp deltas to get an idea of response time. I'm not worried about response times because it seems to have only slowed down a little.

BTW, I have recorded a couple of instances where the post count was decreasing instead of increasing.

RacyTracy · 05-15-2008, 01:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nvrblu

The average post rate has dropped (750/week averaged over the past 3 weeks vs. 870/week averaged over the past 12 weeks), ... looks like RacyTracy now has the best guess for 1,000,000 posts.

If I ever did guess right, it would be just luck. We all guessed before the new entourage came in...I thought the daily count was down a little....nvrblu seems to confirm that. Just before we hit 1,000,000, I might have to spend the night posting like crazy or deleting posts.

OneFastLotus · 05-15-2008, 04:00 AM

This isn't a complaint as much as is it a question to others. If others are having similiar issues and to hopefully to get the problem fixed.

To those who have never noticed outage, or infrequent outage, I'm glad. However I also think some people are on the board more than others and, as such, might experience the problem more than others would.

Though the outages have been happening fairly regularly (at least to me personally), my question was prompted by an outage yesterday evening. I was typing out a reply to someone and hit enter, and the board *poof* had gone down while I was replying, and I lost it all.

I run a website as well, and we had similiar issues ( board down, slow or sluggishness) in our early days and they were caused by the server. Which is why I asked if the board has a large enough server.

05-14-2008, 04:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
OneFastLotus Loch Ness Monster Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mars Posts: 5,531	Why is the board always down? It seems whenever I go to log into Lotus Talk the board is down. Is the server not big enough? I'm not getting a message from vbulletin saying that anything is being done, so I dont think it's because someone is working on the backside of the admin panel. Server? __________________ First Fold Member of the Limited Slip Mafia "L'Ombra" -Saffron Yellow Elise, all options. -Chrome OrangeElise/ Superstock pillager "currently living in the wild" -Black on Black Exige debadged, all options.

05-14-2008, 05:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
dma550 Yahoo! Got my Rotus! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: CT, Shoreline area Posts: 1,188	Never found it down myself? when you can't get to it, and you're on a PC, try this from a command prompt: tracert w w w . lotustalk.com (without the spaces, the board kept connecting my text into a link) report it back. There was a time a while ago that Comcast, my ISP had bogus routing for the mini forums I frequent and it was always down from my home connection. __________________ David Avery 05 Lotus Elise ~ Arctic Silver ~ BWR SC ~ Gray RACs ~ Larini SE 08 BMW 135i Stock visit Spyderclub.com

05-14-2008, 05:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
OneFastLotus Loch Ness Monster Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mars Posts: 5,531	Its happened to me, and also to my husband at work, and we're on different ISP's. I didnt write down the time that I found it down, but it's been morning, afternoon and evening, so there's no one particular time that I've not had trouble with. The outage time varies. It's not too long, but still is annoying when you go to log in. I was down this afternoon. I happened to call my husband at work and I mentioned I needed to go do something on Lotus talk and he told me it was down. Sure enough I logged in, and it was down. So, I'm not sure. Seems like a server issue. __________________ First Fold Member of the Limited Slip Mafia "L'Ombra" -Saffron Yellow Elise, all options. -Chrome OrangeElise/ Superstock pillager "currently living in the wild" -Black on Black Exige debadged, all options.

05-14-2008, 05:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bavarian Motorist Live to Drive Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NYC/Westchester, NY Posts: 10,852	It's down for me a lot as well. __________________ Be an alpha male. Drive a Lotus.

05-14-2008, 06:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
Randy Chase Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: San Diego and where ever the roads lead Posts: 28,175 Images: 761	I am not having a problem with it being down, but I also don't control the server any more and I do find it is not as responsive for me as it used to be. Oh well. What is helpful is doing the tracert and seeing where the stoppage is. The tracert will tell you. __________________ * V E R I T A S * A E Q U I T A S * No Longer the ADMIN here, please do not PM me asking for help. Thanks! http://www.facebook.com/randychase 1991 Toyota MR2. AutoX Beast 2006 Noble M400. Track weapon. 2009 Rossion Q1. Monaco Orange. Canyon Carver. In build: 2009 Toniq R (300whp? 1100 pounds?). Chrome Orange. Lexus GX-470 tow vehicle. On Order: Lotus Evora Next: McLaren MP4-12C

05-14-2008, 06:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
ZAMMY1 ZAMMY Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: washington, pa, (near PGH.) Posts: 1,557	it dumped me shortly after 6:20 pm tonight. it just went not available. i guess it can happen. not necessarily a complaint, just information. sam

05-14-2008, 06:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
JoshS Come on down Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA Posts: 1,971	And so it begins __________________ '06 Elise Phantom Black, Touring, Starshield, Powder Coated Black Wheels, Bobble head IMUS

05-14-2008, 07:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
MidasHands Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Glen Ridge, NJ Posts: 971	Never had one problem with it being down and I log in from home and work all the time. __________________ - Mike 2006 KG Elise, Magnolia Interior

05-14-2008, 09:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
nvrblu ... _ . ..._ . Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 3,386	It was down once, maybe twice during the past 3 weeks. It has been reasonably stable but a bit sluggish. __________________ Steve -- '05 Laser Blue, Biscuit, Sport/Touring, Starshield

05-14-2008, 09:23 PM	#10 (permalink)
mpsalm BANNED Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,348	I find it down occasionally from home or work.

05-14-2008, 09:38 PM	#12 (permalink)
Elise8206 Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 357	QUOTE=mpsalm;1008221]I find it down occasionally from home or work.[/quote] Me too. Both work and home __________________ '05 Lotus Elise Mag Blue/TR/SP/HT/SS/SII/K&N Filter '02 Toyota MR-2 Spyder '07 Nissan Armada Tech Library! http://wiki.seloc.org/a/Category:S2

05-14-2008, 09:52 PM	#13 (permalink)
CALtd not a Mod, just an Admin Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Ocean Beach, CA Posts: 1,149	I see the slowness from time to time but never an outage. But then again I don't have access to the server any more either. I did tracert and found a blip in the speed between Level-3 and Qwest Los Angeles, then blip again to get to New Mexico. I bet that Texas has a faster route than LA to NM. I'll try later from my servers in Chicago and see how that looks.

05-14-2008, 10:07 PM	#14 (permalink)
andrewgotanelise MMA Fighter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Where the drugs are cheap and the girls are easy Posts: 1,208	i find it either down or slow a lot __________________ 05 NFB Elise / Katana SC / No Snorkle / 3.2 "10" psi pulley / Stage 1 Exhaust / Decat / Green Filter

05-14-2008, 11:08 PM	#15 (permalink)
RacyTracy V Not my picture V Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Palatine, IL Posts: 9,203 Images: 1	I found it down a lot before when I tried to sign on from work around 3AM (Chicago time)...but it's never been down since the takeover....but it's always slow now.

05-14-2008, 11:44 PM	#16 (permalink)
nvrblu ... _ . ..._ . Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 3,386	I believe it was down for a while in the afternoon on 4/29. I think it is slower because ads are fetched from other sites... whether you see them or not. The average post rate has dropped (750/week averaged over the past 3 weeks vs. 870/week averaged over the past 12 weeks), ... looks like RacyTracy now has the best guess for 1,000,000 posts. __________________ Steve -- '05 Laser Blue, Biscuit, Sport/Touring, Starshield

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05-14-2008, 11:44 PM	#17 (permalink)
ms355 Alfa User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 2,146	I cannot complain about the speed, but I found the server was down a couple of times in the (European) noon which would mean between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. of your time. That could be normal for service routines. However, it was also down last night. __________________ Michael Elisetalk Trip to UK 2007

05-14-2008, 11:56 PM	#18 (permalink)
nvrblu ... _ . ..._ . Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 3,386	Okay. I have a confession... Several weeks ago, I wrote a little java program to GET the forums index page, extract the post count, sleep for 30 minutes, and then do it again. I write the date, time, and post count to a tab-delimited file and import that into Excel every day or two... just curious about posting patterns. It seems a lot of people on this forum do their posting while at work If the HTTP GET fails, I abort the program. It has stopped twice during the past several weeks, most likely due to a timeouts. Since it records the time stamp, and it sleeps 30 minutes between GETs, I could look at the time stamp deltas to get an idea of response time. I'm not worried about response times because it seems to have only slowed down a little. BTW, I have recorded a couple of instances where the post count was decreasing instead of increasing. __________________ Steve -- '05 Laser Blue, Biscuit, Sport/Touring, Starshield

05-15-2008, 04:00 AM	#20 (permalink)
OneFastLotus Loch Ness Monster Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mars Posts: 5,531	This isn't a complaint as much as is it a question to others. If others are having similiar issues and to hopefully to get the problem fixed. To those who have never noticed outage, or infrequent outage, I'm glad. However I also think some people are on the board more than others and, as such, might experience the problem more than others would. Though the outages have been happening fairly regularly (at least to me personally), my question was prompted by an outage yesterday evening. I was typing out a reply to someone and hit enter, and the board poof had gone down while I was replying, and I lost it all. I run a website as well, and we had similiar issues ( board down, slow or sluggishness) in our early days and they were caused by the server. Which is why I asked if the board has a large enough server. __________________ First Fold Member of the Limited Slip Mafia "L'Ombra" -Saffron Yellow Elise, all options. -Chrome OrangeElise/ Superstock pillager "currently living in the wild" -Black on Black Exige debadged, all options.