I've been trying to catch up on things here lately (Howdy y'all! XOXOX) and my searches (among other things) seem to keep giving the server a bad hair day - it has thrown me several errors over the last few days.

Frankly though, Mudcat server lag is just something I got used to from the get, so it doesn't shock me now - still WAY better than it used to be. Maybe it's unusual _these_ days, but I haven't been checking in regularly enough to know. *sniffle* Sorry 'bout that.

As a concept, it frequently has to do with how many people are active on the site and what they are doing. There definitely tend to be "peak" usage hours here, where page/query load times may suffer significantly.

The partial pageload problem, particularly sans posting-pane (say THAT fast ten times!) is generally indicative of a heavy load on the Mudcat Server itself. It is likely more related to searches than thread-reading, though if a lot of people are busy posting too, the lag is as likely to be from the actual hard drive being unable to keep up with all the read/write requests.

I am unfamiliar with the current traffic patterns, but try keeping track of the time of day and you may find it makes a useful difference.

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