Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Beer
Date: 16 Nov 11 - 11:46 AM

And I thought it was my computer.
ad.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: BTNG
Date: 16 Nov 11 - 10:15 AM

There are some people who feel the need to rush around at high rates of speed all day, I never could understand that concept, or as my mother was wont to say, "going nowhere fast".

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: GUEST,999
Date: 16 Nov 11 - 10:10 AM

I think he's doing stuff with the server. Since I don't read too fast anyway, it's working fine.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Barb'ry
Date: 16 Nov 11 - 10:05 AM

Mainly ok here as well - mind you, I'm so used to slow speeds I probably can't tell the difference!

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: BTNG
Date: 16 Nov 11 - 10:05 AM

one adapts to the hamster on the wheel method...oh a now tell us something we don't know

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 16 Nov 11 - 10:02 AM

Very mixed today, long wait for pages to load at times, sometimes it will just time out but at other times all is just fine. So if there's a problem, it's not a really consistent one.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Nov 11 - 09:58 AM

Or, over the Rocky Mountains...slow on the Western Slope, too.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 16 Nov 11 - 09:43 AM

Veeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrry slow again at the moment. Maybe it's the trip across the pond

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 18 Oct 11 - 09:59 AM

Who needs goodness, when badness is so much more fun?

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Max
Date: 18 Oct 11 - 09:47 AM

Ya'll should quit hauling Google into court. They may be more interested in providing you goodness. Just sayin...

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: johncharles
Date: 18 Oct 11 - 07:14 AM

It is not just mudcat. Everything seems to be slow at the moment in the Uk. Several friends have noticed the same thing over the last 3/4 days.
john

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 18 Oct 11 - 04:17 AM

Mr MacKenzie regrets, he's unable to jump today; Maxie
Mr Mac he's decided not to jump today.
I don't got no velvet gown,
No gun, and no lover to shoot down; Maxie
So regrettably I decided, not to jump today ♫♪

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 18 Oct 11 - 12:42 AM

make a regrettable decision - does this mean less Mudcatting?

dunno if I can let go, but I'll try

sandra

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Max
Date: 18 Oct 11 - 12:23 AM

Hmmm, I coulda swore... must have been removed this from the Mudcat FAQ. We had a policy on this... let me look in the archives...

Ah, there it is.

WHEN MUDCAT IS DOWN: a) make a regrettable decision but not regret it b) jump your husband/wife and do it "saucy" (I know you're old, NO EXCUSE!) c) write a song AND d) let go (of all shame, anger and guilt) forever. (yes, it's really that easy)



Also, I like MY women aggressive, mildly intoxicated, impulsive, and forgiving.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Bill D
Date: 17 Oct 11 - 09:26 PM

"......exciting times ahead to be sure."

I'm not sure some of our hearts can take too many "exciting times" ☺

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Oct 11 - 08:36 PM

You will notice a "longer path"

"Ping" and "Trace Route" have added a couple more "hops." Google is transfiguring

Recent news articles explain a fragile-thread that is ALl but GOREd.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Max
Date: 17 Oct 11 - 07:35 PM

It's a much bigger problem from where I sit. We lost our most powerful machine in the crash last month, and are very near to 100% capacity without her.

Watching my resource monitor lately gives me the same feeling as when my kids are sick. I know, I'm a giant nerd... you have no idea...

Been trying to reallocate resources, but haven't been able to make a dent. We're maxed out. I ordered a little hardware to get our whole database into RAM which should speed things up a great deal. Couple of days and she'll be snappy.

I'm holding off on the purchase of a new server, for now, because mudcat 2.0 is on the horizon and relies on a completely, and I mean 100%, different schema than we have now. Strengthening the current infrastructure may not serve the next.

Whole lot of action here at the cabin of solitude --the physical home of mudcat.org, Max, Merle and the monkeys. Wish I could fill you in on what's to come, but it has been shown that you can't be trusted. :)

...exciting times ahead to be sure.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: GUEST,MikeL2
Date: 17 Oct 11 - 03:53 PM

hi

I haven't changed anything and Mudcat's much quicker tonight. 9.0pm UK time.

Cheers

MikeL2

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: GUEST, Richard Bridge on a different browser
Date: 17 Oct 11 - 03:10 PM

The improvement seems to have vanished. I think it might be traffic-related. If I'm having an insomniac prowl at 4 am I'll try again, but it's very slow right now (2010 UK time)

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 16 Oct 11 - 05:42 AM

Much more than that for me, even on a different server & puter 35 km away. It obviously varies. Long waits for every page-change. (And it didn't take this message the first time I tried to submit.)

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: GUEST,Peter Laban
Date: 16 Oct 11 - 05:14 AM

Not so much slow, there's an about five second delay before the page pops up.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 16 Oct 11 - 05:04 AM

Still very slow here.

Sorry Joe, ya'll have to sleep harder...

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: JHW
Date: 16 Oct 11 - 04:58 AM

Here was me just thinking is it Mudcat or is it my new 2012 antivirus, thinking should I start a thread and here it is top of the list!
Slow yes but wth

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 16 Oct 11 - 04:15 AM

Hmm, I haven't noticed a change in Mudcat over the last few days. However, my Yahoo mail has been ridiculously slow. Its spinning color wheel is not a thing of beauty.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 16 Oct 11 - 12:58 AM

Funny, it seems to be so!

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 11:42 PM

Yes, it was a good nap, and I feel much better. Mudcat should be faster now...

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 09:25 PM

Sing a chorus or two of Lazybones- in slow time.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 09:24 PM

Well...yeah....

Max is now unemployed ....

Is it time for "Mudcat" to ask for more cash?

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Can Mudcat take Euro? What about Yen? Strickly speaking cash ... from visits out then .... No, No, No,not the peso - we don't endorse drugs - not over here. (Murder Incorporated)

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 09:20 PM

And when that doesn't work...?

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 09:18 PM

Dump you Cache

ReBoot

Any newbie could tell you that.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 08:43 PM

I'm only three clicks in after Joe left; but it seems much faster now. We may have found a cause?

John

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 07:00 PM

Goodnight? In the middle of the afternoon?? CERN may have found a likely cause for those faster-than-light-seeming neutrinos, but I defy them to explain MudTime.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 06:34 PM

Well, it's still afternoon here California. Mudcat is moving slow, and so am I.
Time for a nap.

G'nite....

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Megan L
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 03:57 PM

Never mind dear boy I will let you borrow the rolling zimmer in a couple of weeks.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 03:57 PM

When Mudcat gets stuck it's a test of us
To see who can stay the least stressed of us
But if even for Joe
The pages are slow
What hope can there be for the rest of us?



(Well, I hafta do something to pass the time while I wait...)

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 03:54 PM

That's true Meg, but it's the only way I can catch them now

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Megan L
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 03:28 PM

John dear (Mac that is) at your great age women wouldnt need to be slow they would have to be comatose

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 03:25 PM

There was a report that Max had to make some emergency equipment substitutions so a "lesser server" might have something to do with it.

Also, I first noticed a delay in responses a little after the most recent off-line event, so there may be "repairs in process."

It looks to me like the bottleneck is in the server queue, since I get a rather longer "waiting for response from mudcat," message than usual; but the transmission speed seems normal once I get to the top of the lineup. That might be helped if "somma youze guys" would go away and reduce the traffic density, but that never worked when I suggested it to the drivers in the next lane on the Seattle freeways, so I suppose it's not worth even a finger salute.

I haven't looked at what kind of traffic load has been hitting here, but the time-lag between posts looks fairly normal, indicating not much change(?).

John

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 03:22 PM

I like my web sites fast, and my women slow.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: jacqui.c
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 03:14 PM

Ah well, at least it's still running - it seems bit faster this afternoon.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 03:05 PM

Slow for me too, Western Canada.
Wha' hoppen?
No problem with other sites.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Joe Offer
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 01:38 PM

Slow all week here in California.
-Joe-

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: katlaughing
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 12:48 PM

Max has had to work on some things, burning the midnight oil, from what I know. The big fry hasn't helped, that's for sure.

kat

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 12:04 PM

I have 4G now. I notice that there's a delay, then BOOP! the entire thread suddenly appears.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: MikeL2
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 11:34 AM

hi

Yep slooooooooow here too.

I only have it here, everywhere else is OK.

Cheers

MikeL2

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: gnu
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 11:08 AM

Could be something to do with the big fry?

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 10:02 AM

Bonnie! don't shock us like that! Work is a 4-letter word

sandra (who has also noticed the slooooowness of the Cat)

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 09:50 AM

Yes, chronic here, for the past few days :-(

Other sites are OK so it's not my connection (which is pretty good anyway).

In fact it got so bad I had to abandon the Cat and go do some actual Work.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: terrier
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 09:35 AM

As Midchuck says, it's been far slower in the past, but lately it's been running slow all the time. I guess it's all the add ons, ads, etc. It has just got more to do these days. Same all over the net. A necessary evil ;)

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat sloooooooooooooow
From: RTim
Date: 15 Oct 11 - 09:24 AM

Been slow here also!!

Tim Radford