DP Very slow to load

[stevepmd]

Hello,
I live in Toronto Canada and DP has been up and down all week and is very slow please fix.

[Sparaker]

Yes i have observed this too. I have been getting Database errors, connection timeouts in this and the previous week.

[crivion]

This happens here too, thats because its popularity and high traffic ammounts

[lifeplayer]

Same happen here, database error happen quite frequent this week.
Many it is due to high traffic

[joshtheman]

Mine seems to be working fine today. Though there were times the past days i couldn't log in right away.

[Loco.M]

It's just something you have to live with ;)

It's loading fine for me today

[Sparaker]

This will have negative effect on DP's SERPs. :P

[Shazz]

It will always be like this as it always has .

[justingh]

Until a certain someone pulls his finger out and does something about these problems this will continue. I think it's something most people on DP have come to just accept now, and no matter how many of these threads are created it probably isn't going to be sorted any time soon..

[Shazz]

No one including me really has no idea what the host is capable of and why it has to be set on this one for DDos protections etc.

Just let shawn handle it

[nhc1987]

I've posted some duplicate posts and PMs due to this issue :(

Got the message Database Error several times :(

[uploas]

its also very slow in israel

[kewlchat]

it seems a little better now :)

[tscbh]

I think DP should get a faster server or replicate it!

[Wz Network]

Yes, DP is loading slow for me.

[Brian123]

Was very slow earlier today, but working fine now.
PS, Isn't this in the wrong section?

[upsee]

yea! it is very very slow for me! and also 8/10 i get db error ! plz do something

[narci]

Yes its very slow to load. is there any problem?
is dp running on their own server? then why is it so slow?

[nhc1987]

Not again :(

I think Shawn should move DP to a new hosting server :(

[version3]

I have bugs too.

MS Windows PING command:
Ответ от 216.9.35.60: число байт=32 время=218мс TTL=45
Ответ от 216.9.35.60: число байт=32 время=218мс TTL=45
Ответ от 216.9.35.60: число байт=32 время=220мс TTL=45
Ответ от 216.9.35.60: число байт=32 время=218мс TTL=45

[xtremevicky709]

Ya its working slow for me too . :( Hope this sorts out .

[echo_unlimited]

For an $80,000 dollar server, you'd expect better performance; I guess DP gets too much traffic.

[NeverEverClever]

$80,000 dollar server?

[echo_unlimited]

$80,000 dollar server?

http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/donate.html

1855 Blade Server setup.
That 7U chassis can hold 10 blades/computers
Totalling 40 Xeon processor cores, 120GB RAM and 2.9TB of 15k rpm drive spaceThis server has 40 PROCCESSORS my quad core only has 4 and my dual core only 2. This is a beast of a server. :D Also forgot to add, it has 120GB of RAM, my computer and quad core have 6 all together.

[igxhost-carl]

It takes me anywhere from 5 ~ 20 seconds to load a page.

[llcool_j]

DP shows me error everytime you signup (i mean your friends signup :p).. something like array... i dont know about it.. it is very common and so no new memebers are able to come to DP from my area :(

[NeverEverClever]

For an $80,000 dollar server, you'd expect better performance; I guess DP gets too much traffic.

Hey dude, thanks for the info!

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When i find a good hostingprovider, i always check for reviews..
And i found this:

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[narci]

its load very fast now. no problem at all. :)

[BRUm]

Yep slow for me too.

Get everyone to post here, send PMs then maybe the moderators and those in charge will do something about it.

Grassroots democracy!

[dzire]

Very slow for me ATM. Also getting a lot of 'Database Error' messages.

[shoutcastking]

This happens to me alot, but i guess different times of the day will be different

[thechangelephant]

Shawns in prison.

Feel free to join my forum; my invite to you.

[Stock Forum]

I had to login several times to login.

[dzire]

Seems a tad better today.

[Stock Forum]

Yes indeed.

[Hendrickson]

Its normal, just look at the traffic and users online!!

[nicky s]

i get this all the time and some times it wont log me in :(

[Oxi]

Only been slow for me the last couple of days, i thought it may have just been my isp, but obviously not ;)

[enhu]

i'm also experiencing this almost two days. and it prompts to network timeout too long to respond and all.

[JakeTowers33]

DP is one of the slowest sites on the internet

[BRUm]

For some reason I have to always check "remember me" for my log in to succeed. I'm sure this isn't a cookie retaining problem at my end, as I have no problems with any other site.

[RightMan]

DP does seem to have loading problem at some point of time...everyday. :(

Perhaps the traffic has increased too much or server handling the same has become inefficient.... :mad:

Regards,

RightMan

[kidtechguru]

It works quite fast for me...

[war.an1977]

yes

I also get the same problem
sometime I can't login :(

[cheerz]

maybe too much people access it-

[admirdante]

maybe too much people access it-

or maybe they should move on a faster and better hosting :D

[bilawal360]

Wow. I had absolutely no idea Shawn was in prison?

How long is DP forums going to last without payment, so that means it could shut down anytime soon?

[ProW&A]

It seemed to be normal and now it's getting slow again :(

[Shazz]

For some reason I have to always check "remember me" for my log in to succeed. I'm sure this isn't a cookie retaining problem at my end, as I have no problems with any other site.

Its had that problem forever, Its confusing for new users.

[mccomf]

Its had that problem forever, Its confusing for new users.
I have same problem everytime i want log in.it may be there on purpose i guess...

[BadBoyzStudioZ]

It's a huge forum. I guess the database must be damn big and complicated.

[bilawal360]

It's vBulletin, and we'll all know how it works.
But, one things for sure, is that vBulletin are making a damn load of money from it!

[lemon_1800]

Same here too in the United Kingdom, sometimes its slow/doesn't work at all, database errors the lot.

[Qu3ll]

Forum in general loads slow, plus a lot of times I get an error.

[ixpro]

Never encountered this problem before

[TheLab]

DP is the slowest, yet the most popular forum on earth

[templates]

I have same problem everytime i want log in.it may be there on purpose i guess...

it happens to me when i try and login at work

[atashajules]

It loads real fast here now.

[mogili]

It is not that slow, I guess average page loading time: 3 seconds.

[harshav]

i am also facing same problem in india also..

[lakezilla]

One of the bugs we learn to live with here!

[harimanm]

sometimes this site become slow

[lakezilla]

It's slow everywhere...just have to deal with it I guess!

[tinytech]

I am agreed 100% with the OP, they should buy the same server like Google

[alus1onZ]

Yep same here (I'm from Bulgaria) and from times to times it gets REALLY slow ...

[Brian123]

Slow slow slow slow slow ): Going to loose members if they don't get it fixed!

[Dexter83]

Its slow for me at the moment as well. Usually it is working without any problems though

[matrixdude]

same stuff happens to me too.:S

[sizzlefire]

I only have got connection timeouts twice today, but it seems very fast when its not doing that.

I am agreed 100% with the OP, they should buy the same server like Google

Doesn't google have like hundreds of servers?

[bizilux]

Originally Posted by tinytech
I am agreed 100% with the OP, they should buy the same server like Google

and you will pay them?:)

but yes, sometimes when theres a lot of people on forums, loading time becomes quite long, like over 5 seconds

[DJP1986]

I am living in the western part of Washington state, and I am running on fiber optics. Yet, sometimes pages can take up to 30 seconds to load. I experience slow loading on the site quite frequently, but usually it does not exceed 6-8 seconds. Although, I am guessing it's due to the high volume of traffic. Or, the server location. Or, something else entirely.

[--janari--]

to me its lightning fast :p

[.SR]

New thread loads faster but old thread loads slow!

.SR

[barrierstar]

Yes for me also it loads very slow and get connection time out msg very often, at times i have trouble logging into the system, moderators please check this out or else members will get irritated.