Nov. 21/08 - Turned Off User Stats for a bit

[Kevin Michaluk]

Hey Guys,

With the launch of the Storm our servers are getting hammered more than ever today. It's been causing the forums to slow up a bit and serve up some error pages too. We've been adding more server power continually over the past few months and it looks like we'll have to add some more.

In the meantime, to help speed things up, I've temporarily turned off the user statistics that appear at the bottom of the forums homepage (that show who's logged in, etc). Every time that page is loaded it queries the database and slows things up. Turning it off temporarily should help.

Rest Assured, there's a ton of people on the site browsing away! Will turn it back on as soon as the Storm blows over

Kevin

[Kevin Michaluk]

Update. We're going to leave them turned off for a bit. The site continues to keep getting hammered with traffic and turning this function on slows things up.

We're working on getting a system in place so we can have the user settings back online, but until then we'll keep it like this. REST assured, there's thousands of people online at any given moment!

[tedesco]

Could this be the reason I can't log in from a PC right now?

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[Duvi]

Thanks for the update. It's kind of good and bad news at the same time.

[resq330]

When are the stats coming back? It's good to see how many people are viewing each section of the forum.

[John Yester]

There back on now.

[Admin]

Hey Yester/Resq, Resq isn't talking about the total user stats at the bottom, but the forum by forum stats (it used to list in brackets just how many people were viewing each forum).

That's not back yet. I DO want to see this functionality come back, but we can't do it just yet or things will slow down again. Trying to figure out the best way to make this happen. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks, but I'm not sure at this point (few other priorities we need to take care of first).

Thanks for the patience in the meantime.

[resq330]

Thanks for the update

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[John Yester]

Originally Posted by Admin

Hey Yester/Resq, Resq isn't talking about the total user stats at the bottom, but the forum by forum stats (it used to list in brackets just how many people were viewing each forum).

That's not back yet. I DO want to see this functionality come back, but we can't do it just yet or things will slow down again. Trying to figure out the best way to make this happen. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks, but I'm not sure at this point (few other priorities we need to take care of first).

Thanks for the patience in the meantime.

ahh okay, thx for the info