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SectorOne
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Joined: 26 May 2013, 09:51

website slow?

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Started noticing it yesterday, it takes around 2-7 seconds seconds to navigate the forum clicking on various categories.
I´ve got a stream up right now taking some bandwidth but it was the same yesterday evening without a stream.

Any tips i can do to try and solve this? I´m guessing i´m alone in this particular issue since nobody else has reported it.
All other websites i visit are fast and work normally.
"If the only thing keeping a person decent is the expectation of divine reward, then brother that person is a piece of sh*t"

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rohit1594
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Joined: 27 Sep 2012, 13:45

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Same issue with me. Even when I clicked on "Post reply" it took me a few seconds more than usual. Not that 2-3 seconds make a world of difference, but thought of reporting it after seeing the thread...

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Steven
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Joined: 19 Aug 2002, 18:32
Location: Belgium

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Indeed I'm noticing as well.
Page processing is fine, so must be some network issue. I'll investigate.

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SectorOne
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Joined: 26 May 2013, 09:51

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Well i´m glad i´m not alone. Just clocked it once at 9,5 seconds :D
I´m used to tenths while navigating the forum. Hopefully you´ll discover the problem.
"If the only thing keeping a person decent is the expectation of divine reward, then brother that person is a piece of sh*t"

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Steven
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Joined: 19 Aug 2002, 18:32
Location: Belgium

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Turns out we were bombed by 162.244.15.142 (probably some clueless bot)
Not sure what it's about, but in the last 24 hours, we had more than 250.000 requests from that single IP.

IP is now blocked, I'll do some DB cleaning, but performance seems ok again ;)

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SectorOne
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Performance is absolutely brilliant again, thank you!
"If the only thing keeping a person decent is the expectation of divine reward, then brother that person is a piece of sh*t"

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mikeerfol
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Joined: 20 Apr 2013, 22:19
Location: Greece

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Was there a problem with the server earlier?

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Steven
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Joined: 19 Aug 2002, 18:32
Location: Belgium

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I f*cked up some updates. :oops: Sorry!
10 minutes downtime.

Anyway, nginx and php now updated to latest releases.

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mikeerfol
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Joined: 20 Apr 2013, 22:19
Location: Greece

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Ah ok, nice to see it wasn't that serious.