This server is pissing me off, all forums should threaten to jump ship

[NAD]

Basically, if you need us to donate some extra $, just let us know.

Yeah pretty much. I give my annual $15, but I'd be willing to bump that up to $15.08, perhaps more.

 

[MetalAges]

Nah believe me the server is more than capable. The biggest help would be, when there is a certain weird instance, I need to know like around what time etc. so I can hit the logs and see what was going on at that point. The stalling stuff I am certain is going to be a dopey setting somewhere. The other suspicion I have is EXIM which is the mail serving software. The last 3-4 weeks spam volume has really picked up for admins, lotso f "dictionary" attacks and on top of that the damn PHPBB worm trying to break in on everyone's site. I am completely blocked and secure as far as all that stuff goes but the hammering of the server from it all still causes resources to bog down a bit. I was monitoring it all last week and it was FLYING except those stall moments which would occur about 4-8 times a day. I actually have one of the dudes who admins for the forum software in touch with me and we're gonna check it out early in the week when the traffic is at its peak. Definitely let me know via PM, email or here if you get an instance where something is unordinary like the issue you had.

 

[JayKeeley]

Definitely let me know via PM, email or here if you get an instance where something is unordinary like the issue you had.

Well, it took me 7 minutes just to respond to this.

 

[spaffe]

Something that happens frequently for me is that when I click a thread the browser tries to connect, but after a while just stops and nothing happens; no error message or anything. It usually works if I try a couple (or sometimes a lot) of times, but it's pretty annoying.

 

[NAD]

Worst. Server. Ever.

I've been wasting time on the internet for close to 10 years now, and have NEVER seen a website perform this bad. Ridiculous.

 

[Reign in Acai]

It took me 3 minutes to enter this thread.

 

[Dark One]

Everytime I try to post, the server times out and I get the ol' "Page not found" error. I have to make sure I copy every single post I make prior to hitting the "submit reply" button just to make sure I don't lose the post I just typed. I would definitely say that more than 50% of the time if I didn't do that, I would simply lose my post. Unbelievably frustrating "upgraded" server.

 

[MetalAges]

Ok looking at it again, I just got in or I would have caught it earlier.

 

[lizard]

the most frustrating thing is the intermittent nature of it....at times posting is lickedy split, and then, complete stoppage.

 

[NAD]

Yep. UM hasn't acted normal in about 3 weeks for me.

 

[MetalAges]

Yeah that's the most frustrating to me to be honest... it is lightning fast...then out of nowhere POOF it stalls out, then repeat issue. The forum may be unavailable at times as I reset the database etc. right now. Working on it as we speak.

 

[lizard]

An Ode to Ultimate Metal
by Ben Dover
Ultimate Metal, who ever says,
That he hath posted in love an hour,
Yet not that processing speed so soon decays,
But that it can teh database devour;
Who will believe me, if I swear
That I have had the plague a year?
Who would not laugh at me, if I should say,
I saw a successful post a day?

Ah, what a trifle is a "reply",
If once into love’s hands it come!
All other griefs allow a part
To other posts, and ask themselves but some;
They come to us, but we thus can post not,
UM swallows our patience, and never chaws:
By him, as by chain’d shot, whole boards doth die,
UM is the tyrant pike, our hearts the fly.
If ‘twere not so, what did become
Of my post #23345, when I first saw thee?
I brought a thread into the room,
But from the thread no posts came to me:
If it had gone to thee, I know
Mine would have taught thine post to show
More pity unto me: but Love, alas,
At one first database error did shiver it as glass

Yet nothing can to nothing fall,
Nor any board be empty quite,
Therefore I think my breast hath all
Those posts still, though they be not unite;
And now as broken threads doth show
A hundred lesser posteses, so
My rags of heart can like, wish, and adore
But after UM does tease, and I can post no more.

 

[lizard]

 

[Tranquillian]

Server is back to being superslow, unlikelast friday when it was really fast.

 

[MetalAges]

I've been watching it like two hours straight and haven't seen it stall out ... are you referring to today in general or just now or?

 

[Dark One]

I've been watching it like two hours straight and haven't seen it stall out ... are you referring to today in general or just now or?

There obviously is some kind of disconnect here because I've encountered the stalling problem twice in the last two hours. Sometimes I'll refresh and it's like lightning gold for like 10 straight refreshes, then all of a sudden - BAM, "Cannot Find Server" for like a few minutes and then all of a sudden - BAM, right back to lightning fast.

This has been going on continuously for weeks if not months now.

 

[MetalAges]

Do me a favor... when it says "cannot find server" note the time for me and copy/paste the message or screen capture it and send to media@metalages.com . Thanks.

EDIT: I did just catch the stall at 4:05 pm EST

 

[spaffe]

Just now I tried to post in the LatestPT thread and saw now post as I tried three times, then gave up only to see that I was listed as the latest poster in the forum overview but without seeing any post as I checked the last page. And there's constantly the error with nothing happening after "sendig request to ultimatemetal.com"

 

[Dark One]

Do me a favor... when it says "cannot find server" note the time for me and copy/paste the message or screen capture it and send to media@metalages.com . Thanks.

Ironically, this just happened again to me when I tried to respond to this message.

However; in the future I will do so. Thanks.

 

[Dark One]

Deron - This just happened continuously from 4:17 through 4:21 pm Eastern Time (This is the error message I always see):


Server Not Found - Microsoft Internet Explorer

The page cannot be displayed

The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings.Please try the following:

• <LI id=instructionsText1>Click the Refresh button, or try again later.
  <LI id=instructionsText2>If you typed the page address in the Address bar, make sure that it is spelled correctly.
  <LI id=instructionsText3>To check your connection settings, click the Tools menu, and then click Internet Options. On the Connections tab, click Settings. The settings should match those provided by your local area network (LAN) administrator or Internet service provider (ISP). <LI id=list4>If your Network Administrator has enabled it, Microsoft Windows can examine your network and automatically discover network connection settings.
  If you would like Windows to try and discover them,
  click Detect Network Settings<LI id=instructionsText5>Some sites require 128-bit connection security. Click the Help menu and then click About Internet Explorer to determine what strength security you have installed. <LI id=instructionsText4>If you are trying to reach a secure site, make sure your Security settings can support it. Click the Tools menu, and then click Internet Options. On the Advanced tab, scroll to the Security section and check settings for SSL 2.0, SSL 3.0, TLS 1.0, PCT 1.0.
• Click the Back button to try another link.

Cannot find server or DNS Error
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