Slow scrolling, typing, posting, ... ?

[North_Sky]

I noticed occasionally, like this morning, that it is extremely slow navigating and typing to write a post.
Is it only me or are there other members experiencing similar too on occasions?

Now it's much better, but earlier just say 10-20 minutes ago it was very bad.

Just an observation that I'm sharing.

Enjoy the music rotating ...

 

[maverickronin]

That happens to me sometimes, but it's probably just because I have too many tabs open.

More interestingly, occasionally the WYSIWYG editor looses its chronal lock, receives input from the future, and I find an entire sentence has been typed backwards.

Of maybe it's interference from the mirror universe.

?taht sesuac gub fo dnik tahw ,ylsuoireS

 

[GD Fan]

The threads with tons of You Tube links always bog down the browser on my phone. Otherwise no issues here.
(I really wanted to type this in backwards too, just too lazy!)

 

[JustAnandaDourEyedDude]

Yesterday, I too noticed some hesitations (short freezes) scrolling, and some hesitations loading next or previous page. Can't say I noticed any difficulty typing posts.

 

[Doodski]

I have little to no issues with a laggy feeling web page or 50 or so youtube web pages open in tabs. Seems fine to me. 5GHz CPU and 16GB RAM DDR4 3200MHz

 

[amirm]

Typing speed would be an issue with the local computer, not the server.

We are experiencing some of the highest server loads ever though due to much higher traffic these days. I like to restart the server at some point and if it persists, need to get another CPU core.

 

[blueone]

I have little to no issues with a laggy feeling web page or 50 or so youtube web pages open in tabs. Seems fine to me. 5GHz CPU and 16GB RAM DDR4 3200MHz

Show off.

 

[blueone]

Typing speed would be an issue with the local computer, not the server.

We are experiencing some of the highest server loads ever though due to much higher traffic these days. I like to restart the server at some point and if it persists, need to get another CPU core.

Just out of curiosity, what are the specifications of the server this site runs on?

 

[North_Sky]

Thank you for your feedbacks, that helps.

By the way, I wasn't referring to threads with many YouTube videos, but regular threads with not much pictures, some with zero pictures...only texts.

And like I said, only occasionally, and normally I refresh once or twice and after a minute or two everything is fine. This morning was simply very annoying (Sunday), and even after a restart and refresh. That's why I decided to ask if other members are experiencing similar too on occasions. And Amir's answer helps too. But I don't need another computer, mine is just fine.

I would have loved to write the above backward but I'm just too backward in that quest.
Perhaps in another life, on another planet, with a different species ...

Pizza time

 

[Doodski]

Thank you for your feedbacks, that helps.

By the way, I wasn't referring to threads with many YouTube videos, but regular threads with not much pictures, some with zero pictures...only texts.

And like I said, only occasionally, and normally I refresh once or twice and after a minute or two everything is fine. This morning was simply very annoying (Sunday), and even after a restart and refresh. That's why I decided to ask if other members are experiencing similar too on occasions. And Amir's answer helps too. But I don't need another computer, mine is just fine.

I would have loved to write the above backward but I'm just too backward in that quest.
Perhaps in another life, on another planet, with a different species ...

Pizza time

Do you have important stuff backed up? Just saying because a symptom of a hard drive failing is slowdowns and choppy operation.

 

[amirm]

Just out of curiosity, what are the specifications of the server this site runs on?

It is a virtual instance of dual CPU cores, 2 Gigbytes of Ram and SSD for storage. Believe it or not the most CPU hog is the search engine! It is written in Java and is a pig. But gives us much better search than the default crappy sql one.

 

[Webninja]

Are we on Azure?

 

[amirm]

Are we on Azure?

No. Digital Ocean.

 

[Webninja]

Yes, forgot how expensive AWS/Azure can be for a free forum

 

[amirm]

Yeh, we are on hot dog budget here, not lobster.

 

[amirm]

Yes, forgot how expensive AWS/Azure can be for a free forum

I do use AWS for email and it is so expensive. But it is very much trusted so works well.

 

[North_Sky]

Do you have important stuff backed up? Just saying because a symptom of a hard drive failing is slowdowns and choppy operation.

Yes, I'm all backed up. But I don't think it's a drive failure because it only happened here in that specific moment in time. Other times (rarely) I don't bother mentioning as I do a maintenance and a refresh. This time I just mentioned it, just in case I wasn't the only one.
I also experienced it on other "business entertainment" sites (audio/video) occasionally the same. Some websites, news outfits are less well equipped with their master operators. Here it is very good, just the rare occasion like I just mentioned.
I'm not a perfectionist just instinctive.

* By the way Amir, the dark mode ... excellent!