Bog Down?

[JackG]

Hi Guys, my forum has begun to bog down.

I am on NT PII

Things were great for a while, but useres are telling me its very slow now.

How do I clean up old posts?

Purge?

Also does anyone here run NT .I need a pal :-)

P.S. I am on V. 1.5

Thanks!

[werehere]

You should not need to prune!

Has anything changed with your forum? More users? More posts per day?

You should probably post your server specs, mysql/php version, and mysql variable settings! :)

[JackG]

mysql fresh current version
Php Fresh current version
We have 730 registered users..
Avd 12 people on at the same time for most of the day.

server pII 500mhz Windows NT

MySql variable setting? Stock..

More posts yes.. the site has grown since a magazine article featured us... But take a peek.. It's not that huge.

www.ClubFreestyle.com/forum

Any help is appreciated werehere!

Thanks.

[Joe]

How much ram do you have on the server?

[werehere]

Is this a shared server?

It is seeming very slow to me, but it may be because other sites using a shared mysql server (if it is a shared environment) are using up your mysql resources!

[werehere]

Alright, I just went around your site a little, and *every* page in your site was VERY slow, not just the forum.

I am not so sure the forum is slow, it seems like your whole site/server is slow. ;)

[JackG]

Ram: 128 mb

This is the only site (5 low traffic sites) on the machine using MySql.

Maybe when I upgrade to 2.0 things will be better?

[werehere]

Like I stated earlier, it may not be your mysql that is so slow, it my be your site/server!

I would check to see what is causing that and then you may find the problem with your slowdown.

Has the server been re-booted in a while?
Maybe one of the other five sites is hogging all the resources?

Have the other sites compained of slowdowns lately?

It is just that it took a while to pull up even your static pages, and that leads me to believe that it *MAY* not be your mysql. ;)

[werehere]

I just saw that you listed 128MB of ram! That is very low for any database application, and I cannot believe that it is a shared server with only 128MB of ram! :(

[JackG]

Yup 128.. Your right about the whole site being slow... Somthing is teribbly wrong..

Weird because the server is not over loaded..
I am looking at the monitor now.. fine.. everything is normal.

Oh Boy.. My site finally starts to get some recognition..and its acting funny.

werehere.. thanks for you help !

Do you think i should give it a good pruning anyway?

[Joe]

Unlike UBB pruning isnt needed with vB (I know of a few vB's with over 1,000,000 posts, one with 1.6Million). My reccomendation would be upgrade the RAM, 256meg would do wonders for your server.

[JackG]

I hear that!

Strange but.. things appear fine here.

Do you run your biker foru, on it's own server?
Is it NT?

[Joe]

Nah, its on a $25 a month virtual account, its good for upto 30 concurrent users, once i hit 30+, it bogs down or gives a mysql error (too many connections).

[JackG]

hmmm wow.. You have all thoes member.. i will cream in my pants when I get that many :-)

Peace.