MAAST running slow - BOD need to look into anything?

[Mr Cob]

It's starting to get a little annoying. The site has been running so slow over the last 6 months to the point that sometimes I just click a forum or link...go check ARC or RC and hope it's open by the time I come back.

I have seen zero issues on ARC and little to no issues on RC (granted they disabled their search capabilities awhile back for similar issues but we are NO where near the kind of traffic they get).

We have grown though and perhaps it's time for the BOD to look into other options...? Doesn't seem like our current plan is enough to support the traffic and content on the site.

I have no server/plan suggestion other than please just look into it. Brian is a guru and there are lots of tech gurus on here that I'm sure can assist in finding the right solution for MAAST.

[Big_Pun]

i agree its annoying now, seems to be getting worse

[koa25]

Might be from the constant barrage of Botnets and spamware. It has been hitting ridiculous levels lately.

[350gt]

might just be from me and jeremy hoggin the site.... lol

I was hoping it would speed up when the kiddo went to school..... but nope he has a cell phone and probably checks in just as much as I do.....

[Mr Cob]

lol, that was pretty funny maing

[rrasco]

Time for a new host. I don't know if anyone here is affiliated with Cartama (being a local hosting company) and I don't know if Cartama hosts their own servers or is just a reseller. There are several options out there, but I agree, something needs to be done.

I can help out if any assistance is needed...this is kind of my specialty. :bigsmile:

[Scutterborn]

Dude, I lurk on this site for 75% of the day. I have "issues" I am told by my better half. Like Rob, I switch over to other forums when this site is slow.


- Ben -

[FireWater]

Please know that we are looking into the recent problems. Be patient and myself or Kristi will let you know soon what we are able to find out.

[Gseclipse02]

I agree

there is money in the bank pay more if we have to too get the issues fixed

[reefreak]

Dang you caught me tony!lol got it mobil

[Mr Cob]

Please know that we are looking into the recent problems. Be patient and myself or Kristi will let you know soon what we are able to find out.

Thanks for the reply John, just glad you all are taking care of it and communicating that to us.

[FireWater]

No problem Rob. Remember I am a paying member as well and just as frustrated as everyone else with it.
we will see what we can find out and go from there.

[Bill S]

I've also sent Cartama a note - I've noticed it too. The folks that run Cartama are locals. They host MAAST along with a bunch of other vBulletin forums. They are very good at it, and the price is impossible to beat. However, unless we TELL them that we have issues, it's likely that they don't necessarily know they exist. Cartama bailed MAAST out a few years ago, and I think it's important that we continue to return that favor.

[bugj51]

If we have a web hoster that hooked us up at some point then we should probably stick with them.

I work in the web hosting industry, in a technical position, for one of the largest hosting providers on the internet. I've advised some rather large corporations. Please let me know if I can provide advice or be of any assistance.

[rrasco]

Sorry for being blunt, but technically speaking, I don't care if someone hooked me up with hosting or not, if they can't handle the site...I'm moving on to something that can. I also work in the industry, and if they really are good at what they do, with this much down time, they would already know. If it were one of my sites I'd be getting a credit for the down time and/or finding a new host. Just my $.02

[ErikH]

I have noticed MAAST runs a whole heck of a lot faster in Chrome than in Firefox or IE. I know it has nothing to do with the hosting company, but I quit using FireFox because of it. Never thought I would stop using a browser for the sake of reading my fishy forums.

[RayAllen]

I am just glad its not just me. I have been wondering what in the world was going on. I can only remember a couple of times since i've joined way back when that the site had these problems, and it was usually fixed fast.

Thanks Kristy and John for working on getting this resolved.

[RayAllen]

Erik we only use Chrome, love it.

[bugj51]

Sorry for being blunt, but technically speaking, I don't care if someone hooked me up with hosting or not, if they can't handle the site...I'm moving on to something that can. I also work in the industry, and if they really are good at what they do, with this much down time, they would already know. If it were one of my sites I'd be getting a credit for the down time and/or finding a new host. Just my $.02

I don't necessarily disagree, just a little loyalty. We're not running a for profit storefront here. However, as a paying customer (assuming we're paying) we are entiled to decent hosting. I also don't know all the particulars of the situation. Maybe they let MAAST slide on a payment, maybe they cured a disease, who knows...

Another point is that's it CAN be a difficult process to change hosting providers. Replicating an environemt and moving all the content and databases, with little to no downtime.

[rrasco]

I don't necessarily disagree, just a little loyalty. We're not running a for profit storefront here. However, as a paying customer (assuming we're paying) we are entiled to decent hosting. I also don't know all the particulars of the situation. Maybe they let MAAST slide on a payment, maybe they cured a disease, who knows...

Another point is that's it CAN be a difficult process to change hosting providers. Replicating an environemt and moving all the content and databases, with little to no downtime.

Yeah, I don't know any of the particulars, just throwing my useless opinion out there.

Forums like this are not hard to move though, the only downtime should occur during the DNS change. Copy db to new server, move files, update settings in db or config file to use new database and server paths...then point DNS to new server. Easy as pie. :bigsmile:

Either way...I hope they figure out what the deal is. Sucks when there is no MAAST.

[Scutterborn]

Yeah, I don't know any of the particulars, just throwing my useless opinion out there.

Forums like this are not hard to move though, the only downtime should occur during the DNS change. Copy db to new server, move files, update settings in db or config file to use new database and server paths...then point DNS to new server. Easy as pie. :bigsmile:

Either way...I hope they figure out what the deal is. Sucks when there is no MAAST.

I have no idea what language you wrote the first part of your post in but I agree with the last part! Lol. I couldn't even access the site between @ 6:30p until this morning.


- Ben -

[allan]

I'm not a computer guy, and the only reason I know how to type is because in high school... well, that's where all the girls were at. :D

Here's the problem in a nutshell. It would appear that Skynet is causing all of the problems.

shh... connectivity won't be a problem for much longer. ;)

[Bill S]

Forums like this are not hard to move though, the only downtime should occur during the DNS change. Copy db to new server, move files, update settings in db or config file to use new database and server paths...then point DNS to new server. Easy as pie. :bigsmile:.

Nothing that a thousand dollars wouldn't cover. :bigsmile:

I'm trying to recall EXACTLY what has/had transpired, but some oldtimers may remember:

The domain was/is "owned" by someone who is very MAAST friendly, but has not been active in a long while.

MAAST had a couple of VERY rocky moments, the first one very early in life, and the second one a couple of years ago. There were some struggles with leadership and hosting. Cartama (who is a small, local hosting company that specializes in vBulletin) came in and moved us over, upgraded the software, and then put a hosting package together for us that is stupid cheap (Mark, don't read this). When we need to upgrade software, he takes care of it for way less than he would charge a commercial customer.

BTW, I thought it was just me, too.

[bugj51]

I agree. Skynet would definitely take out marine aquarists sites first.

[rrasco]

A thousand bucks? You could buy 25 hours of my time for that sum.

FWIW, hosting is already pretty stupid cheap to begin with. Unless you need enterprise hosting and support (read: RS), you can get a good host for $10-20/month.

Also, if you think a site may be down, you can verify whether it is just you or not: http://downorisitjustme.com/

[SABOB]

I blame it all on the NFL Replacement Refs


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[Bill S]

I just got off the phone with Cartama. BTW, they are charging us about $25 a month to host this site - and we are actually a fairly "large" site - not just a simple company or club website.

He said the server we are on is overloaded at certain times of day, so he's offloading an email vm tonight, to another server. This should happen tonight. That should cure the problem. He'll monitor it for the next few weeks, and see if the problem goes away.

[Scutterborn]

Sweet! We shouldn't experience any down time for that, will we?


-Ben-

[bugj51]

No we won't. It's good there doing something about it.

[350gt]

I just got off the phone with Cartama. BTW, they are charging us about $25 a month to host this site - and we are actually a fairly "large" site - not just a simple company or club website.



Guess its time for some of those peeps that enjoy this site to pay their dues and charter up....

[Scutterborn]

Guess its time for some of those peeps that enjoy this site to pay their dues and charter up....

Yup, yup!!


- Ben -

[rrasco]

Seems like we are starting to have some more issues. Site has been pretty much stable for the last 2 months.

[Mr Cob]

It has been pretty stable and I also agree that the last few days have not...

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