hardboiledcop Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Its been doing this on and off for the last 24 hours, one minute its running fine, then for about 10 minutes or so it hangs and wont even load up the main page, whereas if i go to any other site it works fine. just thought I'd flag it up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lloydkristmas Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 same here, happens all the time, all other webpages work fine Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hardboiledcop Posted March 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 strange, its only just started happening to me, up till now it was smooth as. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ED-SKaR Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 just to add to the list, it has also happened to me it dosent last more than 2 minutes for me though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arnie Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 The site has been pretty busy of late, so traffic does tend to slow the server down. I'm keepng an eye on it as and when I can. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hardboiledcop Posted March 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 no worries, i usually get about 10 minutes of time then 2 minutes of lag. If I try and connect in firefox it says conection refused, IE does the usual not found screen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_darkness Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 For the past few months this has been a constant problem. Slow loading, at times it wont even load any pages. Can last for a few mins, or all night. A bit of an annoyance Doesnt stop me coming here everyday tho Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blade3 Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 cant you add another server or a more powerfull one to take the strain? or have it hosted with a company? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Desolation mkII Posted March 7, 2006 Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 He could. But I would imagain those things cost money. Money that arnie may not be willing to spend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
R22Master Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Indeedy. And therein lies the problem. At the moment the "Most users ever on-line" meter gets updated every few days with a new record high as more and more users hammer the server. This site is probably the world's most popular Airsoft site and it is being paid for by an Airsofter. Now we can take a look at a site like the BBC which handles far more users and hosts a lot more content. But that is being paid for by one of Britain's biggest corporations. Arnie's Airsoft is almost a victim of its own success at the moment and demand is starting to outstrip supply. We are looking at possible upgrades in the future but nothing is set in stone yet. I for one want to see this site grow and improve but money is always an issue. We are currently using an extremely powerful server and it would be hard to upgrade it given current technology, so the only option at the moment seems to be to spread the load across multiple servers. This takes money and as this site is being paid for by an individual, money is an issue. As such, you should rest assured that we are doing everything we can to keep the service up and running and hope to be able to resolve some of the issues we are currently experiencing in the near future. Of course we apologize for any down-time users are experiencing and will do everything in our power to keep things up and running, but we are only human after all Peak times for usage (and server hiccups) seems to be between 8pm and midnight GMT (UK time) and usage can go even higher on weekends, so if you do experience outages or server-stalls during these times, we would appreciate your patience while the server is sweating buckets trying to keep up with the demand. Many thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oleander Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 ...This takes money and as this site is being paid for by an individual, money is an issue. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How about opening the door for donations, like it was done in 2005 for memory upgrade of the server? We have a very strong community here at Arnie's and I'd be surprised if we weren't able to collect a good sum. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gene Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=payp...x=0&cy_code=GBP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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