NamePros is down often?

[htmlindex]

It seems that this forum is down quite often & also get messages that the server is too busy at this moment. I am on the forum & everything's fine, then I open up a new thread, & then get a "Can't access site" message, refresh the page a few times, then maybe about 2 minutes later after a few more refreshes, it comes back.

Are many people here experiencing the same thing as well?

 

[James]

its server working to hard, -RJ- needs to put some more caffeine in the hamsters bottles. keep em pumped
i wouldn't really worry about it, it shouldn't happen to often

 

[htmlindex]

It happened to me twice in the past 2 hours today

 

[Dan]

One of these threads is made every few weeks and nothing has ever changed...

 

[James]

well, i think -RJ- actually runs 2 servers, think about it tho, theres 55,000 members, plus the guests viewing the board, thats alot of server load

 

[ApeXX]

It seems that this forum is down quite often & also get messages that the server is too busy at this moment. I am on the forum & everything's fine, then I open up a new thread, & then get a "Can't access site" message, refresh the page a few times, then maybe about 2 minutes later after a few more refreshes, it comes back.

Are many people here experiencing the same thing as well?

I've been here for a long time and disagree completely. With all of the traffic and bandwidth that passes through this website, NamePros is online a large majority of the time.

 

[Camron]

well, i think -RJ- actually runs 2 servers, think about it tho, theres 55,000 members, plus the guests viewing the board, thats alot of server load

Not all 55,000 members are visiting all the time

 

[TWM]

i have never experienced downtime.. ever.

 

[mkylut]

i have always experienced downtime. And when the site is a bit busy, I need to switch from FF to Opera.

 

[Dan]

i have always experienced downtime. And when the site is a bit busy, I need to switch from FF to Opera.

Switching browsers makes absolutely no sense in terms of making a website load if it's having problems.


I've never had problems. :]

 

[mkylut]

Opera handles slow connection better than FF imho. FF doesn't work hard to fetch a page when slow connection occurs. When the I experienced slow connection with Nampepros, FF can't view the page. But with Opera, I can still view the page, it takes times of course.

 

[RJ]

It seems that this forum is down quite often & also get messages that the server is too busy at this moment. I am on the forum & everything's fine, then I open up a new thread, & then get a "Can't access site" message, refresh the page a few times, then maybe about 2 minutes later after a few more refreshes, it comes back.

Are many people here experiencing the same thing as well?

Based at the time you posted this, it was probably the full server backup we do every night. It takes the site mostly down for about 5-6 minutes while it mirrors the SQL databases. I try to do it at the slowest time of the day - between 5 and 7 PM EDT.

 

[James]

thats when all the aussies are on

 

[kwan]

That's when I take time to sleep :zzz:

 

[.X.]

That's when I take time to sleep :zzz:

<< see my location.
LOL..me too,but i live here at NP's and RJ has me a nice bungalo here, when i get sleepy, but seriosly,I haven't had any problems getting on, or navigating NamePros, not even when those other threads about the same problem were posted.

 

[bizwiz]

I have never encountered downtime yet with namepros and I hope I never will

 

[ApeXX]

Opera handles slow connection better than FF imho. FF doesn't work hard to fetch a page when slow connection occurs. When the I experienced slow connection with Nampepros, FF can't view the page. But with Opera, I can still view the page, it takes times of course.

Yeah, FireFox is very quick to jump to the "Connection Timed Out" error and stop trying to load the page.

 

[htmlindex]

Based at the time you posted this, it was probably the full server backup we do every night. It takes the site mostly down for about 5-6 minutes while it mirrors the SQL databases. I try to do it at the slowest time of the day - between 5 and 7 PM EDT.

That would explain it then. Guess I must be coming on at the wrong time, doh :hehe:

 

[novelty]

i have never experienced downtime.. ever.

I second it.

 

[dhscott]

I occasionally cannot access the site either, but I never let it phase me as I know the site is either being backed-up or its just my ISP. I disconnect and reconnect and its fine.