Site running slow

[RacingPete]

We are looking into a server that is causing issues at the moment causing the site to run slow...

... normal service resuming shortly.

[-Pete-]

RacingPete said:

We are looking into a server that is causing issues at the moment causing the site to run slow...

... normal service resuming shortly.

Slow is an understatement!

[Shaw Tarse]

Things have improved, had the cleaner unplugged the server so she could use her hoover?

[Brother D]

Is the normal thing to advertise private addresses back to users? Also may I ask if you use Squid?

REASON: The operation timed out
LINE: 0
XML FILE:http://localhost/xml/forums/default.asp?ls=12855.64320&memberId=XXXXXX&h=0&fav=fav&rt=%2Fxforums%2FDefault%2Easp&responsive=False
ERROR CODE: 80072EE2
REMOTE ADDRESS: X.X.X.X, 10.249.33.110:55464, 54.75.124.198
REMOTE HOST: 1.1.1.1
LOCAL ADDRESS: 10.2.20.15
URL: www.pistonheads.com/xforums/Default.asp?
REFERER: http://www.pistonheads.com/
SOURCE TEXT:
16/03/2015 19:36:39
URL: www.pistonheads.com/xforums/Default.asp?

[RacingPete]

Brother D said:

Is the normal thing to advertise private addresses back to users? Also may I ask if you use Squid?

Not usually, though the private addresses don't really tell you much. You may ask, and yes - as is shown in the network response in any developer tools you could use looking at the site.

[RacingPete]

Should all be back to "Normal"

[mad4amanda]

HMM I as still getting this after your message?
ERROR

The requested URL could not be retrieved

While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?

The following error was encountered:

Connection to 10.2.20.100 Failed
The system returned:

(111) Connection refused
The remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again.

Your cache administrator is root.
Generated Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:11:35 GMT by squid (squid)

[Brother D]

RacingPete said:

Brother D said:

Is the normal thing to advertise private addresses back to users? Also may I ask if you use Squid?

Not usually, though the private addresses don't really tell you much. You may ask, and yes - as is shown in the network response in any developer tools you could use looking at the site.

Just asking if that was to be expected, usually preference is to keep internal schema 'private'. Re squid I've only known smaller shops to use it, larger ones using blucoat and the like - its quite an endorsement if its good enough for you guys.

Has PH ever released it's traffic metrics and the like?

[DrDeAtH]

mad4amanda said:

HMM I as still getting this after your message?
ERROR

The requested URL could not be retrieved

While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?

The following error was encountered:

Connection to 10.2.20.100 Failed
The system returned:

(111) Connection refused
The remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again.

Your cache administrator is root.
Generated Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:11:35 GMT by squid (squid)

I have been having this all day. A lot worse since 18:00

[RacingPete]

Brother D said:

Just asking if that was to be expected, usually preference is to keep internal schema 'private'. Re squid I've only known smaller shops to use it, larger ones using blucoat and the like - its quite an endorsement if its good enough for you guys.

Has PH ever released it's traffic metrics and the like?

We may have done on the forums in the past.

When we put Squid in (about 6/7 years ago... i forget it was so long ago) we were doing quarter of a billion page impressions a month - and it helped massively.

Since then we have moved on in tech for quite a lot of the site, just the forums (and some member stuff) now sit under the Squid boxes and do less traffic than that. Also the Internet has moved on, Varnish would be the choice these days if we had the same situation.