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Simo	21st May 2007 20:13

Switch to NEW MR Dedicated Server - opinions?

Well,

Many of you may not have noticed, but last night we switched servers...

The true worth of the new server is yet to be exploited, but I was wondering if any of you had any comments or had experienced any issues?

No news is good news??? But sometimes its good to get a little feedback ;)

Simo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark (Post 1164917)

Saxperience is growing faster than ever, and even though we only moved to a new dedicated server on 12/Sep/2006 (see Saxperience Essential Maintenance - Downtime!) and it has been doing a valiant job keeping up with the increasing demand, the server has been showing signs of strain at peak times.

We always strive to ensure that your enjoyment of Saxperience is as trouble free as possible, and like most people we don't want to be caught without enough power to get us out of trouble... so we're going to upgrade to a significantly more powerful server!

Inevitably, this means that there will be some downtime while the migration takes place.

The Saxperience Web site will be offline after 1am on Monday 21st May 2007.

Any downtime will be kept to a minimum and should hopefully be no more than a couple of hours (and you'll all be in bed probably anyway) ;)

Any questions or concerns please locate your friendly local moderator.

Leo	21st May 2007 20:14

i cant post a new thread in for sale section for some reason, dunno if thats the server

bullit

21st May 2007 20:15

leo have you read the replys to your other thread? i told you why x

simo- no news from me

jaybiss

21st May 2007 20:17

The site seems fast as fuck to be where as it was quite slow before :)

used to take me a while to post

Predator_R32

21st May 2007 20:19

seems ok to me simon :y: lot faster just one thing www.sax-p.net wont work but www.saxperience.com does

EDIT works now :p

Mark	21st May 2007 20:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by bullit (Post 1171096)

leo have you read the replys to your other thread? i told you why x

Ditto here! ;)

bullit

21st May 2007 20:21

mark i thought my answer was correct though :P

Steve

21st May 2007 20:26

i still got page cant be displayed a couple of times when server seems busy!

bar that when posting comments seems faster, sometimes at peak times it lagd a bit :y:

Robbo

21st May 2007 20:27

ive seen no change tbh

Simo	21st May 2007 20:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve_VTR (Post 1171124)

i still got page cant be displayed a couple of times when server seems busy!

bar that when posting comments seems faster, sometimes at peak times it lagd a bit :y:

See if you get that over the next few days... server has only been online since about 4am and NO server lag has occurred today.

makaveli144

21st May 2007 20:30

Quote:

posting comments seems faster

Same here, not of the waiting for ages or timing out which has happend before.

Viper

21st May 2007 20:33

not realy noticed any major differences...

saxochap

21st May 2007 20:38

loads faster for me

Mark	21st May 2007 20:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve_VTR (Post 1171124)

i still got page cant be displayed a couple of times when server seems busy!

bar that when posting comments seems faster, sometimes at peak times it lagd a bit :y:

Any page not display errors we need an exact date/time, isp etc... as detailed in the Bugs forum many times - I've just been through the server logs for your access and can't find a single error (suspect a connectivity/timeout problem).

As for peak load - the performance of this new server is scary. I've never seen a server do so much with such little effort. The performance graphs look like it's switched off lol.

Ste	21st May 2007 20:44

Ive not had any hitches and ive had a good browse around....

No lag, no double posting pauses,

S'All Guuuud

BENSAX3

21st May 2007 20:48

i have just had to refresh the page as its is soooooo slow, probs just my internet

Scattle

21st May 2007 20:51

Quicker than it usually has been before which is a good thing.

al_VTR

21st May 2007 20:52

Seems fine to me, i can't comment on speed as much as others because i'm still on prehistorice broadband speed at home in the sticks.

I'm sure the new server will become more valuable when the next upgrade is put into place

Harv	21st May 2007 21:05

seems good to me Simo. Only thing i would say is that my browser sometimes got stuck today trying to refresh the forum page. But that could just be my internet being gay

AM4R	21st May 2007 21:07

It feels alot faster for some reason, is this the server?

Connor_scotland

21st May 2007 21:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaybiss (Post 1171101)

The site seems fast as fuck to be where as it was quite slow before :)

used to take me a while to post

I agree the site seems to be faster but apart from that I havent noticed much different

Luke	21st May 2007 22:03

Ain't used it much since it transferred over but it does seem quicker for browsing and posting.

GabbaKid

21st May 2007 23:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaybiss (Post 1171101)

The site seems fast as fuck to be where as it was quite slow before :)

used to take me a while to post

ya same..

Saxo-Slag

21st May 2007 23:23

Faster for me

saxoash

21st May 2007 23:26

Ive had 2 error pages while browsing at work today, could have been works internet though

Amiee

22nd May 2007 00:07

tbh doesnt seam any faster to me but i proberly wouldnt notice the difference anyway lol, but have been getting a fair few page cant be displayed pages today :(

and weird message saying im posting to much when i posted it once... lol never mind :D

b0t13

22nd May 2007 01:36

on refresh i sometime lose connection

"The server at www.saxperience.com is taking too long to respond.

* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments."

also i sometimes get slow posting times..

Ryan	22nd May 2007 01:38

still has crashed a few times on me tbh dude

MaRiO89

22nd May 2007 01:39

Has crashed once on me, but used to do it like 3 times atleast a night, also the site is quicker it seems..

well worth the upgrade.. :)

Simo	22nd May 2007 01:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Itsafastworld85 (Post 1172082)

still has crashed a few times on me tbh dude

What do you mean by crashed???

Ive had a DNS error this evening, but could be simply poor dns propogation via nt-hell. (as usual)

Just saying the site has crashed doesnt proivide any meaningful information :err:

MaRiO89

22nd May 2007 01:57

Yeah thats what i had a DNS error..

Simo	22nd May 2007 01:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by James_Bristol (Post 1172122)

Yeah thats what i had a DNS error..

AOL... Hmmmm :P

SaxOmniaC

22nd May 2007 02:03

havent really noticed any difference tbh, maybe a little quicker

Ryan	22nd May 2007 02:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simo (Post 1172119)

sorry simo.

had the site is not available message a fair few times tbh.. prob minimal less than the older server.

had another couple of occasions when posts have taken ages to post.

im not being pedantic btw just trying to help you out with feedback

vtrchris64

22nd May 2007 02:09

might just be me but it seems a bit slow, when pages are loading it pauses on the blue sax-p background for a while and sometimes goes white :panic:

Barry123

22nd May 2007 03:44

not trying to bite the placebo pill here. but actually ive noticed a considerable difference.

I always thought my uni internet connection was a bag of bollocks when it came to saxp but since the migration it does seem noticeably quicker... not in terms of milliseconds but in significant quantities.

Again hats off to you guys behind the scenes. I wish every club had admins that were as dedicated to progressing the site further as you lot were :y:

Mark51

22nd May 2007 07:02

it doesnt seem any different at home. however, the computers at work are sh*te and yesterday the site was really slow but today its alot alot alot better.
nice one!

Ryan	22nd May 2007 07:54

quoting seemes to be the more noticable cause of, none page lading, or page freeze.

Simo	22nd May 2007 10:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Itsafastworld85 (Post 1172202)

quoting seemes to be the more noticable cause of, none page lading, or page freeze.

All feedback is used constructively - we are trying to iron out any little bugs too, so dont worry.. Im not getting stroppy :P

Its just hard to pinpoint an error, when no event is logged in the error logs, indicating that the problem is client side.

With your help little niggles will be found and purged though - so keep on pointing things out :A:

Simo

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