WHY SO SLOW?

[JHL_2]

How does this forum ever survive when it works so slow?

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Could you be a bit more specific ????

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

If you mean the connection, try this link to complane.

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x6b575c7609e9d61190050090279cd0f9,00.html

Kind regards,

Robert-Jan.

[JHL_2]

First - I love the forum but tried to run a search (hit search button) and then went to lunch (ham and cheese sub). Anyway, when I came back and the results were still pending. This even occurs late at night regardless of what network I'm on. I've spoken to other admins who all report the same.

[Pete Randall]

I would have to say that's atypical. Many of us complain about response time and there have been some particular problems of late, but nothing like you're describing. Are you seeing similar results from other websites or is it just ITRC?

Pete

[JHL_2]

Also, no time to get an error, it just takes so long to get the search option to return...

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

I understand that your query is purely rhetorical, but you can add value to it by directing it here:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x6b575c7609e9d61190050090279cd0f9,00.html

Dan (the Forum Administrator) always keeps an "Issues" thead open every month, starting a new one very near the first day. It is most helpful for all of us if you document your observations there.

Regards!

...JRF...

[JHL_2]

All other websites are showing no problems in terms of speed. The slowdown I'm describing here is when hitting the search key it takes sooo long to respond. Others are reporting the same problem. So much so that they only use the site after hours.

[Pete Randall]

You're right - the searches are the worst but I'm also in the US and don't see that kind of poor response - that's why I asked. I think there's something else at work here.

Pete

[Jeff Schussele]

I've found at times that it can be entirely browser-related. I log off & close the browser & start another session (sometimes a different browser altogether) & the problem vanishes. I'll point no fingers, but just say it's usually a "Soft" browser......

My 2 cents,
Jeff

[Pete Randall]

Jeff,

You're so subtle!

I stick with Netscape myself.

Pete

[Jeff Schussele]

Pete,

Hear ya....

I'm becoming a growing Mozilla fan. Sure looks & feels like the new NetScape w/o all the overhead of NS.

Cheers,
Jeff

[Bill Hassell]

Just another datapoint: today appeared to be a worldwide slowdown, or more specifically, specific requests would hang, but if cancelled and retried, they worked OK. This was true of at least two dozen different sites I tried using a T3 link today. I don't think it was the HP search engines in this case because the symptoms were so widespread across non-HP sites.

Since it was sporadic, I would suspect that a coordinated network attack or possibly a DNS attack has been underway. I would not wait for more than 10-20 seconds for a search. Just cancel, then refresh the current site and search again. You'll may get a much quicker response.

[Jeff Schussele]

Amen Bill!

I've gotten in that habit.
No response in a reasonable time - stop & refresh is the order of the day.


Jeff

[JHL_2]

Yea just a moment ago I hit "my profile" and it simply never returned. Refreshing didn't help. As for in the US, I'm here in Florida (does that count?)

[Pete Randall]

Florida "counts" - just not very well.

;^)

Pete

[Kellogg Unix Team]

:-)

Pete, I would have given 20 points for that!!

Slowness in response is very erratical; at times even with T3-link, the response is bad and sometimes, with 56K dial-up, its satisfactory.

...Manjeet

[Gene Kornacki_2 · Accepted solution]

Whenever results take too long for me I hit refresh and they ussually show up pretty quick. What speed are you at and where are you?

[Pete Randall]

Glad you got it, Manjeet.

Pete