Steven P. Administrators Posted June 6, 2013 Administrators Share Posted June 6, 2013 Between now and about a week, you may experience extreme slowdowns of the forums while we prepare our huge (8+GB) database for the IPB 3.4.5 upgrade. There is no way around this, 3.2 data simply needs converting to 3.4.5 and this process will by itself take a few days, among other changes to our database that will affect the forums. We're trying to minimize this, but you will experience these slowdowns at certain points during the next week or so. Thanks for your understanding, for which we hope is a smooth upgrade. Lighthalzen 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-Tech Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 O.k, so it wasnt only me... For the past 20 minutes it was almost impossible to access the forum... Thank for the info and let's hope it will go smooth and fast. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595740052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiB3R Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595740058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisj1968 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Thanks Neobond. will the entire forum system be slowing down as it is done for the entire system? added: Btw, are there any new features to report? toss us a bone mate! :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595740062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun N. Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 O.k, so it wasnt only me... For the past 20 minutes it was almost impossible to access the forum... Thank for the info and let's hope it will go smooth and fast. Same, page cannot be displayed for me. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595740064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cork1958 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Between now and next week? What about the past SEVERAL months? Almost unusable half the time. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595740088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLegendOfMart Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Thanks Neobond, thought it was my connection. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595740092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-Tech Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Between now and next week? What about the past SEVERAL months? Almost unusable half the time. It's been a bit slow yes, but i would go as far as unusable half the time.... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595740098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-Tech Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Between now and next week? What about the past SEVERAL months? Almost unusable half the time. It's been a bit slow yes, but i would go as far as unusable half the time.... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595740102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted June 6, 2013 Author Administrators Share Posted June 6, 2013 When we have a date for the upgrade I will make an announcement of some of the changes. There are vast differences to the warn system too (member must acknowledge a warning) but we haven't decided on a points/reasosn system yet, so that will be forthcoming. And yes this affects the forums only, main page is alright throughout this process. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595740110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted June 6, 2013 Veteran Share Posted June 6, 2013 Thanks for letting us know :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595740126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted June 6, 2013 Veteran Share Posted June 6, 2013 oohhh twice lol Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595740254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted June 7, 2013 Member Share Posted June 7, 2013 Thanks for the update. Looking forward to 3.4.5. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595741630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhearted Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Ah, so this is why the forums randomly stop loading altogether. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595741642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted June 7, 2013 Veteran Share Posted June 7, 2013 I wonder if this also had to do with issues not being able to load the page earlier (this page cannot be displayed errors) Steven P., Roger H. and FiB3R 3 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595741660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerFan Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Please someone correct me if I am wrong... But, the way I see it, this IPB upgrade will not do anything to alleviate the problems with general slow loading that have been occurring off and on over the past year or so. New options and features, sure, and they will be welcomed. (Y) But an upgrade to the forum software shouldn't drastically affect the slow page loading times, slow posting times, slow reporting times, etc. At any rate... the information about the upgrade and the possible related downtimes is appreciated. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595741766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted June 7, 2013 Veteran Share Posted June 7, 2013 Neowin has been fine for months now the recent slowdowns have been due to the Database being converted ready for the upgrade to the new IPB Software If you notice slowdowns then there is a thread in the Issue board for this Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595742012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-Tech Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 I've been active a lot in the past month and the only slowness i felt was in the past few days and Neobond gave a reason for it. Actually since the DB upgrade yesterday i feel that the forum is faster. Haggis 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595742036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 As many said, thanks for the update. Hopefully everyone knows what's going on! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595744444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KibosJ Subscriber² Posted June 8, 2013 Subscriber² Share Posted June 8, 2013 I've been active a lot in the past month and the only slowness i felt was in the past few days and Neobond gave a reason for it. Actually since the DB upgrade yesterday i feel that the forum is faster. I have to admit that since this was posted neowin actually seems faster, weird. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1157230-possible-severe-slowdowns-of-the-forum/#findComment-595744502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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