Forums running slow

lancasterlad · Post by **lancasterlad** » 04 Mar 2011, 05:57

The PowerSwitch forum seems to have been running slow for a couple of days now. Is anybody on the case?

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 04 Mar 2011, 06:10

+1. The service is particularly poor this morning.

Post by **kenneal - lagger** » 04 Mar 2011, 13:52

Seem to be OK now.

PS_RalphW · Post by **PS_RalphW** » 21 Sep 2011, 14:17

Powerswitch seems to be a persistently slow service.

I know all about running web sites an antiquated hardware and this website is excellent value for money, but is there any prospects of increased performance on the horizon? Would a tweaking of the database to trim down old access log tables or better indexing be possible?

I'm will to offer advice, although the site I run is different technology.

Post by **adam2** » 21 Sep 2011, 16:07

Seems ok now.
I have wondered about deleting all members of a years standing or more, that have no posts.
Some people may wish to join and take their time before posting, no harm in that.
But a year with no surving posts suggests a spammer.

Blue Peter · Post by **Blue Peter** » 21 Sep 2011, 16:45

adam2 wrote:Seems ok now.
I have wondered about deleting all members of a years standing or more, that have no posts.
Some people may wish to join and take their time before posting, no harm in that.
But a year with no surving posts suggests a spammer.

Some people like to lurk.

Does the number of users have a performance effect?

Peter.

Post by **adam2** » 23 Sep 2011, 16:01

Not certain if the numbers of users has a performance effect, but a larger number encourages spam.
It is considered more worthwhile to spam a form with 3,000 members, than one with 1,000.