running slow

[kit'n]

i have dsl and every site i go to loads fine except this one. for some reason it will work ok for a couple minutes, then it will take 2-3 mintues to load a page. it keeps doing that over and over. i usually get irritated and go to some other site or just get off the comp, but why is it doing that?

[steve-o]

it does this to me on my T1 line at least once or twice a week.

[Alienswede]

Our server is under heavy load in the afternoon. We get over 500,000 hits per day. With our site being fairly complex, it's a bit more than our server can handle smoothly.

What slows it down the most is the picture gallery, user pics and doing searches on the now massive database of the forums.

If we had extra money we could upgrade our server but we get no revenue from the site. It's funded entirely from our own pockets.

I hope that explains it.

[xryptic]

Originally posted by Alienswede
If we had extra money we could upgrade our server but we get no revenue from the site. It's funded entirely from our own pockets.

Hmmm...

I think we need a DDM Server Fund Benefit Show.

[Cock Puncher]

Originally posted by Alienswede
Our server is under heavy load in the afternoon. We get over 500,000 hits per day. With our site being fairly complex, it's a bit more than our server can handle smoothly.

What slows it down the most is the picture gallery, user pics and doing searches on the now massive database of the forums.

If we had extra money we could upgrade our server but we get no revenue from the site. It's funded entirely from our own pockets.

I hope that explains it.

I think you should start deleting old users tht do not visit the site

say anyone who's ip/username that hasn't been logged onto in the last 6-9-months, pics and all