A request to the forum moderators…forum speed

[onefastmustang]

I've been coming here since 2005 at least. And its been hot and cold as far as performance. Since it seems to run on a 14 year old OS I suspect upgrades have been few and far between.

[onefastmustang]

I'd consider it. I have an 18 cabinet cage in a datacenter. I am sure my gear could handle it among its other tasks..

[NewYorkGuy]

Originally Posted by onefastmustang

I'd consider it. I have an 18 cabinet cage in a datacenter. I am sure my gear could handle it among its other tasks..

clubchopper.com loads fine and that site never crashes. same owner as this clubcobra site.

[onefastmustang]

Oddly it is the same IP address so the same server. I suspect the issue then is a software/database issue. Most likely Mysql in serious need of maintenance. Or even upgrade as they made some serious improvements in later versions.

[onefastmustang]

In fact there are at least 4 sites running on the one server..


admin@mediastation:~$ nslookup www.clubcobra.com
Server: 192.168.86.1
Address: 192.168.86.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.clubcobra.com
Address: 64.254.32.101

admin@mediastation:~$ nslookup Welcome to Club Chopper--The world's largest Chopper site! - Club Chopper
Server: 192.168.86.1
Address: 192.168.86.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: Welcome to Club Chopper--The world's largest Chopper site! - Club Chopper
Address: 64.254.32.101

admin@mediastation:~$ nslookup Club Hot Rod Forums - Club Hot Rod
Server: 192.168.86.1
Address: 192.168.86.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: Club Hot Rod Forums - Club Hot Rod
Address: 64.254.32.101

admin@mediastation:~$ nslookup www.usafiat500.com
Server: 192.168.86.1
Address: 192.168.86.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
www.usafiat500.com canonical name = usafiat500.com.
Name: usafiat500.com
Address: 64.254.32.101

So one of them could be driving the whole thing downward.

[onefastmustang]

Removing 2nd post that duplicated previous post.

[Brent Mills]

Guys...I am sorry...I have worked on this for many hours over the last week and a half and have others who have been digging in too.....I am not certain what is going on yet as other sites on this server are running fine.

Please also note fellas, and I'm not looking for sympathy, but I have, along with the moderators put in thousands of hours over the last ~18 years. Please bare with me. I do apologize for the inconvenience. I will get it resolved.

I have another server which I am working on deploying, but as some of you know, as the years pass, new OS, different hardware, various versions of PHP/MySQL and other software decide not to play nicely, so it's not as simple as just copying everything over to the new server and pressing go. Lots of debugging there to get everything working too. So, I am trying to fix things in the short term on the current server, because something got buggered up, but nothing changed by me, so debugging that, when the software is the same for other sites that are working, is not proving easy.

I am trying...Nothing has been more important to me over the years than to keep you all connected. I'm sorry.

[EM-0785]

Originally Posted by Brent Mills

Guys...I am sorry...I have worked on this for many hours over the last week and a half and have others who have been digging in too.....I am not certain what is going on yet as other sites on this server are running fine.

Please also note fellas, and I'm not looking for sympathy, but I have, along with the moderators put in thousands of hours over the last ~18 years. Please bare with me. I do apologize for the inconvenience. I will get it resolved.

I have another server which I am working on deploying, but as some of you know, as the years pass, new OS, different hardware, various versions of PHP/MySQL and other software decide not to play nicely, so it's not as simple as just copying everything over to the new server and pressing go. Lots of debugging there to get everything working too. So, I am trying to fix things in the short term on the current server, because something got buggered up, but nothing changed by me, so debugging that, when the software is the same for other sites that are working, is not proving easy.

I am trying...Nothing has been more important to me over the years than to keep you all connected. I'm sorry.

Brent,

The IT guy I’d pm’d a name/number on a couple months back on the prior IT issue is still available (locally) and at the ready if you’d like to consider using him at some point. He had explained to me early into that prior site issue what he thought was going on (with PHP/Sql). It appears that ended up being what you found over time with others.

In a 30 second conversation with him today I advised him of the current issue. He believes the current slowness issue may well be permission or configuration issues. It sounds like it is getting an error that it then times out for, for like 20-30 seconds, then at the end of the time out period, it resolves to let it through.

Particularly if all sites are on the same server (and not virtually separated for example), he feels it’s likely something like above, as it’s apparently not affecting other sites. Also if that is the case, it’s likely not a hardware issues, which would likely affect all sites. Not to say hardware may not need upgrading for other reasons, etc.

At any rate, maybe something to look into, or even contact him. You could find that he offers best value techniques for streamlined upgrade/migration methods in a sound/secure manner and could possibly advise on employing a solution that may better survive ongoing, given the myriad of changes in the IT environment(s) these days.

You may well be satisfied with current advisors, I know sometimes doesn’t get resolved overnight. However, his solutions/mind on small business issues, including websites, have often been refreshingly valuable and cost effective.

Just trying to offer anything that might help...that's about all I can think of.

Oh, one more thing actually...the money side. I'd posed a question to Jamo on the lifetime membership as I wanted be become a supporter. He was going to verify with you, that was fairly recently, and I'm sure you've been tied up with things. However, my question is, is the $500 a one time lifetime membership (I strongly assume), or is it a true supercontributor commitment of $500/yr (which I wouldn't be interest in at this time)? Once I get that clarified, my path to signing up for a contributor level will be sped!

Brent

[xb-60]

Originally Posted by EM-0785

...my question is, is the $500 a one time lifetime membership (I strongly assume), or is it a true supercontributor commitment of $500/yr...

It's $500 for 25 years

Anybody who visits here regularly and gets information from the forum should at least think about a base-level contribution ($30/year) to help Brent keep ClubCobra ticking over.
edit: You also get 200MB storage in your gallery, which is handy with PhotoBucket having taken his bat and gone home

Where else do you have access to so much Cobra information and advice?


Cheers,
Glen

[mrmustang]

Brent,

Some of us appreciate your hard work and dedication, others, well, their posts speak for themselves


Bill S.

[Ron61]

Brent,

The people that know what it takes to keep a site going are behind you and understand that this kind of stuff can take a long time to dig out. Ignore the trolls like New York Guy. He posts like he knows everything and every post he says something that contradicts some of his previous I am brilliant statements. I wish that I could help but right now I am working 4/7 hours a day on another problem.

Ron

[peterpjb]

brent, appreciate very much your efforts to run this forum!

[1795]

Brent,

I have no doubt that you will figure it out, and greatly appreciate all that you and others have done to keep this site running. If I had any computer savvy I would offer to help, but alas I really do not have a clue.

Jim

[MOTORHEAD]

Brent: I won't "bare" with you,, but I will "bear" with you !!
Thank you for your efforts, current and past.
My browsers (chrome and firefox) tell me this site is unsecure.
I popped over to "Cobra Registry", and both give me a warning that that site is "dangerous" !! Very strange that both Cobra sites seem to be "infected" ?
"One fast Mustang" appears to be computer savy, it might be worth a call/PM to get his take on the situation. ! Just say'n .

[Ron61]

Motorhead,

Cobra Registry was infected sometime between 7 PM Pacific Time Last Sunday night and 3 AM Monday morning when I went to log in. I have sent the virus and malware definitions to the owner and he has his IT techs working on it. I fear it is going to be sometime before they find that stuff as it took me almost 7 hours to find the virus names that my security was blocking. Just being the Administrator I can't do anything more and some people, depending on what browser and what they use to access the site don't get any warnings. I have had the moderator post and tell members who spend time on the site to check their computers to be sure that they didn't get anything in them but from my research it seems that what is in there only rides on a download. This is the initial message that my security gives me when it blocks me from the site.

URL:Mal virus is a generic detection for malicious URL or web page. The detection of URL:Mal covers web site that is infected with virus, Trojan, and other types of malware. The same will also pop-up if a harmful Java Script file is spotted on the web site

Ron

[onefastmustang]

Originally Posted by MOTORHEAD

Brent: I won't "bare" with you,, but I will "bear" with you !!
Thank you for your efforts, current and past.
My browsers (chrome and firefox) tell me this site is unsecure.
I popped over to "Cobra Registry", and both give me a warning that that site is "dangerous" !! Very strange that both Cobra sites seem to be "infected" ?
"One fast Mustang" appears to be computer savy, it might be worth a call/PM to get his take on the situation. ! Just say'n .

Ssshhh... The internet has been my life since I was about 10 years old. I get to play with some pretty cool high end toys these days. 3par, Exadata database machines, and all of kinds of high end servers. I oversee a small 50 million a year company but have been approached by Google, Ebay, Amazon and quite a few others to leave. But I won't. I like small companies and believe in loyalty. I totally understand the pain Brent is probably going through. If he would like to enlist my expertise in mysql/php and my vulcan like logical mind, its available free of charge to him. But first you have to get rid of that virus called Windows 2003 R2. Just kidding..

[Moto One]

Thanks Brent and Ron, no worries, I'v been around for a wail, and will be. And here I wanted to blame the slowness on ISO 11.0 update.

Mark.

[onefastmustang]

Brent....

Hopefully you are reading this thread.. You might want to look at IIS. The TTFB is really high for your site, around 30-32 seconds. Once the first byte is delivered the remaining site comes up in 4 seconds, at least for me. Sounds to me like an application pool issue in IIS. There are lots of threads about this issue with IIS 6/7.

[onefastmustang]

This is not the type of result you would get from a permissions issue. That would tend to be a lot more catastrophic and result in a 500 code. None of the inspections of the resulting responses has yielded that. There are a handful of 404's, mostly 200s and 302's. The 404's should be fixed as they can cause a slight slow down on web load but definitely not what we are witnessing today. 404's tend to only cause sub 1 second pauses if even that high.

[boxhead]

Originally Posted by onefastmustang

This is not the type of result you would get from a permissions issue. That would tend to be a lot more catastrophic and result in a 500 code. None of the inspections of the resulting responses has yielded that. There are a handful of 404's, mostly 200s and 302's. The 404's should be fixed as they can cause a slight slow down on web load but definitely not what we are witnessing today. 404's tend to only cause sub 1 second pauses if even that high.

I am hopeless when it comes to IT stuff.
But your mention of a "500 error" pricked my attention, I just tried to upload some pics into my gallery, and it came up with a 500 error.
Not sure what it means, so I just gave up.