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WhoDak · Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 492 Location: Akron, OH

I don't know if anyone else is noticing this, but loading up the board pages, reply pages and threads are seeming to be a little slower to contact the 924board than before. I'm on a DSL connection, things were definatly smoother and quicker about 2 weeks ago.
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'82 924 N/A
'91 Toyota Pickup SR5 4x4 Xtra cab

AGD931 · Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Posts: 289 Location: Athens, Greece

I agree too, mike

I am on an ISDN connection at 115kbps and the board is slower over the last couple of weeks.

Arthur
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1990 E30 320i Cabrio
1979 Ford Capri Ghia

Chrenan · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada

Agreed.
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1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan

skemcin · Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 1284 Location: Plainfield, IL

yes - refrigerated hershey's chocolate syrup runs faster than the site has been the last week or so.
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9249206346 - 89k – new shifter bushings, belts, running well.
9249206347 - 8k – waiting its resurrection, no power at the fuel pump and fuse #7 blows w/power

Jazzerpet · Joined: 07 Apr 2003 Posts: 186 Location: Omaha, NE.

I thought it was just me. It does it at home and at work. Both are high speed. Not that I search the board wile at work.

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1985 ½ 944
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Peter_in_AU · Joined: 29 Jul 2001 Posts: 2743 Location: Sydney, Australia

yeah, it's very strange. It doesn't seem to be related to the time of day so it probably isn't bandwidth related.

I've run a few checks and I can't see anything obvious. The server it runs on is getting really old and should be replaced but I don't have the spare cash and besides that shouldn't cause the slow-down.

I have to do an upgrade of the board software so I think I'll take the board off-line for an hour or two this weekend and run a few tests.
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1979 924 (Gone to a better place)
1974 Lotus 7 S4 "Big Valve" Twin-cam (waiting)
1982 924 (As featured on Wikipedia)

Learn to love your multimeter and may the search be with you

Paul · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:48 pm Post subject:

You want us to PayPal you some funds for a new server?

Peter_in_AU · Joined: 29 Jul 2001 Posts: 2743 Location: Sydney, Australia

Paul, you're always so quick to offer. People like you make this board what it is.

I haven't worked out a plan to replace the server or got any quotes. What I'd like to do is get something with heaps of disk space so I can integrate a photo server so members can upload photos directly to the board rather than having to host pics externally like we do now.

I'll take the board offline for an hour or two on Sunday (my time, Saturday night your time) and do the software upgrade and run a bunch of tests to see if I can find out where the slowdown is.
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1979 924 (Gone to a better place)
1974 Lotus 7 S4 "Big Valve" Twin-cam (waiting)
1982 924 (As featured on Wikipedia)

Learn to love your multimeter and may the search be with you

Jazzerpet · Joined: 07 Apr 2003 Posts: 186 Location: Omaha, NE.

I haven’t checked with the rest of the members but I am sure the “Omaha Crew” is ready to pitch in what we can when needed.

It’s scary to think where we would be without YOU and this board.
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1985 ½ 944
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Peter_in_AU · Joined: 29 Jul 2001 Posts: 2743 Location: Sydney, Australia

The web server software (apache) was reporting some very strange errors. I stopped and started it and the database software as well for good measure.

The board seems much snappier now.

I'll still upgrade the board software on Sunday and I'll see if there are any upgrades for the web server software and upgrade that at the same time.
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1979 924 (Gone to a better place)
1974 Lotus 7 S4 "Big Valve" Twin-cam (waiting)
1982 924 (As featured on Wikipedia)

Learn to love your multimeter and may the search be with you

ESC944 · Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 747 Location: FL

I think I have a few processors and motherboards laying around, if not can send you a donation.

What kind of server are you using? Current configuration, memory, processors, etc... never know what I might have laying around, Just go rid of an old server well two years old... but nice dual processor AMD setup, small time, but nice.

I imagine you arent exactly running a Rack...

Anyway it is running much better.

D Hook · Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 3158 Location: Omaha, NE

I can send by paypal. Just say the word. What d'ya need...? Quarter? Fifty cents?

I suppose, knowing Peter's generosity, he'll never ask. I say we just start paypal-ing him money until he says stop.

Paul, you go first.

There's an awful lot of people on this board now. Surely we can all scrape together a few bucks to replace the hardware. What d'ya say Peter?

The board was down this morning (US time) and Jazzerpet suggested we all just sell our cars. THAT'S how serious this is!

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Peter_in_AU · Joined: 29 Jul 2001 Posts: 2743 Location: Sydney, Australia

We're still running on very low-end hardware. It's a 400Mhz Intel with 128M RAM and 8Gig of disk space. It was reasonably high-end when I built it about five years ago. The setup is very reliable, the last time the server was rebooted was over three years ago when I did a full upgrade of the operating system. It hasn't been powered down in over five years.

For such an old box it still performs well although I am starting to wonder how much longer it can keep going.

The main reasons that I'd like to replace it is to get a lot more disk space so we can allow pictures to be uploaded for use on the board and it needs to have a rack-mount case (currently a micro-tower). The guys who run the data centre where it lives are insisting that all servers are rack-mounts.

As they say in the classics "Don't send any money". I'll get a quote from Dell and then we can throw around some ideas and options.
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1979 924 (Gone to a better place)
1974 Lotus 7 S4 "Big Valve" Twin-cam (waiting)
1982 924 (As featured on Wikipedia)

Learn to love your multimeter and may the search be with you

Paul · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:47 pm Post subject:

Chrenan · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada

Paul,

I'll also send some funds by PayPal when required. Even though the system is working fine now, 5 years is old in terms of computer technology. It may be best to plan for something now by collecting funds, because if the server does go kaboom one day, it will be a lot more difficult to get a hold of people and get things running. I'd hate to lose this site as it is an amazing resource.

Have you thought of a similar system to Rennlist? You know, where you have registered members who pay an annual fee? It might be a way to keep some funds available at all times for minor upgrades. Of course, it might be a lot more complicated than it looks, but just a thought.

Chrenan
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