Performance, clean up and the future.

[admin]

Working to resolve the issues - short term and long term.

Short term, clean up, optimization and shifting some of the load from the database to the files system.

Also asked service provider why they are limiting / throttling the database at 50% of the documented maximum size.

Long term, friends of the forum are looking into migrating and upgrading the forum - which is a good thing for support, features and most importantly new members etc.

Right now we should have some good performance at least until the next step.

Regards,

Ruy

[admin]

I would like to reduce the maximum number of stored private messages.
Right now it is set at 50, I would like to reduce this to 25

If you have any PM that you would like to save please do so.

[admin]

OK after last week's false start we try again.

What we have done:

1. reduced the size of the database by emptying certain tables
2. reduced the size of the database by moving some of the data to the file space
3. changed some forum settings
4. limited guest access (due to high guest activity)
5. removed domain forwarding to refresh DNS (more than 48hrs)
6. removed sub domain forum
7. reinstated subdomain forum
8. reinstated domain forwarding

Right now performance is very fast, BUT we have to see how it develops the next 48 hours. If stable we can look at maybe reinstating some of the guest settings - will also align with Jagan (who is helping us).

That's it, nothing more to share. I hope you all have a nice weekend.

EDIT: It is incredible that after only 5 minutes we have 1200 guests active. These must be mostly bots (AI etc) that are gathering data. Let's see how limiting the access helps to maintain our performance.

[Bombphoon]

Brilliant - thank you for all your effort/work to keep this excellent and valued forum going - it is appreciated - and sod the bots!

[Peter]

Thank you!

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Thanks Ruy for all what have done lately, but also during all these years. Right now the forum is saying there are 4 members connected.... and 448 guests (bots). I am missing the pre-IA world....

[edwest2]

Bots? Really? How do you know that? Where I work, we have added cloudflare verification to cut down on actual bots.

[DDT]

Thanks for the hard work. Appriciated

[Leendert]

Great job! Leendert

[Andy Mitchell]

Great to have it back.

Thanks for all of your hard work Ruy.