This Host Also Sucks [Archive]

Miami

20-04-2007, 03:52 PM

Its been down for serveral hours a couple of times this week, both during the day and later at night. Was down from about 1pm til at least 2:30pm for me today.

Lonewolf

20-04-2007, 04:18 PM

yep, up and down like a yoyo

20-04-2007, 04:40 PM

hmmmm

Tre-Cool

20-04-2007, 05:39 PM

how much space does the database take up on ur server and whats your monthly allocation?

i use a mob called lunarpages for my webhosting, it's fast as fuck and very reliable

Beams

20-04-2007, 09:12 PM

Lunarpages... oldschool hosting.

They used to have a very bad rep, not sure how it is now.

Morgs: Maybe email them about it and see whats going on. If it continues there was the 90 day money back and new server FTW.

Lonewolf

20-04-2007, 09:19 PM

my work hosts 3x fulltime servers in the US.
if you get desperate let me know, probably not as cheap as where you are now, but ultra stable.

RICEY

20-04-2007, 10:41 PM

Whats with hosting in the US? Thats prob half the problem? Cant it be hosted locally or is it too pricey?

Lonewolf

21-04-2007, 02:19 AM

doesnt really matter where its hosted if the pipeline and servers are good.
we run around 100 sites (including intranets, web applications, mail, spam filtering etc) over there and never had a complaint to speed.

In the states, dedicated data centers are much cheaper bang for buck. Ie over there i can get 24/7 monitored service, virtually unlimited bandwidth, top notch speed, good physical security, and complete control over our servers, at a fraction of the cost of one over here.

FranZ

22-04-2007, 04:08 PM

Whats with hosting in the US? Thats prob half the problem? Cant it be hosted locally or is it too pricey?

Hosting in Australia is stupidly expensive compared to hosting in the US. My website moved to the US over 4 years ago purely because of cost!

Pipes around the world are generally big enough these days and are able to handle the traffic; doesn't really matter where the host is!

Rhys

22-04-2007, 10:37 PM

Server = gayer then me

Brockas

22-04-2007, 10:39 PM

Server = gayer then me

LOL

:werd:

Lets find another one. This is shit.

Fryman

23-04-2007, 08:26 AM

ive been using dreamhost for 4 years and not 2 times spring to mind for downtime do to server maintaince. Their pricing and allocation is brilliant!

Whoevers running this shit send them an email and tell them your thoughts, as they are probably not aware and will go out of their way to help you.. dreamhost is run by a bunch of weirdo nerds.. (see --> http://www.dreamhost.com/aboutus.html)

The errors coming up were dns failures, database errors and complete failure on the website due to misconfiguration. So either somebodys messing with background processes or they are not stable.

Supra_boi

23-04-2007, 08:55 AM

is quite slow on my adsl2+ connection at home. some times instant load some times a few seconds mainly gets stuck on the banner

RICEY

23-04-2007, 09:23 AM

Server = gayer then me

:shake: :werd:

Supra_boi

23-04-2007, 09:28 AM

if its gayer than rhys thats pretty gay. especially when a gay man gives him self shit bout it.

Morgs

23-04-2007, 10:25 AM

I'll have a talk to the host - I've not experienced any problems to date on this server- what specifically are the problems that I can talk to them about?

In terms of other resolutions, we are not equipt to cover the cost of a dedicated server....

RICEY

23-04-2007, 10:33 AM

Pages taking ages to load, or not loading at all.

What would it cost? Im happy to assist with costs if a few other jump on board.

Kilma

23-04-2007, 11:20 AM

Purely out of curiosity, does Antilag take donations the way other sites do, or does all the cash come from sponsors & mods pockets?

MrMayhem

23-04-2007, 12:40 PM

From sponsors duder

Lonewolf

23-04-2007, 12:41 PM

i quite often get stuck uploading a post, just times out.
Wait 10 mins, hit refresh and it seems to go through.

Dont need a dedicated server, just a good host :)

23-04-2007, 01:06 PM

asides from being down a couple of times ive had no speed or loading issues?

Milhouse

23-04-2007, 05:35 PM

same problems as ricey
pages not loading or taking bloody forever to load.

404 errors etc and also DNS issues.

Brockas

23-04-2007, 05:36 PM

It's been down at least 3 times that I know of already.

Morgs

23-04-2007, 06:34 PM

Alright we'll see what they come back with

Lump

23-04-2007, 08:14 PM

asides from being down a couple of times ive had no speed or loading issues?

same here, speed is way better than when move hapened a month or so ago.
it works well 4 me

23-04-2007, 10:35 PM

the other issues may be related to us not moving server correctly?

Morgs

24-04-2007, 05:29 AM

Can someone answer these questions:

Is this site-wide, or page-specific?
Is the problem still occurring?

Next time it happens:
- open up an MS DOS prompt and run tracert antilag.com

And PM me the output/screenshot

Without this information can't resolve what problems we've been having. The host is happy to help but we need to try and identify the problem. I can't do this because I am not having problems with the server from my connection.

Cheers

FranZ

24-04-2007, 07:00 AM

Generally it happens lunchtime to about 3pm WST. starts with a db error, then the site doesnt exist. It pings, its like the http service isn't running on the server.

Least thats what I get.

kneedtotinkle

24-04-2007, 09:09 PM

I get the above sometimes^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Passage GT

25-04-2007, 04:25 PM

i haven't had any problems at all
but havn't been on at 3pm either

Beams

26-04-2007, 12:08 PM

Im here for the downtime...

Jase

26-04-2007, 01:27 PM

when it goes down, its site wide.
For me anyways

Morgs

28-04-2007, 06:10 PM

FYI talked to their tech support and they've escalated to level 2, and will get back to us.

Whatever level 2 is. Not sure.

RICEY

28-04-2007, 06:56 PM

Level 2 means they eat donuts, drink decaf and take the piss out of aussies for twice the time of Level 1

Milhouse

28-04-2007, 07:49 PM

DEFCON 5 hahah

cplagz

29-04-2007, 12:22 PM

servage is another good option

Miami

29-04-2007, 09:23 PM

pages have been deadly slow loading all day today (like 2-3mins to fully load a page on 512k broadband). Have noticed some new advertising banners - have these just been integrated?? Is that likely to be the culprit for today

Morgs

30-04-2007, 06:25 AM

As per announcement, banners are a work in progress

Next time it happens:
- open up an MS DOS prompt and run tracert antilag.com

If I don't have this feedback I can't trace it / follow it up with the server tech gurus. I was on the site almost all day yesterday without any issues.

Thanks

30-04-2007, 07:22 AM