Everyone is aware that at times, the website decided to start 'acting funny' ( to keep it simple ).  Some were seeing blank white, some were getting a pop-up with an error and some ... well, let's just say they were getting a bit angered at the speed.

Well, this "should" be resolved and I would like to know if you are seeing a change in the speed.  There are alot of factors that go into the speed & response time of a website and, well, this one here is an exception to the standard rule due to the amount of data passing per minute.

On average, the site is processing 48 - 80 GIGS of data, per day, every day while at the same time handling over 250,000 "requests" of data every hour

[  74.3 requests/sec - 573.1 kB/second - 7.4 kB/request ]

On top of this, some are watching videos, chatting on IM, uploading pics, viewing pics, adding videos, etc., which all start to slow down the response time of a site.

That is where me, and a small team of magic makers come in.

Just like with an engine, you have to tune it a bit for better performance.  Sometimes, when you make something work better, something else will perform a bit less than part.  A few weeks ago, we tuned the engine here to prevent data overloads from occuring which, in result, caused problems in other areas.  The errors that were seen were the result of a dropped request, plain and simple, responding to the tune-up that was helping other areas. 

I feel that what we worked on late last night, into the early morning hours and put in place mid-morning today "should" improve everyones experience here, back to how they liked it.  If it acts funny, don't hesitate to contact me.

Appreciate everyones patience this past week.

Thanks.

Tags: Website Speed