Why is PF so slow?

rcgldr

A lot of the times I access the PF forums, the response rate is very slow. Is there just a lot of activity, or is some type of maintainance going on?

Doc Al

I notice this happening more and more. Yesterday was excruciatingly slow much of the day.

neutrino

And it is also quite slow now.

Pythagorean

It just got over it's slow bit now

Evo

It's been causing a lot of double posting.

Gokul43201

It's been causing a lot of my walking away from PF to get some real work done.

Bystander

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=125667

Someone wanna merge these? This is at least the third thread on the subject.

Pythagorean

naw, just call a tech, get it fixed, don't waste your time on aesthetics!

FredGarvin

I knew this would happen when we lost the old skin.

Greg Bernhardt

It's got nothing to do with the skin.

Hootenanny

Do we know what the problem is?

FredGarvin

I had to take one, last parting shot for the old ways.

Pythagorean

the database is getting bigger evey day?

Hootenanny

Perhaps time for a clean out? Or even a hardware upgrade? - But this would mean down time for PF, which would bring back my withdrawal symptoms...

Greg Bernhardt

yes I know what the problem is, it's pretty serious, once I can resolve it I'll let it be known

Moonbear

That sounds...pretty serious.

Mickey

True 'dat.

I thought it might have something to do with the fact that my hard drive is failing.* Lots of operations are slow for me now and my browser quits often. I hope your hard drive is alright, since it must get constant activity.

*No jokes, please.