Still something wrong with server?

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Users are experiencing access issues with the forums, with reports of slow responses and intermittent downtime lasting 5-10 minutes. A recent server maintenance to address a failed drive may have contributed to these problems, although no significant issues are logged. Some users speculate that external factors, such as ISP throttling or network rerouting due to floods, could be affecting performance. Additionally, there are warnings related to an RSS feed timing out, which may be causing further errors, but the core issue appears to be outside the Physics Forums server. Overall, users are concerned about ongoing performance issues and the potential need for adjustments to the RSS feed.
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For about last 10 minutes I wasn't able to access forums. Could be something local to me.
 
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It's not just you, Borek. I'm having problems too.
 
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Sorry, next time I will try to not see anything :-p
 
I've been experiencing the same problems since the switch.
 
I've noticed a few slow responses, but that could have been my ISP. But none today.
 
The failed drive was still attached. We had to take the server offline for a few minutes last night to get it out. Nothing else is being reported in any logs.
 
I have had some dead zones of 5-10 minutes today, though Yahoo and Google pop up instantly. Not a huge deal, but there may be something still lurking out there. Of course, re-routing due to floods in the NE might have pushed me through some heavily throttled trunks. There is a LOT of stuff that's not working real well here.
 
turbo-1 said:
There is a LOT of stuff that's not working real well here.

Must be all the high res photos of evo we've been uploading :-p
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Must be all the high res photos of evo we've been uploading :-p
Now! More! More!
 
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11:36 PM (Pacific Time) - Experiencing subpar performance and then received the following output after about a 30 sec delay:


Warning: MagpieRSS: Failed to fetch https://www.physicsforums.com/magpierss/cache/physorg175.xml.cache (HTTP Error: connection failed (11) in [path]/magpierss/rss_fetch.inc on line 238

Warning: array_slice() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in [path]/includes/class_postbit.php(265) : eval()'d code on line 17

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/class_postbit.php(265) : eval()'d code on line 18

Warning: array_slice() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in [path]/includes/class_postbit.php(265) : eval()'d code on line 24

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/class_postbit.php(265) : eval()'d code on line 25
 
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I recall Greg once told us this is effect of some RSS feed (SciAm?) timing out and other errors are just a side effect. Problem lies outside PF server, so there is not much that can be done about it (that is, this particular RSS feed could be removed, but Greg wants it on the PF).

But I can be wrong.
 
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Good to know. Thanks, Borek. :smile:
 
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