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Apologies if I'm polluting this place and the question has been brought up before and answered, but my search didn't turn up anything of relevance, so I'm asking. During the last two weeks I have severe performance and log-in issues every day during around 8.30 to 10.30 AM local time (CET+1, should be something like 2 AM PST). I'm assuming this is because some backup is going on somewhere (not necessarily on the forum itself) and would humbly inquire if someone knows something about it and if there is any betterment in sight. This has only occured recently, perhaps after some backend software has been updated and it really bugs me as I often start a reply only then to lose it due to the problems, having to type it again at a later point. I can also verify that it happens with different browsers and on two different connections, so I would rule out problems on my end and really blame it on the servers. If anyone has any info, I'd appreciate it.
Mylenium
The forum servers have ground to a halt (out of memory type errors) sometime between midnight and 1am pacific time most of the past week (though it did not happen last night). It does not seem to be related to backups, or any other "normal" operations. We do seem to get hit with a lot of bot/crawler traffic around that time and we've been working on blocking access to features (such as view a PDF of each discussion) to the crawlers. They did tighten crawler access down last night, which we hope
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My experience is very similar.
It is extremely frustrating.
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I have seen some very slow loadings, but only on certain days, and only shortly; and no issues with login or lost messages.
We have seen unfathomable local issues before, and we currently have a persistent Chilean one which only haunts Claudio.
I am also in the CET (currently CED) area (also known as TST), but I believe you know that, Lutz.
Usually, if local issues occur, Bill is hit too; but I doubt whether he is posting in those hours.
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Mylenium,
I have observed similar, though it seems to hit twice per day, normally around 9:00 - 10:00AM PDT and then around 1:00 - 2:00PM PDT ( - 8 GMT?). I'll go days without this happening, and then it will hit and usually hit twice. I think that John Joselin posted of similar here, or maybe I did and John replied.
When it happens, I have to log-in again to get the Reply screen, and again to post that Reply - over and over.
Good luck to us all,
Hunt
[Edit]
Here is that other THREAD.
Message was edited by: Bill Hunt - Added [Edit]
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The forum servers have ground to a halt (out of memory type errors) sometime between midnight and 1am pacific time most of the past week (though it did not happen last night). It does not seem to be related to backups, or any other "normal" operations. We do seem to get hit with a lot of bot/crawler traffic around that time and we've been working on blocking access to features (such as view a PDF of each discussion) to the crawlers. They did tighten crawler access down last night, which we hope led to the overnight stability.
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That ties in. Thank goodness it's not at my end.
Good luck with sorting out the crawlers.
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Thanks for shedding some light on this.
Mylenium
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Greatly appreciate the info. Now some other things make sense. Here, I was thinking that it was Icelandic volcanic cloud...
Hunt
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Perhaps Jiveware was attempting to spell the volcano's name?
But seriously, last night there were some fairly bad performance issues too. Not for logins (that I know of) but just for making posts in general--bad delays, like 5 seconds or something.
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5 seconds? That's childs play. I seen as much a 5 minutes and sometime a message aabout no such address or something about the server. I've seen cases where even the Camera Icon (screenshot manager) shows as non existent. This always happens if I happen to be on about 10:00pm EDT (UTC-05) 22:00 Military time
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Well, for me 5 minutes = site down since I'd never wait so long. So it's either <10 seconds or I figure it went to wherever Jives go where they die.
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Here, I was thinking that it was Icelandic volcanic cloud...
I believe that may be ruled out: the forum performance issues are rather intermittent, in contrast to the performance issues caused by the volcanic ash cloud which are diverse but fairly constant. Engine damage is reported on F-18 Hornets from the Finnish air force. In some countries, restrictions apply to specific kinds of aircrafts/heights; in other countries everything is grounded, including gliders and hot air balloons.
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I believe that may be ruled out: the forum performance issues are rather intermittent
But our hatred for it is not!
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This is the tread, started by John (according to the other John only Jive knows, if anyone):
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/614119?tstart=0
Edit: Bill was faster than I.
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Thanks, guys! Now at least I know I'm not imagining things or doing something fundamentally wrong. Let's hope this gets sorted out so I don't have to turn my daily routine upside down just to post.
Mylenium
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Earlier today, the forums pages were not available. I was hoping that there was some work been done and that I would find some noticeable improvements when the site was up again. Unfortunately, I cannot find any difference. Anyone can? Or knows the reason for the interruption?
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I'm not aware of any downtime earlier today. Last outage I noted (one node out of four) was around 11:20pm (pacific time) last night (April 18).
When you say "not available," did you get a site down/maintenance page? Server not responding? Some other message?
Approximately what time did this happen?
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Sorry, this has been a very hard day for me so I cannot be very accurate. I would say this happened at least 4 but not more than 10 hours ago. I received the standard Adobe screen with some text also in Japanese (?) and a list of other Adobe pages available at the time. Am I the only one???
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You are not the only one. Yesterday between 13:00 and 15:00 UTC I experienced TCP RSTs. My AIR cient gets logged out several times a day. But I don't usually report such things anymore: I have explained to Adobe how they can monitor not just the forums, but the individual nodes of the cluster and the rest is up to them. If spending the effort to properly monitor and fix these forums is not in their corporate priorities I am not going to spend the effort either.
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But the bigger issue is not how to put out the fires. Why are these things going down or having problems so often to begin with? Crummy software shouldn't need to be restarted every week, it's terrible. Has it been a year yet? When will it be time to search for a replacement for this Jive virus?
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Jochem van Dieten wrote:
You are not the only one. Yesterday between 13:00 and 15:00 UTC I experienced TCP RSTs. My AIR cient gets logged out several times a day. But I don't usually report such things anymore: I have explained to Adobe how they can monitor not just the forums, but the individual nodes of the cluster and the rest is up to them. If spending the effort to properly monitor and fix these forums is not in their corporate priorities I am not going to spend the effort either.
(emphasis added by me).
I couldn't agree more with your attitude. Doing anything beyond reporting, advising, and waiting for Adobe/Jive to act accordingly is certainly well beyond your obligations Which, as you are a voluntary, are exactly none.
I think that it is however most disturbing and discouraging to hear from you that Adobe/Jive do not seem willing to do much, if anything, to improve the funcioning of these forums. Too many users have been reprimanded for repeatedly posting that their justified complaints seem to be ignored. That your own reports/complain also seem to be ignored seems a bit too much, at least for me. We normal users may perhaps justly be called ignorants -I certainly am- but, most certainly, not you.
Addition: And thank you for your frank explanation.
Message was edited by: Claudio González. Reason: important addition.
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I wonder if Adobe Corporate are even aware that the forums (which are important in view of the terrible out-sourced support service) are slowly dying.
The traffic has dwindled to a trickle where I am and, with the state of this version of Jive, it is not surprising.
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I'd be surprised, if Adobe corporate even know what products they sell.
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Another "joke"?
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do you see any smilies? They way they run this forum, and the complaints they get about service, and upgrade policies and pricing, makes you wonder.
When they get so far up in the ivory tower, who knows whether they know what's, what. They may just go prop there feet up on the desk, call make a date for tennis, or squash matches or golf date. checkout and collect ther million dollars a day.
Unlike small business where everyone has to bust their backside just to stay afloat.
If they had a Clue, they would be reading these forums espcially Feedback, and do something about fixing this mess.