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Title: Housekeeping
Post by: Buzz on March 09, 2016, 03:03:21 PM
Hi all
To try to stabilise the forum we are going to delete some older topics. It may impact your post count.
It should free up the database and stop the forum crashing...
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: edge on March 09, 2016, 03:41:54 PM
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Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: liscon12 on March 09, 2016, 03:47:21 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IGlkqm27wo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IGlkqm27wo)
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: northernboy1987 on March 09, 2016, 03:49:39 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uklF7VtqJq8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uklF7VtqJq8)
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: Percy on March 09, 2016, 03:53:29 PM
Hi all
To try to stabilise the forum we are going to delete some older topics. It may impact your post count.
It should free up the database and stop the forum crashing...

Hopefully it won't impact the ability to see/yse the for sale/wanted sections if you posts drop?
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: thegowerwaft on March 09, 2016, 04:01:02 PM
Gents, it's time to clean the backend.

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Too geeky a computer data joke?
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: Eliotroberts on March 09, 2016, 04:52:24 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uklF7VtqJq8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uklF7VtqJq8)
Love it ! Family guy never gets old


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Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: Seniorplayer on March 09, 2016, 05:09:22 PM
Where's 50 plus  of my posts gone ?
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: smilley792 on March 09, 2016, 05:59:40 PM
Remember boys and girls, posts count equals (No Swearing Please) size!






Anyway, cleaning won't do squat! It's time to upgrade your server before the paying sponsors get upset and walk.

No forum equals no sale for them. So it's wasted money for a site that crashes every five minutes.
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on March 09, 2016, 06:49:42 PM
Where's 50 plus  of my posts gone ?

50 posts, that's cute.
I lost 700...  ;)

In all seriousness unless losing posts means you can no longer access the sale section, who cares?
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: Batbuddy99 on March 09, 2016, 06:54:59 PM
I lost 2.
I care!

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Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: 19reading87 on March 09, 2016, 06:59:38 PM
I lost 250.... Ffs!!!
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: tim2000s on March 10, 2016, 06:11:58 AM
Remember boys and girls, posts count equals (No Swearing Please) size!






Anyway, cleaning won't do squat! It's time to upgrade your server before the paying sponsors get upset and walk.

No forum equals no sale for them. So it's wasted money for a site that crashes every five minutes.
Thanks for your wise words. Sadly, I'm afraid you are barking up the wrong tree. The server is doing just fine (in fact it's more than fine). We've been running into issues with the database on which the forum is built and the efforts being made are to address that particular component.
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: Buzz on March 10, 2016, 07:08:51 AM
I lost 250.... Ffs!!!

Given that the deleted posts were all old for sale items or from the 2 eBay threads you have little sympathy from me! I "lost" a similar number.
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: tim2000s on March 10, 2016, 07:17:29 AM
Given that the deleted posts were all old for sale items or from the 2 eBay threads you have little sympathy from me! I "lost" a similar number.
I don't know how many mine changed by... It might even have gone up! ;)
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: uknsaunders on March 10, 2016, 07:33:58 AM
I lost 250.... Ffs!!!
I asked all the admin if I could make an example of you lol . stop posting sales topics :-)

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Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: smilley792 on March 10, 2016, 07:37:40 AM
Were all 250 helmet based?
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: TangoWhiskey on March 10, 2016, 09:45:50 AM
50 posts, that's cute.
I lost 700...  ;)

In all seriousness unless losing posts means you can no longer access the sale section, who cares?

Only need to lose another 7477 then your post count will be the same as your batting average Cam  ;)
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: smilley792 on March 10, 2016, 09:49:45 AM
Cams post count is 8146

Minus

7477


Cam averages 669???? wtf
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: TangoWhiskey on March 10, 2016, 09:54:31 AM
Cams post count is 8146

Minus

7477


Cam averages 669???? wtf

Haha it's early. I took off the 700 he'd already lost again. Joke fail.
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: uknsaunders on March 10, 2016, 10:15:17 AM
Were all 250 helmet based?
Most helmets,  also loads of pads.  Almost like he's got an addiction or something :-)


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Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on March 10, 2016, 11:25:53 AM
Cams post count is 8146

Minus

7477


Cam averages 669???? wtf

Anyway, enough about my bowling...
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: Jaffa on March 10, 2016, 05:33:51 PM

Because of deleted posts my mailbox has reduced in size so now it's 163% full. That means people cannot reach me. I tried to pm someone who was interested in a bat and his mailbox was full also.

I value this forum and the knowledge gained from the people on it. Thinking about it the funny thing is I am a kind of sponsor, if I haven't bought things directly from the obvious sponsors I have bought gear from people to go back and buy more gear.

I understand the logic just the ways and means could been thought out a little more. A bit of warning for example.

Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: smilley792 on March 10, 2016, 05:50:25 PM
On jaffas point.


My inbox is at page 117 and counting. Is there a delete all option? Or an admin willing to empty it for me.

May make some space!
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: tushar sehgal on March 10, 2016, 05:54:15 PM
whats my count lol
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: Vitas Cricket on March 10, 2016, 05:58:32 PM
On jaffas point.


My inbox is at page 117 and counting. Is there a delete all option? Or an admin willing to empty it for me.

May make some space!

Got some catching up to do mate, i just ticked over the 600 page mark.
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: smilley792 on March 10, 2016, 06:02:54 PM
Got some catching up to do mate, i just ticked over the 600 page mark.

Also I need to pay you!!! Don't let me forget.
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: tim2000s on March 10, 2016, 07:24:58 PM

On jaffas point.


My inbox is at page 117 and counting. Is there a delete all option? Or an admin willing to empty it for me.

May make some space!
You have an option in your mailbox on the left hand side to prune messages under actions.

If you select this you can choose to delete messages older than a number of days.


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Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: smilley792 on March 10, 2016, 10:26:44 PM
Thanks for your wise words. Sadly, I'm afraid you are barking up the wrong tree. The server is doing just fine (in fact it's more than fine). We've been running into issues with the database on which the forum is built and the efforts being made are to address that particular component.



@tim2000s have a word with simple machines please, they've spelt "database" wrong on the error message.......


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Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: Tom on March 11, 2016, 01:30:06 AM
@smilley792 SMF are correct - this error is caused by too much load on the server. But Tim is also correct in saying that the load could be a symptom of a poorly optimised database (or a rubbish server.)
Title: Housekeeping
Post by: tim2000s on March 11, 2016, 06:28:24 AM
@smilley792 well done, you can read the error message you receive.

Replacing the server will not fix the problem. The issue is caused by a database table crashing, which results in both SQL and SMF processes continually retrying to do things and never finishing. Commonly known as hanging, consuming both CPU and memory. The result is that we have too many processes that never recycle putting a huge load on the server and it then can't render the few html pages we have.

But we don't have an option of that as an error message.


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Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: 19reading87 on March 11, 2016, 07:05:01 AM
Most helmets,  also loads of pads.  Almost like he's got an addiction or something :-)


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How have I just seen this abuse I'm getting! Awful!

Being addicted to softs is cheaper than bats :D
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: Buzz on March 11, 2016, 10:25:26 AM
Morning all - we are going to be tweaking the PM settings for members in the coming week (so consider this notice...)

Currently some members have no access to the PM function, others have a 25 message limit and others have unlimited.

We will be changing the settings so that those who currently have unlimited messages (other than sponsors) will be limited to 100 messages (which is still loads!)

Please can you prune your own messages before the machine prunes them for you... 

Thanks


Instructions on mail pruning:
You have an option in your mailbox on the left hand side to prune messages under actions.

If you select this you can choose to delete messages older than a number of days.


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Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: Wickets-then-runs on March 13, 2016, 10:05:49 AM
Any progress on getting the servers improved at all?
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: tim2000s on March 23, 2016, 06:32:29 AM
We have temporarily disabled access to the forum from Tapatalk while we upgrade some of the software. As soon as we have that completed, Tapatalk access will be restored.
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: edge on March 23, 2016, 07:56:16 AM
Good work Tim, much appreciated by the rest of us! Feel like I've been through the entire rest of the internet to try and keep me occupied in the past few days.
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: Roaster323 on March 24, 2016, 09:52:24 PM
Wondered why my Tapatalk was knackered...good job getting the site going again guys
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: Leno on March 28, 2016, 07:44:36 PM
The forum clock hasn't gone forward yet it is driving me crazy
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: FattusCattus on March 28, 2016, 07:47:39 PM
Ahhh - indeed. 1st world problems.
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: tim2000s on March 28, 2016, 07:48:07 PM
The forum clock hasn't gone forward yet it is driving me crazy

That's something you change in your profile under "Look and Layout". The clock always runs in UTC.
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: smilley792 on March 28, 2016, 07:48:35 PM
The forum clock hasn't gone forward yet it is driving me crazy


Don't except a lift of me, no idea how to change it so it's wrong for 6months of the year!
Title: Re: Housekeeping
Post by: Leno on March 28, 2016, 07:52:46 PM
That's something you change in your profile under "Look and Layout". The clock always runs in UTC.
Thanks