Hi

During the last couple of weeks or so, I've frequently encountered both a screen stating "Database connection error" or something similar, with no content loaded, as well as insane wait times to process the forum threads.

I hope you fix it soon since it's damn annoying. Whenever a page takes more than a few seconds to load, I tend to just ditch a site. Over a minute and it's a certainty I'm not waiting around.

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    Everyone at Quinstreet Inc (the owners of PHPBuilder and 24 other forums) are fully aware of the performance issues and the database errors… They send their apologies.

    Besides upgrading vBulletin, the backend software (apache, mysql etc) is also getting upgraded. AND, as a site gets upgraded it’s getting moved from a datacenter on the East coast to a center on the West coast.

    To add to the complications – the old datacenter is being shut down and time is quickly running out to move the remaining sites that haven’t been upgraded.

    AND, the people that would normally work on the performance issues are the same people involved in the upgrade… It’s a catch 22.

    We kindly ask for your continued patience.

      Short version is that I received the following reply to a discussion about the site(s) performance and db errors:

      DBAs are aware of the problems we’re having on the forums. They're building out a new db server to help with this.

      😃

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