GC.com Sooooooo...........Slowwwwww.

Jacobite

Mrs J has been complaining for weeks that GC.com has been slow between 8am - 10am.

But today, it was like watching paint dry. Memories of 11k modems came flooding back. And a some points it just threw me a server error.
It's been like this all day (26/3/06), I just gave up with it.
The rest of my traffic has been fine all day.

Any know what's up with it?

Jacobite.

Firth of Forth · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:24 am Post subject:

It tends to be like that on a Sunday - everyone across the world is on g.com logging their weekend adventures and the server cannot cope with it (despite being upgraded not that long ago).
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Haggis Hunter · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:47 am Post subject:

Welcome to the reality of weekend Geocaching, and the merits of waiting until Monday to make your logs. Banghead

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Wildlifewriter · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:14 pm Post subject:

There's an ongoing discussion about this on the GC.com forums, HERE, with contributions from Jeremy himself.

Some of the discussion is even on-topic. Smile

One interesting thing mentioned is the possibility of offline logging. However, this is really just moving the problem around, instead of solving it.

Since there doesn't seem to any end of the growth in geocaching in sight, this server overload is going to keep happening: they'll fix it, the site will be OK for a while, and then the load and numbers will get to another point where they are too great.

-Wlw

Haggis Hunter · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:06 pm Post subject:

This is true Wlw, but you would think with the revenue that they must be making, they should be able to sort it out before it happens?
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Wildlifewriter · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:30 pm Post subject:

Haggis Hunter · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:37 pm Post subject:

HighlandNick · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:49 pm Post subject:

allieballie · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:55 pm Post subject:

HighlandNick · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:10 pm Post subject:

Well I know about one of them - Glenlatterach - because I use Insta - Notify for new traditional caches within 50 miles. So I received an email with that one in it. But as for the other one?
But I don't have a zillion of these set up for each type of cache - wouldn't it be better if you could set Insta Notify for any type of cache in one query!!??

allieballie · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:49 pm Post subject:

HURUMPH! Now I'm getting the server too busy message - quarter to ten on a Monday night - this is ridiculous and irritating!

Jacobite · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:55 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the info folks. Let's hope Jeremy & Co can get things moving in
the right direction.

Or maybe we'll just let WW pester him into submission Twisted Evil

Jacobite.

ghiribizzo · Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 7:04 pm Post subject:

Now it's a one in three chance of getting a log uploaded or viewing the next page today. C'mon WLW; kick some er, donkey. Laughing

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Mrs I · Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 8:08 pm Post subject:

Now I'm getting 'page cannot be found' hopefully this is a good sign Embarassed

5 mins later - service unavailble
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Crazy Druid · Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:36 pm Post subject:

Its down again Sad

but on the good side I don't have to post my DNF yet Embarassed

Went out to Threipmuir Shore, but after a good hour walking up and down could not find it. It made me feel a bit better when I bumped into another 2 cachers who also could not find it......

Mind you the water was very high, would this make it a bit harder to find??