You can never be too fast - Page 4

by **jpreiser** on Thu Jan 22, 2009 3:26 am

Not sure if the switch has been made but I'm able to access the forum with fairly short response times at 0120 CST.

by HB on Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:32 am

Yes, if you're reading this, you're accessing the new server (the old one only shows a "we've moved" message). If you see anything that isn't working, please let me know.

by **ntwkgestapo** on Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:56 am

Dan, I did a couple of quick checks last night and have been hitting the site for the last 10 minutes or so, exercising forums, articles, etc and it's MUCH, MUCH better! Longest load time I've seen this morning was about 2 seconds with most of them being in the <1sec range! Mucho Improved! Thanks!

by **ntwkgestapo** on Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:45 pm

Well, I've been hitting the site here at work (where the delays were in the 20-30 second range yesterday!) and I've got to say.... THANK YOU DAN! Most of my responses are under 0.5 seconds (as verified by looking @ my proxy logs! 238ms, 307ms, 192ms and occasionally 1000ms or so, but they've been rare!). The site has been MUCH more responsive! MUCH More! I'd have to go look @ some old proxy logs to verify, but it seems that it's faster than it was BEFORE the "grid computing" upgrade...

ANY time I can help on this site, no matter how small the contribution, just ding me Dan!

by HB on Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:58 pm

Thanks, and I owe you a big "thank you"! Your tips on encouraging a faster DNS propagation worked. Less than 12 hours later and InternetSupervision reports the correct server for all their test sites. Even the VPN network I use that took over a week to update last time around is working great today.

Monday/Tuesday are the big hitter days, but from what I see so far, the response times are much more even. The unexplained e-mail notification delays are also gone.

by **ntwkgestapo** on Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:05 pm

Dan, thanks for the complement! I WOULD recommend that, in a day or two, you push the DNS TTL's back up to normal (from what you and I discussed, normal would be 1 day/86400 seconds)... No big rush, but a 1 day time-to-live is much easier on the DNS infrastructure. DNS queries are small, but there are millions of them every hour of every day...

by HB on Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:33 pm

When it comes to the web, there's no such thing as too fast. So tonight HB gets a memory upgrade just in case the upcoming Holiday Wish List contest strains the server (last year it got rather sluggish at times during the holiday). Site will be down for an hour around 1AM EST. Here's hoping the site's host doesn't screw up and crash the server!

by HB on Wed Nov 03, 2010 11:54 am

Thursday night I plan to upgrade to a slightly faster server. The migration should take around an hour. No action should be required on your part, but I will post hints for clearing "old" references from your browser / operating system just in case.

by HB on Thu Nov 04, 2010 8:16 am

The migration will take effect tonight. For reference, below are the new and old server IP addresses:

Old IP: 208.109.119.29
New IP: 72.167.43.11

HOW TO REFRESH YOUR LOCAL CACHE OF RESOLVED IP ADDRESSES

Home-Barista.com will move to a faster server tonight. If you are still seeing this message on Friday, your DNS is pointing to the old server. If you are running Windows, try these steps:

* Close all your browser windows and empty the browser's cache
* Run ipconfig /flushdns from the Command Prompt
* Run arp -d * from the Command Prompt
* Reboot.

Note: If you are running Microsoft Vista, open a command prompt as administrator by selecting the Run as administrator pop-up menu from the Command Prompt shortcut (Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt).

If the steps above do not correct the problem, contact your Internet service provider help desk and ask them to refresh their DNS cache for http://www.home-barista.com.

by **shadowfax** on Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:43 pm

HB wrote:If the steps above do not correct the problem, contact your Internet service provider help desk and ask them to refresh their DNS cache for http://www.home-barista.com.

Alternately, change your DNS servers to something other than the possibly awful ones your ISP sends you: OpenDNS, Google Public DNS, Namebench project (for benchmarking DNS server performance). Using better DNS servers can not only improve the speed with which you get updated DNS entries for sites like home-barista, but it can make your whole web browsing experience faster. Just a thought...


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