Board Speed

[NateO]

fyi - the db backups up at 1150 Eastern everynight.. and the board will CRAWL

Yeah, I've been on during this timeframe and noticed it. Even emailed you about it once as I thought we were having a serious problem.

Good to note, though.

 

[starl]

I agree - defrag is crucial. And esp. with the bigger hds. I will run it even if the system says I don't need to (within logic) - because when it does need to run - well, i don't have all day!

 

[Greg Truby]

There was significant hardware upgrade prior to the new board being implimented...

Don't mean to be a bummer but I've actually experienced some board slowdown since the change.

Norie,
Don't let Nate's cover story fool you. It's a total fabrication. The entire reason the board's speed jumped so much was because Suat moved all of your activities off the main server and onto a 12-year-old server Bill picked up on e-bay for $7.34 + shipping.

 

[Norie]

Greg

I'm coming to the conclusion that Vista is just evil.

It won't let me either error check or defrag.

 

[SydneyGeek]

Greg

I'm coming to the conclusion that Vista is just evil.

It won't let me either error check or defrag.

Norie,
I think you'll find that Vista defrags by default, as a background service. From what I have read, upgrading to Vista on the same box is a pain in the proverbial.
Buying a new box with Vista installed is a much better experience. That's what I did (back in April), and I'm pretty happy with it. Maybe I'm better off than usual because I handed the guy a licensed copy of Vista and said "use this". That way I didn't get all of the extra crud that usually comes with a new PC -- I got to choose my own

Denis

 

[Domski]

Back to the original topic of the thread I've noticed a vast improvement in the speed of the board and once again it's a pleasant experience to use. Takes a bit of getting used to the new functionality but I like it.

Dom

 

[NateO]

Norie,
I think you'll find that Vista defrags by default, as a background service. From what I have read, upgrading to Vista on the same box is a pain in the proverbial.

To say the least! You haven't read half of it, Denis, check out my rants:

http://www.utteraccess.com/forums/showthreaded.php?Number=1423518
http://www.utteraccess.com/forums/showthreaded.php?Number=1423701

That's the web-friendly version. Imagine someone who loves their computer just getting out of the shower to realize they have no sound, what-so-ever on their computer.

The coarse language and fumbling around almost had no end, here I am applying every hack you could imagine at 12:00 am on a Friday night in my boxers!

I like Vista at this point, while it stumbles around quite a bit, especially when you do not reboot periodically, but the upgrade was more than chore, to be sure.

 

[hatman]

Add me to th elist of people who are happy to see the increased board speed. I haven't had as much time to cruise the board lately as I would like... however, I am much more likely to stop in for a few quick answers now that I can be sure they really WILL be quick.

 

[SydneyGeek]

To say the least! You haven't read half of it, Denis, check out my rants:

I remember you mentioning the sound card thing before. I just think the OS has got too big to do anything but start afresh. And I saw your comment about Office XP not working. That's pretty poor, but I guess the attitude is that MS support 2 versions before the current one, and that was SP3 as far as they're concerned.

Also back on topic, the board is definitely quicker than it used to be.

Denis