Only 172 guests? No one likes us anymore? Oh Boo Hoo!
Craig
My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
I prefer a nice "crowd" of friendlies than a hoard of problem people (if they are really people -- the Bot Brotherhood ). Admittedly, this is all very crazy. It's odd for our group since we are talking about old trucks, and not any old truck, and actually very old trucks.
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804 "Charlie" - The Stovebolt Flagship In the Gallery "We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give." -- Winston Churchill
I believe this is data centers gathering info with their AI bots, causing all the issues. It’s probably going to get worse before it gets better.
Last edited by Phak1; 11/03/20253:00 AM. Reason: Typo
Phil Moderator, The Engine Shop, Interiors and Project Journals
1952 Chevrolet 3100, Three on the Tree, 4:11 torque tube Updated to: ‘59 235 w/hydraulic lifters, 12v w/alternator, HEI, PCV and Power front Disc Brakes Project Journals Stovebolt Gallery Forum
Not super slow this morning, but I am seeing a lot of fellow Bolters mentioning that they are getting frequent fatal errors repeatedly and I think some of this may be attributed to more excessive Guest traffic.
Just now checked "Who's Online Now" and find we have over 250 "Guests" coming from Alibaba Cloud, LLC, a Data Center/Transit hub under ASN 45102. IP range 47.79.xxx.xxx is shown for every one of the 40 random Guest IP's I clicked to check on, all showing coming from the same ISP source. And go figure, out of SIngapore - GRRRR!!!
Alibaba Cloud last time I checked was a Chinese owned entity, so maybe these need to get the block too???
Paul - What say you sir???
~ Dan 1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 Follow this story in the DITY Gallery "My Grandpa Carl's Truck and How it Became Mine" 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) | 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) | Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
It's slow for me also. Not the worse but not like yesterday, which was good and the old normal.
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804 "Charlie" - The Stovebolt Flagship In the Gallery "We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give." -- Winston Churchill
I got some "gateway timeout" errors today. When I did get on to the site I saw that there was 1800 guests. The number of guests has now gone down and the site seems OK now.
It was going pretty good for an hour or so. It's starting to slow down again. Boooooooo ...
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804 "Charlie" - The Stovebolt Flagship In the Gallery "We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give." -- Winston Churchill
My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
At 1500 CST it took me 9 minutes to get from loading the 1st screen at StoveBolt.com through 2 other screens to be able to post this update. There were 1,775 guests when I started.
'57 GMC 102, Original 347 V8, HydraMatic, 3.08 rear gear, added A/C, disk front brakes, HEI, AFB carb, '98 Honda Black Currant paint. T-boned and totaled 10/12 '52 GMC 152 Stake Bed, Original 228, SM420, added A/C, HEI, disk front brakes, '67 Chev 3.55 rear gear. Gets used as a real truck.
I couldn’t get on about 30 minutes ago. Now, no problem with only 171 guests.
Phil Moderator, The Engine Shop, Interiors and Project Journals
1952 Chevrolet 3100, Three on the Tree, 4:11 torque tube Updated to: ‘59 235 w/hydraulic lifters, 12v w/alternator, HEI, PCV and Power front Disc Brakes Project Journals Stovebolt Gallery Forum
I sure hope Paul can figure this stuff out. I know he's done a lot of blocks these days.
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804 "Charlie" - The Stovebolt Flagship In the Gallery "We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give." -- Winston Churchill
Sporadic and intermittent slow downs this morning. A quick peek at the Who's Online info shows 1420 some odd Guests on line. Of those a quick search shows that 482 of them are listed as "Logging in"???
All random IPs from all over the world. Mostly outside the US, but some also showing as inside the US.
~ Dan 1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 Follow this story in the DITY Gallery "My Grandpa Carl's Truck and How it Became Mine" 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) | 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) | Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
1550 guests? Don't they need to go Xmas shopping or ........
Craig
My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
At 11:02 response went from fast enough with less than 1000 "guests" to very slow and 1913 guests at 11:05.
'57 GMC 102, Original 347 V8, HydraMatic, 3.08 rear gear, added A/C, disk front brakes, HEI, AFB carb, '98 Honda Black Currant paint. T-boned and totaled 10/12 '52 GMC 152 Stake Bed, Original 228, SM420, added A/C, HEI, disk front brakes, '67 Chev 3.55 rear gear. Gets used as a real truck.
Minor slow downs when attempting to sign in this morning. Before signing in, the Guest count was 2,334 at about 8:32am. After signing in, the Guest count had increased to over 2,700 at about 8:36am. Took a little less than a minute to transistion from one place to another on the site, including signing in.
After signing in with the Guest count still above 2,700, a quick check indicated 677 of those Guests actions on the site were listed as "Logging in". A random check of several of those "Logging in" Guest IPs continue to show them from scattered locations all over the globe. There were also several from the check that showed from the continental US, but many of those were listed as Data Center service providers.
Current guest count is showing at only 965 and speeds are much better.
Whack-a-mole!!! Blah
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~ Dan 1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 Follow this story in the DITY Gallery "My Grandpa Carl's Truck and How it Became Mine" 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) | 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) | Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
It should be fixed now. I dramatically increased the buffer size for the database, and that seems to have made a dramatic difference in CPU usage and therefore website responsiveness. Let me know if you continue to see delays after the time of this post.
~ Dan 1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 Follow this story in the DITY Gallery "My Grandpa Carl's Truck and How it Became Mine" 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) | 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) | Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
2416 guests? Hopefully they took their shoes off before coming in......
Craig
My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
Wow! 4600+ right now. A bit slow, but now as bad as previously.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
And a dizzying new number for most online - 7,194.
It's no wonder we can't seem to function on here at times!
I'm with Gord - a guest admission fee could fund Stovebolt for who knows how long.
~ Dan 1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 Follow this story in the DITY Gallery "My Grandpa Carl's Truck and How it Became Mine" 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) | 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) | Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
Most on line! What a great number. I forget where are I put our last number. I'm sure it's around somewhere. It was in October I think.
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804 "Charlie" - The Stovebolt Flagship In the Gallery "We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give." -- Winston Churchill
Too bad the majority are data collectors and not real people!
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Phil Moderator, The Engine Shop, Interiors and Project Journals
1952 Chevrolet 3100, Three on the Tree, 4:11 torque tube Updated to: ‘59 235 w/hydraulic lifters, 12v w/alternator, HEI, PCV and Power front Disc Brakes Project Journals Stovebolt Gallery Forum
The last two days, It has taken me about 30-40 seconds to log in.
EDIT: once in though this posted quick with 1,225 guests.
Last edited by Phak1; 01/18/20261:23 PM.
Phil Moderator, The Engine Shop, Interiors and Project Journals
1952 Chevrolet 3100, Three on the Tree, 4:11 torque tube Updated to: ‘59 235 w/hydraulic lifters, 12v w/alternator, HEI, PCV and Power front Disc Brakes Project Journals Stovebolt Gallery Forum
Been good for a month and a half, but at 22:30 CST 3/3/26 it took over 30 seconds to post a simple text only reply. The "Who's online now" listed 1 member (me), 2222 guests and no robots.
EDIT: It took over 90 seconds for this post to post.
Last edited by Bill Hanlon; 03/04/20264:34 AM.
'57 GMC 102, Original 347 V8, HydraMatic, 3.08 rear gear, added A/C, disk front brakes, HEI, AFB carb, '98 Honda Black Currant paint. T-boned and totaled 10/12 '52 GMC 152 Stake Bed, Original 228, SM420, added A/C, HEI, disk front brakes, '67 Chev 3.55 rear gear. Gets used as a real truck.
I had trouble getting on line around 9:30 am CST with a couple of Gateway Timeout messages. When I did get to the main page and signed in, there were only 4 members and 176 guests on line.
Have been on since and have had sporadic times of quick and then slightly slow activities. Currently relatively okay response/action times at this posting time.
~ Dan 1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 Follow this story in the DITY Gallery "My Grandpa Carl's Truck and How it Became Mine" 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) | 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) | Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
At 7:20 (Alaska time) this evening I was getting server timeouts and saw this on who's online when I did manage to get online for a little bit.
Weird that it didn't even recognize I was online.
Right now, pretty normal, but apparently I'm all alone here (well, me and 985 guests.)
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
Right now, pretty normal, but apparently I'm all alone here (well, me and 985 guests.)
I get that off an on too Kevin. I can be on for a few hours at a time sometimes and when I look, I may or may not be shown as still on-line??? Seems to usually happen to me when I spend a bit of extra time composing a post/reply, then when I do actually complete the post it shows that I'm not here.
~ Dan 1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 Follow this story in the DITY Gallery "My Grandpa Carl's Truck and How it Became Mine" 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) | 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) | Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
30-45 second page changes- - - - -again! This is getting pretty frustrating! Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
Currently over 7500 "guests" on the system. Been pretty slow today. When I first logged on just a bit ago, I got an error message indicating slow response from the server, and had to try again. Still takes at least 30 seconds for page changes to load.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
2 members (BillCollins, Joe Alan), 5,389 guests, and 0 robots. There were 6792 guests just a minute before I grabbed the 5389 guest data.
'57 GMC 102, Original 347 V8, HydraMatic, 3.08 rear gear, added A/C, disk front brakes, HEI, AFB carb, '98 Honda Black Currant paint. T-boned and totaled 10/12 '52 GMC 152 Stake Bed, Original 228, SM420, added A/C, HEI, disk front brakes, '67 Chev 3.55 rear gear. Gets used as a real truck.
~ Dan 1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 Follow this story in the DITY Gallery "My Grandpa Carl's Truck and How it Became Mine" 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) | 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) | Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
I wonder what changed???????????? Glad to have it back to more normal speeds.
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804 "Charlie" - The Stovebolt Flagship In the Gallery "We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give." -- Winston Churchill
). Admittedly, this is all very crazy. It's odd for our group since we are talking about old trucks, and not any old truck, and actually very old trucks.
