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ankhtahr:
Hmm. I haven't found out yet, why, but sometimes I receive a HTTP 500 error when trying to search for something. I tried a few terms, at first thinking that the term I was looking for didn't have any results, but it did. I made about 8 search requests, 3 of them giving me the 500. An Admin might want to look into this.
pwhodges:
The search does seem to stress the server badly. I always use the advanced search, because it enables me to restrict the search to specific sub-forums and dates, which helps a lot, and even to specify the poster - which sometimes makes the search really useful!
ankhtahr:
So it's a known issue caused by server load?
pwhodges:
I've never taken it up with the server admin. It got a lot better when he upgraded the server a while back, but I've not followed it up because no one ever complains (I think yours is only the second or third complaint I've seen in five years). I could mention it to him and see if he can determine what server resources need to be increased to resolve it, and whether that's practical.
ankhtahr:
Yeah, I can guess that this forum's database has become very bloated over time, so a search is probably very resource intensive.
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