archive too slow

a440ps@sbcglobal.net a440ps@sbcglobal.net
Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:16:15 -0500


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Many thanks for all that work, sounds like quite the job to me.  I  
was just reading the archives, if you do a subject or author search  
it's very quick.  And wow, the people who are in there!  Cool stuff.

Giovanni Voltaggio
Austin, TX
                                                                         
                                                                         
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On Oct 13, 2005, at 8:50 AM, Andy Rudoff wrote:

> Nobody is currently working on that issue, specifically, but I am
> working on upgrading all the software on the server and that includes
> a more recent version of the (free) software used for searches.  So
> perhaps that will help.  If it is still slow after I've done the  
> upgrade,
> I'll look into it further.  Unfortunately, the fact that we run the  
> server
> on volunteer time and I haven't been able to give up my "day job"  
> means
> it is taking me a *long* time to get through upgrading all the  
> software.
> But I keep working on it, slow & steady.
>
> Thanks for your comments on this!
>
> -andy
>
> a440ps@sbcglobal.net wrote:
>
>> I'm new to the list so I don't know if this topic has already been  
>> discussed: what kind of progress has been made with regards to  
>> getting the Pianotech archive search engine working faster?  When  
>> I first used it the other day I put in my search word but I  
>> thought it was down because it took so long.  The archive goes  
>> back to 1994.  Try it:  Pianotech Archive <http://www.ptg.org/ 
>> pipermail/pianotech.php/>.  I'd guess this has been discussed already,  
>> I'd search the archive for the topic but if I don't get the right  
>> search word I'd have to search again...it's so slow that it's  
>> sorta impossible to find anything.  I presume everything has been  
>> done to get it working.
>> (I've got DSL running at 3008 kbps so it's not my internet  
>> connection.)
>> Giovanni Voltaggio
>> Austin, TX
>> p.s.  I'm glad for this free list and hesitate to mention this  
>> archive problem.
>>
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