Restriction while using the Search form

Question

Hi there,
there is something I would like to point out when searching the forums:
Info
At least 30 seconds have to pass between searches. Please wait a while and try searching again.
This happens when searching immediately rather than waiting for 30 seconds.
Right, this is a restriction telling me, that I've got to wait another 30 seconds before I can do another search. Personally, this actually happens quite often that I stumble in to this time penalty. Especially when I'm looking for information which sometimes results into zero results.
That is quite annoying. I accept this restriction for non registered users of this forum, but is this necessary to have this for members?
This was once pointed out in this thread about the introduction of the new version.
Would an admin like to change this? Any objections?
I guess that this site doesn't have such a high output on search queries as well. ;-)
Simon

Answer 1

cb474 wrote:
karol wrote:
Total number of registered users: 36,259
I'm sure if everyone starts searching it *can* generate quite a load.
Pierre wrote:The fluxbb search is quite inefficient. It could probably used to dos the server with just a few users.
It seems like people are just speculating here.
And for me what you speculate is contradicted by my actual experience, which is that much more heavily trafficked forums do not impose a thirty second wait period on registered users. Others above in this thread have observed the same thing. So, without actual information as opposed to pure speculation, I'm still very skeptical that the wait period is necessary.
Considering Pierre is the maintainer, he is probably not speculating. And as you are a user on more heavily trafficked forums, I'm sure you know their server configuration like the back of your hand.
We have one server running about 6 web applications, so we have no desire to improve searching on the forums at the expense of the rest of these apps, especially when Google/Bing/Yahoo will all serve your purpose just fine.