@canyonnetworks:

UPDATE: I changed the Performance mode to AC-BFNA and now the interfaces start in 30 seconds. I used the GUI re-install now and it has fully restored everything back to normal now. Thanks again for your assistance.

Ah…your Snort process was probably running out of memory and/or using swap and getting super slow.  Any Performance Mode other than AC-BFNA or AC-BFNA-NQ is a problem it seems.  Lots of folks have reported issues when changing it to something else.  Most of the other settings will eat memory like crazy, especially with lots of enabled rules.

Bill

The fix for this (provided by Phil, thanks  ;)) was merged into production today.  The package version was NOT bumped because the change was so minor and really did not impact Snort itself.  If you want the fix, simply do a GUI Components reinstall of Snort using the XML icon on the System > Packages > Installed Packages tab.

Bill