April 27, 200916 yr Starting at 10:00pm EST Cheers and Gears will be down while we switch to a new, more flexible host that will allow us to better handle traffic fluctuations. We should be back up and running by morning. - DF
April 28, 200916 yr In regards to the downtime, will you be livin up while you're going dowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn?
April 28, 200916 yr Author If I had a dollar for every time this place has switched to a different host... Would you rather us stay on the same crappy host or keep working towards improving the site's usability?
April 28, 200916 yr Would you rather us stay on the same crappy host or keep working towards improving the site's usability? We seem to go through a lot of crappy hosts...What makes you think the new host will be "the one?" Granted, how many more hosts are available out there that we haven't tried? I'm sure you'll eventually get it right. To be honest, the site has been stable for me lately. Don't see why there needs to be a change.
April 28, 200916 yr Author We seem to go through a lot of crappy hosts...What makes you think the new host will be "the one?" Granted, how many more hosts are available out there that we haven't tried? I'm sure you'll eventually get it right. To be honest, the site has been stable for me lately. Don't see why there needs to be a change. There are A LOT (hundreds if not thousands) of hosts, and not all are created equal. This host is different because it is scalable, which means we can upsize or downsize the space we need depending on traffic...it's flexible. Because when we have big traffic upswings like we did a few weeks back it overloads our current CPU quota and the site goes down....that doesn't encourage new people to keep coming back.
April 28, 200916 yr There are A LOT (hundreds if not thousands) of hosts, and not all are created equal. This host is different because it is scalable, which means we can upsize or downsize the space we need depending on traffic...it's flexible. Because when we have big traffic upswings like we did a few weeks back it overloads our current CPU quota and the site goes down....that doesn't encourage new people to keep coming back. I was being sarcastic.
April 28, 200916 yr If you'd like. You can check out where we are moving to. VPS.net They are a sister company of our current host so we're changing servers but not changing companies. We are too big for the current plan we are on but to move up to VPS.net requires an involved move.
April 28, 200916 yr If you'd like. You can check out where we are moving to. VPS.net They are a sister company of our current host so we're changing servers but not changing companies. We are too big for the current plan we are on but to move up to VPS.net requires an involved move. Gotcha...I underestimated the size/growth of C&G a bit I suppose.
April 28, 200916 yr Gotcha...I underestimated the size/growth of C&G a bit I suppose. Do not underestimate since we have been using THIS for our site's size/growth.
April 28, 200916 yr his mouth is bizzarely huge... i think she holding onto the mic stand cause she's scared she'll get sucked in.
April 28, 200916 yr Author Every time I see that face I want to jab my eyes out. And the photo on teh right always reminds me of shoop da whoop.
April 28, 200916 yr And the photo on teh right always reminds me of shoop da whoop. That's why I made it. His mouth is so big, I figured he must be chargin' his lazer.
April 29, 200916 yr Gotcha...I underestimated the size/growth of C&G a bit I suppose. Of course, I wonder if 90% of the posts are from a couple dozen or so regular posters... now the % of clicks on individual topics by those posters is another stat.. Edited April 29, 200916 yr by Cubical
April 29, 200916 yr Of course, I wonder if 90% of the traffic isn't a couple dozen or so regular posters... If that were the case, wouldn't it just be possible to run the place on an old PII box? It'd be cheaper.
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