OK, the time has finally come... we have a new server!
I will be spending tonight and all day tomorrow transitioning to the new digs... I don't expect it to affect us until late tomorrow afternoon.
I will make give everybody a warning then take us offline for (hopefully!) 3-4 hours...
When we are done, we will have a new home with 6 TIMES the power and RAM as before... I expect to see some MAJOR upgrades in performance... once we have settled into the new server, I will start to prep us for a major upgrade to our Vbulletin software... but that may wait until the post season...
I know it's been a long time coming, but bear with me for a little longer and it will all be worth it! [Reply]
Originally Posted by Munson:
I'm not a computer expert, but maybe we could cut off access to guests?
I just saw that we have 124 members online, with 770 guests.
Eh, we've tried it from time to time, but 1) it's not just a magic switch we press (it probably takes 5-10 minutes to turn it off and 5-10 minutes to turn it back on) and 2) it only helps marginally. We did it for games last year from time to time, and the server usually crapped out regardless of whether we had guest access on or not. [Reply]
The last one was a smash hit and seemed to help a lot, because the traffic around here will only get worse as we continue to dominate the NFL... [Reply]
Originally Posted by Superturtle:
This site is going to be damn near unreadable during game time, and that makes me a sad turtle.
I've given up trying to use CP on game days. That's ok though, it's a free service and I know everyone is doing what they can to keep things running. [Reply]
You can paste images directly, it has no pages - just infinite scroll, posts are updated live w/o refreshing (amazing for gameday threads), it turns all links into previews, easier to quote.
After spending some time on a discourse forum - vbulletin sites feel really dated and clunky to me. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BryanBusby:
I've given up trying to use CP on game days. That's ok though, it's a free service and I know everyone is doing what they can to keep things running.
Yeah for the most part, I don't participate in game threads or really get on the site during the games anymore. Only after big/important plays do I try to see what people here are saying. [Reply]
