Server Issues: Update

[Platinum Pirate]

Originally Posted by Batleth

Nick has decided that it's just time for us to obtain a newer server. Something larger and faster to carry us into the future before our older server gives out. It's been having some problems for years. Nick has had to do more and more tweaking for it to hold up to the higher volume of traffic that we've been getting. He's looking at new servers and deciding which one would be the best for us as well as cost effective. Once he has bought a new server, he'll begin transferring our sites to the new server. There will be an interruption of service of our sites during this process. I'll do my best to try to inform everyone before sites are taken down during this process but I'll know more later as Nick gets closer to doing this.

When speaking of a newer server, are you referring to something other than vBulletin's? If you are, then there is one that is better.

[Batleth]

Originally Posted by Platinum Pirate

When speaking of a newer server, are you referring to something other than vBulletin's? If you are, then there is one that is better.

vB is just the software that we use. A server is the actual computer that runs the software.

Originally Posted by Cannonfury

Why not use a free website??

Where to begin....

• Can't handle our traffic load
• None that were of any good at the time of the site's creation
• Lack of features
• Too many ads!

And the list goes on and on. We're much better off with just hosting our own server. Which Nick has informed me will be 5x faster than our present one.

[Cannonfury]

Originally Posted by Batleth

vB is just the software that we use. A server is the actual computer that runs the software.


Where to begin....

• Can't handle our traffic load
• None that were of any good at the time of the site's creation
• Lack of features
• Too many ads!

And the list goes on and on. We're much better off with just hosting our own server. Which Nick has informed me will be 5x faster than our present one.

What new features will there be? or that depends on which "server" you get.

[Batleth]

Originally Posted by Cannonfury

What new features will there be? or that depends on which "server" you get.

Yet again, the user end of features is controlled by the software we're using. Not the computer behind it. You should notice a lot less lag while loading pages on the forums and we'll be able to start hosting images again on the server. So we'll be re-opening the gallery, allowing profile albums, as well as attachments once more.