The Racketboy Server Issue

Post by **racketboy** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:22 pm

I'll try to keep from rambling and cut to the point.
Sorry for all the server issues the last few weeks.
I "upgraded" to a Virtual Private server a couple weeks ago thinking it would be the next logical step of making a faster and more stable site.
It was faster -- when it was up. The first server I tried has 256MB of RAM. I quickly learned that this site was far too busy for only that amount (even though the server cost almost twice as much as my old shared one)

So I upgraded to one with twice the RAM. I still maxed it out at times and it crashed at least once a day. These VPSs also required me to manage the whole thing myself.
Between the high price, the lack of stability, and the overhead, I quickly decided that I was better off with the shared server (that offers me 4GB or RAM at its peak)

So...while this shared server might not be perfect, it is relatively stable.
I'm going to have some tweaks done to it to make sure that I use it to the best of its ability.
I will also be focusing on hosting many of the site's images on an external host to keep the load down on this server.

So again I'm sorry for all the downtime (I felt the pain more than anyone) and lets hope for the best from here on out.
If you see anything funny in the coming days, please email me - racketboy a t gmail

Post by **racketboy** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:23 pm

Sorry about the missing posts -- I accidentally accessed the other server when posting this originally....
If something you posted recently is now missing, please let me know and I'll grab it off of the other server for you...

Post by **Doctor Fugue** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:59 pm

I posted something in the Contra list thread that is missing...but perhaps it was deleted on purpose!

Post by **racketboy** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:05 pm

Doctor Fugue wrote:I posted something in the Contra list thread that is missing...but perhaps it was deleted on purpose!

Probably not -- I'll try to PM you the text tomorrow if that's ok with you

Post by **Doctor Fugue** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:15 pm

racketboy wrote:
Doctor Fugue wrote:I posted something in the Contra list thread that is missing...but perhaps it was deleted on purpose!
Probably not -- I'll try to PM you the text tomorrow if that's ok with you

Sure, no problem!

Post by **marurun** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 6:26 pm

I lost a bunch of posts, but the only one I really don't want to retype is a later post in the Dragonball Z thread in Whatever.

Post by **racketboy** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:02 pm

ok -- I'll go dig them up now...

edit: ok that's harder than I thought -- I'll keep trying

Post by **The Apprentice** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:31 pm

I lost a post I put into this topic, but I'm not even sure if it ever got submitted in the first place. Not really important enough to go looking for, though.

Post by **racketboy** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:16 pm

The Apprentice wrote:I lost a post I put into this topic, but I'm not even sure if it ever got submitted in the first place. Not really important enough to go looking for, though.

Yeah it was on the old server -- that's actually what tipped me off.
It was my mistake. I thought I was on the shared (current) server on my desktop, but I wasn't. I enabled that forum when I shouldn't have.

Post by **extrarice** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:27 pm

racketboy wrote:I'll try to keep from rambling and cut to the point.
Sorry for all the server issues the last few weeks.
I "upgraded" to a Virtual Private server a couple weeks ago thinking it would be the next logical step of making a faster and more stable site.
It was faster -- when it was up. The first server I tried has 256MB of RAM. I quickly learned that this site was far too busy for only that amount (even though the server cost almost twice as much as my old shared one)

So I upgraded to one with twice the RAM. I still maxed it out at times and it crashed at least once a day. These VPSs also required me to manage the whole thing myself.
Between the high price, the lack of stability, and the overhead, I quickly decided that I was better off with the shared server (that offers me 4GB or RAM at its peak)

So...while this shared server might not be perfect, it is relatively stable.
I'm going to have some tweaks done to it to make sure that I use it to the best of its ability.
I will also be focusing on hosting many of the site's images on an external host to keep the load down on this server.

So again I'm sorry for all the downtime (I felt the pain more than anyone) and lets hope for the best from here on out.
If you see anything funny in the coming days, please email me - racketboy a t gmail

WordPress is pretty terrible at handling large amounts of traffic. Poorly optimized code - it's pretty amazing how bad lol. Another CMS platform might be advisable, such as MovableType or Joomla (though Joomla didn't give me enough control for my needs, personally).

Another message board system might help as well, but I'm actually not certain how phpBB fares compared to other systems, like SimleMachines or IPB.

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