Server too busy..... Or not loading at all....

Meks · 08-29-2009, 02:39 AM

hell of a marketing idea i should'a advertised for free.... nah really tho, i wasnt posting this in disgruntle with this site, i love this site, and the skins, just becuz im not a premium member, and just turned 24 and have bills and school and have money to enjoy the skins on NFL sunday ticket, and if i had sumthin id contribute too....

just taking out frustrations of un-used thought, un-read posts....
my bad.

MTK · 08-29-2009, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Meks

hell of a marketing idea i should'a advertised for free.... nah really tho, i wasnt posting this in disgruntle with this site, i love this site, and the skins, just becuz im not a premium member, and just turned 24 and have bills and school and have money to enjoy the skins on NFL sunday ticket, and if i had sumthin id contribute too....

just taking out frustrations of un-used thought, un-read posts....
my bad.

Don't worry about it. I'm just as frustrated as all of you when the site is having issues.

EARTHQUAKE2689 · 09-01-2009, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I'm working on the issue, not to be a dick but if you're not a premium member I kinda don't want to hear from you.

I'll be upgrading our memory this week for $200. Anyone wanna pitch in please feel free.

That's funny as hell, I need to get my premium status back

tryfuhl · 09-08-2009, 11:26 PM

Matty, hit me up with a budget and what you're currently hosted on. We've got another dedicated on a diff network than the one I showed you before now and have been happy with that as well. I won't mention any of it to anyone; pricing is great on each. I'd assume that you're on VPS right now? 200 concurrent isn't unfathomable for that depending how you've config'd and there are a lot of vbulletin and MySQL tweaks and caching options that can make it serve a lot better when under heavier load; I'm not sure what you've done so far in that regard but if you're not data and query caching efficiently look into that. Also, make a new skin that displays less graphics, less snazzy features, etc. We use one that we joking call "Poor Mode" and force it upon all users when we start to hit too high of a load from social media traffic. It cuts avs, sigs, a lot of the buttons, etc and put it into a mode that disables other intensive features like search, etc etc whatever is using up a lot of queries.

Serving ads to everyone you should be wanting to hear from anyonene, not just premium; but I know how things go and that's why I bought VIP several weeks back and it is your site after all

tryfuhl · 09-08-2009, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Hey I appreciate it guys, and I appreciate the support from everyone who contributes to the site.

Just to be up front, our server costs right now run around $2k a year. I'm tossing in $200 this week for the RAM upgrade which should make a big difference in helping to avoid the dreaded "server busy" message. With the way the economy has been, advertising revenue is really down this year and the site barely pays for itself. It's frustrating because I would like to be doing more giveaways but the money just isn't there.

Rest assured the server issues bug the F outta me, and when need be I will toss in my own dough to cover things. Fact is the site continues to grow and every few years we simply outgrow our digs. Time to move it on up!

Again, thanks for the support everyone.

What are you paying almost 170 a month for that can't handle 200 concurrent? How many queries are being served a page? None of this really adds up; are you on completely managed hosting or something? I'm not trying to put you down or sound like a know it all but you should be getting A LOT more for the money.

I'm on this for 150/mo:

Intel Core2Quad Q9300

RAM: 4gb DDR2
Hard Drive: 500gb SATA2
Bandwidth: 3000gb/mo
Setup Fee: $0.00

and this for 125 (will move 2nd over to first soon if this first one continues to be reliable)

Processor: 2x Xeon Irwindale
L2 Cache: 4MB (2x2MB)
RAM: 2GB
Drive: 160GB SATA
Bandwidth: 2000GB (100Mbps port)

I have a coupon that's 15 or 20pct off for the first one as well

MTK · 09-09-2009, 09:40 AM

thanks, not interested in moving servers right now but I'll keep it in mind for the future.

MTK · 09-28-2009, 01:20 PM

Well, on a positive note I think I've got the server issues solved. Did some tweaking during the game yesterday and everything seemed to be great from the 2nd half on, and believe me we had some pretty big traffic yesterday.

Hog1 · 09-28-2009, 01:21 PM

I guess....there is always a bright side?

tryfuhl · 10-05-2009, 05:13 PM

Nice, glad to hear it.

08-29-2009, 02:39 AM	#16
Meks Pro Bowl Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Jersey Age: 39 Posts: 5,553	Re: Server too busy..... Or not loading at all.... hell of a marketing idea i should'a advertised for free.... nah really tho, i wasnt posting this in disgruntle with this site, i love this site, and the skins, just becuz im not a premium member, and just turned 24 and have bills and school and have money to enjoy the skins on NFL sunday ticket, and if i had sumthin id contribute too.... just taking out frustrations of un-used thought, un-read posts.... my bad. __________________ R.I.P #21SEAN TAYLOR

09-08-2009, 11:26 PM	#19
tryfuhl Gamebreaker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Waldorf, MD Age: 41 Posts: 12,514	Re: Server too busy..... Or not loading at all.... Matty, hit me up with a budget and what you're currently hosted on. We've got another dedicated on a diff network than the one I showed you before now and have been happy with that as well. I won't mention any of it to anyone; pricing is great on each. I'd assume that you're on VPS right now? 200 concurrent isn't unfathomable for that depending how you've config'd and there are a lot of vbulletin and MySQL tweaks and caching options that can make it serve a lot better when under heavier load; I'm not sure what you've done so far in that regard but if you're not data and query caching efficiently look into that. Also, make a new skin that displays less graphics, less snazzy features, etc. We use one that we joking call "Poor Mode" and force it upon all users when we start to hit too high of a load from social media traffic. It cuts avs, sigs, a lot of the buttons, etc and put it into a mode that disables other intensive features like search, etc etc whatever is using up a lot of queries. Serving ads to everyone you should be wanting to hear from anyonene, not just premium; but I know how things go and that's why I bought VIP several weeks back and it is your site after all

09-09-2009, 09:40 AM	#21
MTK \m/ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NY Age: 51 Posts: 99,408	Re: Server too busy..... Or not loading at all.... thanks, not interested in moving servers right now but I'll keep it in mind for the future. __________________ Support The Warpath! \| Warpath Shop

09-28-2009, 01:20 PM	#22
MTK \m/ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NY Age: 51 Posts: 99,408	Re: Server too busy..... Or not loading at all.... Well, on a positive note I think I've got the server issues solved. Did some tweaking during the game yesterday and everything seemed to be great from the 2nd half on, and believe me we had some pretty big traffic yesterday. __________________ Support The Warpath! \| Warpath Shop

09-28-2009, 01:21 PM	#23
Hog1 Quietly Dominating the East Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Naples, Florida Posts: 10,675	Re: Server too busy..... Or not loading at all.... I guess....there is always a bright side? __________________ Goodbye Sean..........Vaya Con Dios thankyou Joe....... *“God made certain people to play football. He was one of them.” – Joe Gibbs*

10-05-2009, 05:13 PM	#24
tryfuhl Gamebreaker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Waldorf, MD Age: 41 Posts: 12,514	Re: Server too busy..... Or not loading at all.... Nice, glad to hear it.

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