Server upgrade?

[Dinkeldog]

I figured that was the case. It's a rare event that I can't ping the server, but fairly often (on average once a day), that the site can't be reached.

Can anyone say Hivemind?

There are far worse offenders than the Hivemind.

 

[kreynolds]

There are far worse offenders than the Hivemind.

Such as?

 

[Morrus]

Morrus: I have a couple of ideas how you can get unlimited bandwidth for your website for virtually nothing at all, if you are willing to physically move the server to another server park.

Before I e-mail you details (if you are interested at all), can you tell if the server is placed in US or UK?

It's in the US in Florida. Cyberstreet are the same people who host Mortality.net (it was Adlon who set me up with them).

Unlimited bandwidth for almost nothing? That sounds almost too good to be true.

Right now we have a T1, I'm told.

 

[Dinkeldog]

Such as?

Anything with a lot of graphics.

 

[kreynolds]

Anything with a lot of graphics.

Right. There is always that. Big fat sig images and such. How heavy of a hit does the site take due to the art galleries? I don't know how often they're frequented.

 

[AGGEMAM]

Such as?

Sig pic's (especially animated) and the art galleries is the main offenders.

Actually, the problem started to be severe just after the gallery "Gencon Babes" was put up, and have anyone seen to hit count on those, amazing.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Without getting annoyed about the Hivemind thing (because I saw the smiley, and because I think everyone knows by now it's not us), I'd like to point out that most of the Hivemind now posts on randomlingshouse...so it's definitely not us.

 

[AGGEMAM]

I'd like to point out that most of the Hivemind now posts on randomlingshouse...so it's definitely not us.

And I've never experienced any problems with bandwidth there.

 

[kreynolds]

Sig pic's (especially animated) and the art galleries is the main offenders.

Yeah, some of the sigs around here are especially huge, and there's been a recent surge in animated comicbook characters in sigs, rather big ones too. I worked real hard to get my sig down really small in file size (about 10K).

I honestly think that a signature image dimension/file size limitation needs to be put in place, something that can be put in the boards FAQ.

 

[JoeBlank]

Actually, the problem started to be severe just after the gallery "Gencon Babes" was put up, and have anyone seen to hit count on those, amazing.

I think we have a winner here. This has got to be the explanation.

Not that I have any problem with the GenCon galleries. Unless it gets to be an even greater probem, probably best to just let it die down. Once most folks have seen the galleries once or twice the traffic should decrease a good bit.

Of course, I know nothing about bandwidth and such, but this makes a lot of sense, and the timing seems just right.