Forum Crash

bluejock · August 12, 2012

SACK MICKNICK NOW

bluejock · August 22, 2012

GrandOldTeam said:
It'll be down tomorrow morning - as today - server guys doing some prodding

Is anything going to be done about micknick's reign of terror?

Phyllis Stein · August 22, 2012

bluejock said:
Is anything going to be done about micknick's reign of terror?

He is going to be given a medal.

BlueLlama · August 22, 2012

bluejock said:
Is anything going to be done about micknick's reign of terror?

Burn his crocs FFS

formerly manx toffee · August 27, 2012

DD can you feign another server crash please. The rumour wittering has finally taken its toll.

Thank you

formerly manx toffee · August 28, 2012

Ok I asked nicely, but this is just not good enough.

I am going to ensconce to twitter until the date passes.

Herk · September 1, 2012

And again

Kurt. · September 1, 2012

Herk said:
And again

nice post lad

agoodm · September 1, 2012

GrandOldTeam said:
There's little we can do to prevent it and quite simply, we couldn't afford to regularly sustain that kind of 'spike' traffic. It was completely unprecedented - not helped by other Everton forums being inaccessible.

After prodding the server and seeing what software its running on the server side of things I can pretty much guarantee that I could keep the forum up and running during the load spikes AND beat the price you currently pay for the hosting. Based on techniques learned when running some really really big websites a few years back. I already employ the same techniques for another premier league fan forum site and they havnt been down since I took over the hosting.

Deleted member 28206 · September 1, 2012

Already offered to mirror the site

Muggins · September 1, 2012

agoodm said:
After prodding the server and seeing what software its running on the server side of things I can pretty much guarantee that I could keep the forum up and running during the load spikes AND beat the price you currently pay for the hosting. Based on techniques learned when running some really really big websites a few years back. I already employ the same techniques for another premier league fan forum site and they havnt been down since I took over the hosting.

"All I need is your bank account number, sort code, and mothers maiden name..."

agoodm · September 1, 2012

Bryan said:
Already offered to mirror the site

A static mirror of a dynamic website isnt a great deal of help. Without new content a social place dies.

Muggins said:
"All I need is your bank account number, sort code, and mothers maiden name..."

Actually nope :-P

I bill all web hosting monthly in arrears. I do 28 days satisfaction guarantee, if you're not totally happy with the hosting at the end of 28 days you request a copy of the database from me, I close the forum temporarilly and dump the database. You import the database at the old host and re open the forum there and I never raise the first invoice.

Pat's Van · September 1, 2012

agoodm said:
After prodding the server and seeing what software its running on the server side of things I can pretty much guarantee that I could keep the forum up and running during the load spikes AND beat the price you currently pay for the hosting. Based on techniques learned when running some really really big websites a few years back. I already employ the same techniques for another premier league fan forum site and they havnt been down since I took over the hosting.

do you like pineapple on pizza mate ?

agoodm · September 1, 2012

Pat's Van said:
do you like pineapple on pizza mate ?

Not a big piza fan :-(

Pat's Van · September 1, 2012

agoodm said:
Not a big piza fan :-(

hmmm, I wasn't expecting that actually

this cat's good

agoodm · September 1, 2012

Could someone page a person in the know over to this thread please? I have a funny feeling I know what the answer will be (probably hello ban hammer) however from looking at the publically available information the forum provides about the setup it seems the current provider; which appears to provide managed hosting hasnt configured the server to handle load in remotely the best way possible. Probably wants to push more expensive/bigger hosting packages in lieu of a smart set up. A shame really.

In case anyone is interested I looked at the http headers and saw a certain bit of software mentioned. I am presuming that its setup in a fairly default way since the website totally died under heavy load last night. Then I looked at the reverse host names of machines/switches on the hops before I reach this website and did some poking around those websites. Deduced some information and decided to post after noting last night that this place didnt survive the transfer window closing.