Hi All,
Some of you will recall "The Great Crash" of January 2013, when unprecedented levels of traffic brought the site down late in the evening of the transfer window. Unfortunately, I rebooted the server to bring it back alive at the same time as our server team was resuscitating it, subsequently corrupting our entire database and causing a great deal of hassle and pain. Mick's fault to be fair.
Anyway - we're anticipating a ridiculous amount of traffic to the forum over the next couple of days. It's always difficult to gauge, it's dependent on transfer activity and of course, we're not handling Everton only traffic - we get hammered with 'neutral' traffic too, that being fans of other Clubs.
All that said, as in the summer, we'll be making an effort to assist our server team to keep GrandOldTeam accessible.
This Includes
If we do 'crash' - please don't stay on the forum repeatedly hitting refresh, it doesn't help. Instead, keep an eye on our Twitter feed for updates and head over to our Facebook Page where we'll create a status update to allow Transfer Deadline comment and conversation.
NOTE:
We will be migrating the forum to another platform, and new server on Sunday 2nd Feb which will result in some inaccessibility. This will help us considerably in the long run.
Some of you will recall "The Great Crash" of January 2013, when unprecedented levels of traffic brought the site down late in the evening of the transfer window. Unfortunately, I rebooted the server to bring it back alive at the same time as our server team was resuscitating it, subsequently corrupting our entire database and causing a great deal of hassle and pain. Mick's fault to be fair.
Anyway - we're anticipating a ridiculous amount of traffic to the forum over the next couple of days. It's always difficult to gauge, it's dependent on transfer activity and of course, we're not handling Everton only traffic - we get hammered with 'neutral' traffic too, that being fans of other Clubs.
All that said, as in the summer, we'll be making an effort to assist our server team to keep GrandOldTeam accessible.
This Includes
- "Locking Down" The Everton, World Football, Feedback and New Signings Forums. No posts will be allowed in the these forums after 30th January 1500 GMT. Normal service resumes 1st February.
- The Creation of this new 'Transfer Deadline Forum' - All Everton discussion will be confined within this new forum. The Ale House and Upgraded Lounge will stay open - we'll likely need a few pints.
- Disabling images - Avatars and the like
- Disabling the search feature
- Member Only Access - As part of the lock down, Visitors will now also be required to LOGIN to gain access. New registrations will be placed in a moderation queue until after the transfer window.
- Priority Access - We'll be using *NIX Server Load Limit. This allows the forum to determine the load on the server and processor, and to turn away further users if the load becomes too high. Established Members (Registration date dependent) and upgraded members will have priority access. This allows us to keep the forum alive, and accessible to the majority, effectively issuing a "sorry, we're full" message to any neutral traffic.
If we do 'crash' - please don't stay on the forum repeatedly hitting refresh, it doesn't help. Instead, keep an eye on our Twitter feed for updates and head over to our Facebook Page where we'll create a status update to allow Transfer Deadline comment and conversation.
NOTE:
We will be migrating the forum to another platform, and new server on Sunday 2nd Feb which will result in some inaccessibility. This will help us considerably in the long run.
