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Postby f~a~e~r~i~e » Fri Nov 08, 2002 10:32 pm

Phade, if it costs you so much for bandwidth, why not switch your hosting to a site that allows you to have unlimited bandwidth?
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Postby Phade » Sat Nov 09, 2002 12:47 am

Hey,

Nobody ever has "unlimited" bandwidth; that is just a marketing ploy to get you to sign up for thier service. The major drain with this site is raw computing power (well, and bandwidth). I have had to move more often simply because this site was pulling too many resources from other sites on the same shared server. The site is now on a nice dedicated server with lots of bandwidth now. In fact, I'll probably turn on the "Video of the Week" section sometime this month. :D

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Postby shinto » Sat Nov 09, 2002 1:46 pm

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Postby klinky » Sat Nov 09, 2002 2:14 pm

Well Phade is running off a dedicated server. I am sure the site creates alot of traffic, but it probably uses WAY more CPU power then most sites.

PHP is a dynamic uhhh web development scripting language :twisted:

Everytime you look at a page, respond to someone, search for a video. The server has to dynamically create the page on the fly, which takes cpu power. Multiply that by thousands of times a day, you're looking at a hefty chunk of CPU time.

So phade is probably happy with his co-located remote server with a healthy pipe. If it works, just keep it.


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Postby Phade » Sat Nov 09, 2002 8:33 pm

Hey,

Klinky is correct. The major drain on the site now is pure CPU power.

When the Golden Donut comes around, the site will need reliable bandwidth. If the "free" bandwidth is gone next month, people won't be too happy about it.

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Postby CaTaClYsM » Sat Nov 09, 2002 9:25 pm

What are your server specs?
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Postby Phade » Sat Nov 09, 2002 9:46 pm

Hey,

You can find the current specs here. :-)

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Postby CaTaClYsM » Sat Nov 09, 2002 10:53 pm

what is your server software, something like linux or unix can make a BIG difference.
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Postby Phade » Sat Nov 09, 2002 11:19 pm

Hey,

It's currently running RedHat.

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Postby CaTaClYsM » Sun Nov 10, 2002 3:25 pm

Well when you get enough donation money, if you swith over to a server with a cpu that is made specificaly to be used in servers (athalon MP or a Xeon.) that will make a big difference, in the mean time of you need a quick fix you can head over to pricewatch.com and get a stick of 512 megs of ram for about 30 bucks, its DIMM not DDR, but it can get the job done.
So in other words, one part of the community is waging war on another part of the community because they take their community seriously enough to want to do so. Then they tell the powerless side to get over the loss cause it's just an online community. I'm glad people make so much sense." -- Tab
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Postby Phade » Sun Nov 10, 2002 3:48 pm

Hey,

The server is currently leased from RackShack.net, so I really don't have that much control over it without increasing the monthly cost and/or moving the site.

The current server isn't hurting for power. It was the previous host servers that were being choaked.

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Postby CaTaClYsM » Sun Nov 10, 2002 5:11 pm

aha, it becomes clear, well if this one isn't hurting for power can you please bring back the regular search thingly? cuz right now it still say 'These search options are being optimized due to excessive cpu usage. Please use the Super Search until these search options return.'
So in other words, one part of the community is waging war on another part of the community because they take their community seriously enough to want to do so. Then they tell the powerless side to get over the loss cause it's just an online community. I'm glad people make so much sense." -- Tab
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Postby Phade » Sun Nov 10, 2002 5:37 pm

Hey,

The old regular search scripts are not optimized very well and were sucking the cpu dry. They were written when there was about 50 anime listed. :-) The "Super Search" is more optimized. We are working on a replacement for the old regular search that is similar and but optimized.

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Postby CaTaClYsM » Sun Nov 10, 2002 6:01 pm

I just wanna be able to browse through the animes again.
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Postby Lyrs » Wed Nov 13, 2002 1:27 pm

Hmm....i have nothign to add...i'm usually really curious about the machiens but now...i'm more interested with the actual philosophy of the machine or in this case, the mind and soul of the "forum."

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