Hi all,
I have been working on this late into the small hours of the morning and a good part of the day.
I am still not certain what the cause of the issue was and I am not sure that I have nailed it down just yet.
However things seem a little more stable from my end.
Please continue to monitor for me and let me know if you see any further issues.
Right now load is low but so are hits. If the issue persists then I will be looking at a number of options.
1 - Removing the current front-end and implementing my own custom solution which will be more light weight
2 - Moving to a host with larger capacity ram (however this host is in the US and means this could mean slightly slower return times, though better overall server performance (We currently run on 2GB of Ram and I will be looking to expand this to 4Gb of RAM)
3 - Moving the forums and the main site to different servers to mitigate the effect each has on the other
If any of you out there are any good with linux webserver maintenance and performance troubleshooting I would love to hear from you.
Whilst the tipping comp will cover most of this in order to cover costs I am considering a move to a "Premium Service" options.
This option will come with a fee and remove all adverts from the site whilst you are logged in. Most likely only for the forum as we don't currently login on the front-end.
I may see what other options I can include in this, but a fee of say $25 annually (I will review this soon) will see you get this option of no adverts.
I'd like to hear your thoughts on this as an option too
Dan
I have been working on this late into the small hours of the morning and a good part of the day.
I am still not certain what the cause of the issue was and I am not sure that I have nailed it down just yet.
However things seem a little more stable from my end.
Please continue to monitor for me and let me know if you see any further issues.
Right now load is low but so are hits. If the issue persists then I will be looking at a number of options.
1 - Removing the current front-end and implementing my own custom solution which will be more light weight
2 - Moving to a host with larger capacity ram (however this host is in the US and means this could mean slightly slower return times, though better overall server performance (We currently run on 2GB of Ram and I will be looking to expand this to 4Gb of RAM)
3 - Moving the forums and the main site to different servers to mitigate the effect each has on the other
If any of you out there are any good with linux webserver maintenance and performance troubleshooting I would love to hear from you.
Whilst the tipping comp will cover most of this in order to cover costs I am considering a move to a "Premium Service" options.
This option will come with a fee and remove all adverts from the site whilst you are logged in. Most likely only for the forum as we don't currently login on the front-end.
I may see what other options I can include in this, but a fee of say $25 annually (I will review this soon) will see you get this option of no adverts.
I'd like to hear your thoughts on this as an option too
Dan