8 February 07
We have completed the upgrade and moved our database to our new server now! Hopefully if things go well, there shouldn't be anymore slowness issues. If it is, please post it in this thread ->
here.
5 February 07
Our new server has been ordered and completed!!!
It's a P4, 3.0Ghz, 2GB RAM with a 72GB SCSI hard drive. Hopefully the faster SCSI drive and moving the database onto it's own server will make the site run a lot faster and with fewer problems.
In saying that, expect the site to be down for a few hours sometime this week while we move the database across. I will confirm the day soon.
12 January 07
As you all may have experienced, the site has been running really
slow lately and sometimes doesn't load at all.
After many, many discussions and support tickets with Webair (our hosting company), they have said that the problem is there are lots of SQL queries sitting in the server that loops around and doesn't end. This then mounts up and eventually 'hangs' the server.
The site runs IntegraMOD, which is a modification of phpBB. It has about 30 different scripts, so I would have to find out which one of those is hanging the server.
However, on a good note, we are going to be getting
another dedicated server! This one will be specific for the SQL Database that this site runs on. Spec'ed up to take the heavy load of a SQL database. It's actually going to cost more than what we currently have!
So hopefully within a week, we will have the new server and things should 'speed' up if all goes well.
Once again, apologies for the problems you are all experiencing at the moment. Thank you for your dedication and support for the site.
We are working on the issues and expect bigger and better things for this site very soon.