BFC Server situation, outages, lags, and you.

You da man, Spark.

 

Spark, you are awesome!! Thank you for you time and all your efforts.

 

Do not be harsh on yourself... you are doing a fantastic job! We do not claim perfection, we STRIVE towards perfection.

Bill Handy

 

Spark, I know it is frustrating with what you are trying to accomplish, but I think I speak for volumes of folks that know you are doing all you can. Sometimes computer geeks just do not get it. It is not your fault, If I can send in some collectibles for you to raffle off and help with money, just say the word. A lot of folks will step up and help.

Thanks for all you are doing,
Jim

 

As a fellow webmaster, I feel your pain.

A couple of years ago, one of my sites was going down repeatedly. Newest version of MySQL, php, Apache, Red Hat, etc, and etc, and etc.

When it wasn't down, it was slow as Christmas. Trying to run phpbb was like pulling teeth, only slower, and more painful.

Finally determined that bad memory was the culprit. Yanked the memory, installed new chips, and all was groovy. But, for the month prior, it was one "guess fix" after another. It can, indeed, be very frustrating.

Hang in there, remember to breathe, and don't let it be a bigger issue than it really is.

 

Don't worry about it, you can only do what you can do. Most people understand and you'll get it sorted eventually. Just keep kicking arses until they fix the problem.

Thanks for all your efforts, lots of people appreciate it.

 

Kevin thanks for all you do! Its a minor thing anyway, and even as a paying member I think I get so much more out of it than I pay for--I'm sure most other people feel the same way--and so we are willing to put up with any small glitches here and there...

What do I have to help you with to get a pirate next to my name?!?!

Best of luck!

 

At work we've been moving more and more of our production systems to Amazon's EC2. After about 6 months on EC2 we've had about the same level of reliability (5 9s? no ... 4? no ... 3? hell, I'm happy to get 99.0% uptime) as with Rackspace, who we've been on for about 6 years.

But the cost is at least 3 times cheaper. If you're interested, I'd be happy to relate more experiences and info privately, and provide free support for getting set up if you decide that's how you want to go.


Cheers and good luck!

- Robert

 

Hopefully you used phrases such as, "donkey punch", "robot canon", and "light on fire and kick in the nuts".

 

Thanks for the update. Still my favorite site!!!:thumbup:

 

Thanks for the update Kevin, I thought the problem was on my side.

 

Well you got my support and I'm glad you are working to improve things for us. You and this community will continue to have my support! Keep up the great work Spark!

ken

 

What he said...:thumbup:

 

Kevin, thanks for the update. It has been frustrating, but it's good to know you're on top of things.

 

I'm sure they will be Walking the Plank if they don't get it done

 

I for one will continue to use and support this forum. :thumbup:

 

Has it been frustrating? Sure. A darn PITA? Occasionally... But this is still the best damn Forum I've ever been privileged to be a member of, and I just want to THANK YOU for your continued efforts to keep this big 'ship' running smoothly. Glitches happen, and your update here to keep us in the loop is totally appreciated. I don't know about anyone else, but smooth sailing or no, I plan to stick around and continue to support this Forum for as long as you'll have me. Hang tough, ya pirate, and give 'em bloody hell!

Thank you, Spark!! :thumbup::thumbup:

 

Virtual Machines. Seems I recall some cautionary articles on the perils of virtual machine technology. Your hosting service is probably hosting nearly impossible to detect rootkit experiments from all the usual suspects. Yeah would probably slow down I/O quite a bit. I'd find another vendor.