howdy y'all!!!
i reckon when a person sets out to play with the big dogs, they better be ready for scrapes and bruises during the learning curve.
this may not mean anything to most of y'all, but... over the last week i've used 100% of the server we're using resources in terms of RAM and processor umpfffffff.... that's a technical term i'm assured.... uhem.. anyway, it's not anything anyone here has done- the server as it is can handle 1k times what the forum is capable of- but what it can't handle is the store and ftbobs stats machine... maybe one, but not the other. i need something to make this place pay for itself, so the store stays- but i refuse to leave the bobs out in the cold, and i fully intend to make him some good money for his efforts and product (i'll explain that later)- so..... upgrade time.
my plan is simple and already in motion- i've purchased a massive server with 4x4 quad cores and hella processing speeds, along with a friggin' stack of RAM. the folks who think in binary and talk like fax machines are already on it- they are duplicating every single byte of this entire site and all of ftbobs on the new server... it will be put through the paces for function over the next few days. it will perform like this server but hella faster- and i mean a LOT faster, and will have pretty much all the resources needed to handle anything scout or 247 would need... the plan is to build it, test it, and then flip a switch pointing the same domain name to the new server at some point in the little hours when only the geeks are awake.
what this means to you:
at some point, and i will announce when, the site will go into maintenance mode- and for all of 5 minutes it will have a banner in place of where you see the forum now.. then, hit refresh and you will be transparently whisked away to the new server. transparent to you... IF there is an issue, it will be toggled back to this server- also transparent to you. in the end, this place will move MUCH faster and you'll wonder why... well, that's why.
this thread basically stands as explanation if you arrive at some point in the middle of the night when you really should be sleeping, and see "maintenance mode- go grab a beer and cigar, or go to bed, fool" instead of the forum. I intend on having this done between now and monday night...
thanks y'all... It makes me happy to see the group collecting here and the community living on!!!!! this ought to be the last time i have to upgrade, and at the end of it- ftbobs and cfb-trivia.com, cfbstats.com, and cfbstatsmachine.com will be coming onliine so we can get back to validating our arguments!!!