Shoutbox

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/memberlist.php?by=pos...order=ASC&page=424

We have 989 pages of members, the first 424 pages of members have not posted (mind you some registered this month.)

But 424 pages of users out of 989 pages of users - thats 43% of the members (roughly) that have not posted some since last year.

I think its time for a pruin

i really think that it needs to be pruned The server load is really annoying me! Its not been as bad recently, but its still insanely annoying when it happens, won't it decrease this

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Originally posted by traxor
i really think that it needs to be pruned The server load is really annoying me! Its not been as bad recently, but its still insanely annoying when it happens, won't it decrease this

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The number of users that AREN'T using the forums won't effect overall server load

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Originally posted by blade

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Originally posted by traxor
i really think that it needs to be pruned The server load is really annoying me! Its not been as bad recently, but its still insanely annoying when it happens, won't it decrease this

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The number of users that AREN'T using the forums won't effect overall server load

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so where are the users pm's etc and there posts stored? lol

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Originally posted by traxor

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Originally posted by blade

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Originally posted by traxor
i really think that it needs to be pruned The server load is really annoying me! Its not been as bad recently, but its still insanely annoying when it happens, won't it decrease this

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The number of users that AREN'T using the forums won't effect overall server load

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so where are the users pm's etc and there posts stored? lol

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they most likely don't have PMs.... it isn't that big a deal.

They would be stored in the database, but as these users are not using the forums, nobody is requesting this information from the database...especially thier posts, as the point of this thread is that these users don't have any.

Private Messages are stored in the database as avatars and signature information the rest I beleive is stored in a cookie.

The server load has to do with the amount of bandwidth that is currently being used not the amount of space that is being taken.

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Originally posted by NoName
The server load has to do with the amount of bandwidth that is currently being used not the amount of space that is being taken.

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Not really accurate, IMO...

Having a large database can slow down MySQL because it has to keep track of and sort through more data. That can lead to higher server load.

I don't think there are enough users at the moment to do any pruning... if I pruned, I'd only delete like 1000.

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Originally posted by WDZ

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Originally posted by NoName
The server load has to do with the amount of bandwidth that is currently being used not the amount of space that is being taken.

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Not really accurate, IMO...

Having a large database can slow down MySQL because it has to keep track of and sort through more data. That can lead to higher server load.

I don't think there are enough users at the moment to do any pruning... if I pruned, I'd only delete like 1000.

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Question, this might seem dodgy, but what if the user who gets prunned lets say on the last page and wants to come to the forum to post like errors and stuff? And wdz 1000 is lalot of members to prune!

out of 990 pages, there are only 107 pages of memebers that have posted at least 5 posts!

i think these memebers should be delted and an email sent to their email (if possible) confirming that they have been deleted due to inactivity. either delete people with very few posts, or people that have not signed in in the past year or 2. that would be a good idea i think. it would just help clear things up in general. if companies like microsoft hotmail can remove you due to inactivity, i think that plus forums can too!