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how about a chrono limit meter?

so it will show when not to bother with the forum, and when it's ok

nah, it'd add more load, and....

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Originally posted by lylesback2
it will show when not to bother with the forum,

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when you see the load message, you know there's much load and it's better not to browse the forums (usually from 17:00 to 22:00 GMT)

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Originally posted by Choli
nah, it'd add more load, and....

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Yeah..when server load is high, we shall not do extra things such as "insert this high load time and load precent into mysql table...". It does nothing but delay the time when the forums become usable.

This issue is currently being discussed among the administrators, so just don't worry A good thing it implies, at least, is that Patchou really did a good job on Plus! 3 so that there are so many satisfied Plus! users - more than for Plus! 2

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Originally posted by Mnjul
Patchou really did a good job on Plus! 3 so that there are so many satisfied Plus! users - more than for Plus! 2 

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or is it bug reports coming back

i guess they COULD add it in... since starting july.. or late june, they move servers.  don't see why they can not move right now?

Well, Were working on it, It's not a quick and easy thing, It involves some planning and alot of work. We'll keep everyone informed over the next few days as to whats going on.

good news.  you guys really have alot of problems setting up servers don't you? lol mine took me a day to configure... things were loading by the end of the first day   must be one of those hard servers...

But transfering a site this big without any downtime is a pain in the rear Were trying to minimize downtime.

I can have a server, Built from scratch (buying parts included) and serving websites of this size running in under 3 hours. Transfering sites just takes more planning and access to the new servers.

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Originally posted by wj
But transfering a site this big without any downtime is a pain in the rear  Were trying to minimize downtime.

I can have a server, Built from scratch (buying parts included) and serving websites of this size running in under 3 hours. Transfering sites just takes more planning and access to the new servers.

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may i suggest something?

if it only takes.. maybe maximum 4 hours?  why can't it be done during night time?  or later in the night?

or even during the earily morning sat... maybe a saturday or sunday, since no one is really awake then, and won't notice and downtime then?  good idea / bad idea   just really hate this "server load limit has been reached" message...

The forums are almost always being views by at least 40 visitors. IT's not just users from the US, but many users from other countries use this as well.

Well in my opinion if you take a look at the stats page you'll be able to work out a specific day and time where hits are lowest  and do it then.  The hard bits finding a point to stop people posting to transfer the database accross!  BTW what size is the database? 

I'm sure regulars could cope with an hours down time if it meant all round improvements.  WJ you do a  great job.  I just hope you can keep it up for as long as these boards are around.