You're saying that we need either a patron, a lottery win, or a sugar daddy?
Walking I get. But power walking? Why not just run for a shorter time?
Angel ,'Time Bomb'
Buffistas Building a Better Board
Do you have problems, concerns or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
Dana - Oct 21, 2003 1:18:48 pm PDT #5396 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Astarte - Oct 21, 2003 1:57:27 pm PDT #5397 of 10000
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Hell, I could use one of those three...
What are the usage parameters we're looking for?
Jon B. - Oct 21, 2003 3:05:39 pm PDT #5398 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The problem, as I understand it, isn't "usage parameters." It's finding a host who's willing to work with us to figure out what bug, at their end, could be causing our connections to max out. My guess, and it's just a guess, is that there are some obscure MySQL/PHP parameters that need to be tweaked, but it's not stuff that we have access to. Only the root user can get at them.
Allyson - Oct 21, 2003 3:11:05 pm PDT #5399 of 10000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
This problem has driven me to the edge of madness, and I'm dipping my toes in its rancid tide.
Astarte - Oct 21, 2003 3:16:54 pm PDT #5400 of 10000
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
So, forgive me if this has already been discussed to death, but, well, Buffista...
1. We wish to stay with the MySQL/PHP combination.
2. Root user means the owner of the server itself, yes?
NoiseDesign - Oct 21, 2003 3:26:24 pm PDT #5401 of 10000
Our wings are not tired
So I know this came up before and there were concerns that it might not be a good way to go, but what would be the upside/downside to maintaining our own machine? We would obviously need to have a place to hook it up and pay for bandwidth, but we'd be guaranteed access at all levels and it would be dedicated.
I honestly don't know the advantages/disadvantages. Depending on the type of hardware needed, I could possibly even provide the machine.
DXMachina - Oct 21, 2003 3:31:12 pm PDT #5402 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The biggest disadvantage at this point is that it's way more expensive.
1. We wish to stay with the MySQL/PHP combination.
All the code is written that way. It was tha assumption from the start.
2. Root user means the owner of the server itself, yes?
Yup, or anyone they trust enough to give that kind of access, which is usually no one.
Consuela - Oct 21, 2003 3:36:53 pm PDT #5403 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Just as a hypothetical, how much more expensive to get our own server that we would maintain our own selves?
Astarte - Oct 21, 2003 3:40:08 pm PDT #5404 of 10000
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
One reason I'm interested in this answer is that I mod on a board that has done just that. I'm not sure of all the particulars, but I can find out if it is worthwhile. (I'm no Techista, so I'm ignorant of many of the ins and outs of it. Not trying to step on any toes.)
Kristen - Oct 21, 2003 3:50:00 pm PDT #5405 of 10000
The problem, as I understand it, isn't "usage parameters."
Actually, that's not entirely true. Nearly every webhost out there limits the number of connections. For most hosts, it's far far lower than what we have now. I know FutureQuest is something like 20. So even if we weren't having this leaking connections issue or whatever it is, we'd still be unable to house this board in most shared hosting environments.
how much more expensive to get our own server that we would maintain our own selves?
It depends on what you mean by our own server. A dedicated server that someone else houses and maintains for us would start at $200-$250 a month. I have no idea what the costs would be for buying a server and setting it up for ourselves.