What about downloading an archived file?
The files in the archive are no longer in the database, so there is no server load with them. The only cost to the system is the bandwidth used during the download.
No, no, no, sir. No more chick pit for you. Come on.
Riley ,'Lessons'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
DXMachina - Aug 20, 2003 6:15:28 pm PDT #4393 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Elena - Aug 20, 2003 6:21:19 pm PDT #4394 of 10005
Thanks for all the fish.
And bandwidth is not an issue right now?
DXMachina - Aug 20, 2003 6:24:35 pm PDT #4395 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Correct.
eta: In fact, now that I look at it, even the quote on the Archives page has been static since day one, so as near as I can tell, it never made any calls to the database at all.
Elena - Aug 20, 2003 6:28:06 pm PDT #4396 of 10005
Thanks for all the fish.
Okay. Anything I can do to help with the archiving of closed threads?
Kristen - Aug 20, 2003 6:28:16 pm PDT #4397 of 10005
In July, this site used about 20 GB of bandwidth. You have 36 GB. So far this month, you've used almost 12 GB.
Also, bandwidth is an easy fix. You can always buy more. Resources NSM.
DXMachina - Aug 20, 2003 6:30:07 pm PDT #4398 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Anything I can do to help with the archiving of closed threads?
Thanks for offering, but not really.
Allyson - Aug 20, 2003 6:31:04 pm PDT #4399 of 10005
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
DX, given that, why not move ALL closed threads off this board? Leave them up for ONE WEEK, no more than that. Then we put the in "The Attic."
We could have them hosted by Fangeek, at a pretty minimal price (I know da owners, I'll haggle). That should lighten the "click through" load on the server, substantially. The threads would be available for read only, just not on this board.
They don't have to be here.
Jessica - Aug 20, 2003 6:33:46 pm PDT #4400 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Of the 1000 registered users, 180 posted in the first 10 days of August. This doesn't indicate how many lurked, and how many unregistered posters read.
So, having 100 users hitting either "post" or "read new" at the same time isn't so far fetched. That's not good news.
Jessica - Aug 20, 2003 6:34:56 pm PDT #4401 of 10005
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
They don't have to be here.
The zipped & archived threads aren't in the database anyway, though. They're not causing any problems, AFAIK.
Allyson - Aug 20, 2003 6:38:00 pm PDT #4402 of 10005
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
There's 15 closed threads on the board.