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Originally Posted by stanleychief
Banning guests is a horrible idea. Would an online store ban new customers if their server was getting busy? I don't think so! This place started out as a small community bulletin board, but has outgrown its capacity to handle gameday traffic.
Some suggestions to the admins:
Kill or limit pictures
Prune the database of old messages
Disable email notifications on replies
Clustering.. learn it.. live it.
First step is to identify the problem.. is it a lack of bandwidth, is the CPU being overworked, low on memory.. what? It takes more to run a fast server than throwing a new cpu in a box and calling it good. What is the failure point? Spending money on the wrong problem won't fix a thing.
What is the current hardware, does anyone know? Is the server dedicated to Chiefsplanet or shared? Is the database on the same server?
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Don't BAN guests. Make it so someone has to register if they want to hang. People watching our convos adds nothing to the BB. But the email notification has to go. I don't want avy's gone, that's how I recognize posters.