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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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I couldn't care less if we ban guests, at least until this shit is resolved. Our server just can't handle the load. I don't buy the customer analogy, either. It's not like we're selling insurance here.
For those of us who have been here since the beginning, and have voluntarily donated funds to the operation of this BB, it sucks that the place becomes unusable during a friggin game because it's crawling with lurkers. fuck that.