Originally Posted by LocoChiefsFan (Post 7137005)

Oh shit, I better get to posting, or do I get grandfathered in?

Originally Posted by H5N1 (Post 7137355)

I won't buy DRU a beer, but I'd give him some casino cash.

Originally Posted by DRU (Post 7136994)

Create an archive database on the server separate from the live database. Move all old posts to the archive DB and then you could either search it only when the requested content isn't found in the primary DB, or run two separate versions of the planet (chiefsplanet.com and chiefsplanetarchive.com). If you want to look at old stuff go to the archive site. It won't get nearly as much traffic so even with all the content it shouldn't lag.

The users really shouldn't effect things, especially if they're not even logging in and being active anymore.

Looks like you're using DirectNIC for your domain hosting. I use them too. Who are you using for the web hosting, though? Are you using the same server for Apache and MySQL or do you have them split up? I would definitely recommend a dedicated MySQL server if you don't already have one. Rackspace Cloud Servers are a great thing to look into if you're curious about doing something like that. You could get 2 dedicated servers running constantly for $100 - $200/mo depending on how much you beef them up. You can easily scale them, too, so upgrades a very simple. Just tell it you want more and your price will go up a little bit. If you can't generate that amount of money with the traffic you get then you're doing something wrong.

On that note, I've always noticed that donate buttons do not work. Make it say "buy me a beer" with a little beer icon next to it. Set it to $5 and watch the "beers" come rolling in to your PayPal account. You won't let me do it here, of course, but I get lots of "beers" from other forums that I post in because I put a buy me a beer button in my signature and I provide valuable content. (On that note, I'd provide more content here if I could put that in my sig, and people like GoChiefs and all the people who enjoy his content would benefit from that ability as well. I know he could use a new capture card). You could even setup a revenue sharing system where people who provide good content can qualify for revenue sharing and automatically disperse some of the donations accordingly. PayPal's new Adaptive Payments API's would make this type of thing really easy and would probably encourage people to start providing better content at the same time as generating plenty of money for servers and even profit.

I could keep typing more and more about this stuff but let me know some details and I can help. There's no reason with the amount of traffic you get to this site that we can't generate enough money for decent servers.

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 7136774)

Eh, I dunno. We need a bigger server (again), but this one's operating in the hole as it is. Kyle's planning upgrades, but it's tough to do during the season (not to mention finding time to do it in the first place).

I've definitely learned how time consuming this stuff is.

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 7137694)

Thanks for the input. As I've alluded to, I'm really just a wannabe when it comes to this stuff and have no real decision-making authority, but I'm sure that Kyle will stop by eventually and see this. I've thought about the "archive" thing, and it's a possibility if we could figure out how to make it work. Or we may just throw more hardware at it. Who knows?

Originally Posted by DRU (Post 7137439)

Would you buy DaFace or GoChiefs or any of the many others that would be deserving of one on this forum?

Originally Posted by Shogun (Post 7137744)

My website Runs Vbull, and Archives are definitely the way to go

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 7137763)

Do you have some nifty way of doing it, or just manually move tables over every once in a while? It seems like it'd be a pain, but it's possible.

Originally Posted by dtforever (Post 7137776)

1000 posts? Well, let's see, at my current rate I will be there sometime around 2042. I better get to work.

Originally Posted by DRU (Post 7136994)

Create an archive database on the server separate from the live database. Move all old posts to the archive DB and then you could either search it only when the requested content isn't found in the primary DB, or run two separate versions of the planet (chiefsplanet.com and chiefsplanetarchive.com). If you want to look at old stuff go to the archive site. It won't get nearly as much traffic so even with all the content it shouldn't lag.

The users really shouldn't effect things, especially if they're not even logging in and being active anymore.

Looks like you're using DirectNIC for your domain hosting. I use them too. Who are you using for the web hosting, though? Are you using the same server for Apache and MySQL or do you have them split up? I would definitely recommend a dedicated MySQL server if you don't already have one. Rackspace Cloud Servers are a great thing to look into if you're curious about doing something like that. You could get 2 dedicated servers running constantly for $100 - $200/mo depending on how much you beef them up. You can easily scale them, too, so upgrades a very simple. Just tell it you want more and your price will go up a little bit. If you can't generate that amount of money with the traffic you get then you're doing something wrong.

On that note, I've always noticed that donate buttons do not work. Make it say "buy me a beer" with a little beer icon next to it. Set it to $5 and watch the "beers" come rolling in to your PayPal account. You won't let me do it here, of course, but I get lots of "beers" from other forums that I post in because I put a buy me a beer button in my signature and I provide valuable content. (On that note, I'd provide more content here if I could put that in my sig, and people like GoChiefs and all the people who enjoy his content would benefit from that ability as well. I know he could use a new capture card). You could even setup a revenue sharing system where people who provide good content can qualify for revenue sharing and automatically disperse some of the donations accordingly. PayPal's new Adaptive Payments API's would make this type of thing really easy and would probably encourage people to start providing better content at the same time as generating plenty of money for servers and even profit.

I could keep typing more and more about this stuff but let me know some details and I can help. There's no reason with the amount of traffic you get to this site that we can't generate enough money for decent servers.

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 7137763)

Do you have some nifty way of doing it, or just manually move tables over every once in a while? It seems like it'd be a pain, but it's possible.