It seems like my hosting service thinks so, I´ve just received an e-mail explaining to me that the site creates some serious load on their system. :)
While this is something to be happy about and thankful for, it also means that the site will be transferred on another server within their system as they hope to reduce load that way. This means the site will be not available for 2-3 hours after midnight European time tonight. So if you can’t reach it later today, don’t worry – It’s not going anywhere and will be back soon!
Of course, this does not mean that you shouldn’t recommend VirtualR to your friends or share links – Let’s give the hosting service something to worry about :D
deej
May 27th, 2008 at 17:35
Hehe great news. Maybe you should add some Google Ads to increase revenue and buy more bandwidth :)?
WiX
May 27th, 2008 at 18:42
in a sence this is good news Montoya. traffic means your going strong. On the other hand , i suffer the same problem, and hope we are not going to go down by our own succes.
klaasvh
May 27th, 2008 at 19:46
Too popular hehe. I must say I visit your site more and more, it’s just a great source of information. I always like it when you post our WSGT stuff on here, keep up the good work! :smile:
Montoya
May 27th, 2008 at 20:32
@Wix
I can only speak for myself and VirtualR but this is definitely nothing that will hurt this site in the long run.
As of now, the site runs on a rather basic hosting package, nothing like what you need for a big forum like RSC or NoGrip or whatever.
If necessary, I can switch to a powerful dedicated server with plenty of more performance. This involves quite a lot of work as you have to take care of many things like security and such. That’s why I won’t be doing that before it’s absolutely needed. :smile:
rasfigjohn
May 27th, 2008 at 21:41
I use the image upload feature very often… is it wrong? :oops:
Montoya
May 27th, 2008 at 21:43
No, not at all!
Like I said above. Keep on using VirtualR and its features as you wish. Keep spreading the word and tell your friends…. I will take care of providing the needed resources.
I posted the story just for a chuckle and to inform people that there will be a downtime later :smile:
moatlspeed
May 27th, 2008 at 21:55
Nice Job Rob, keep it up :smile:
I have about 40 Gigs traffic each month even on my little homepage, but my hoster is still positive about it
So i guess you will have a lot more traffic here.
Montoya
May 27th, 2008 at 22:03
Since I don’t host any downloads, data-traffic is not the biggest concern. What bugs them is not the traffic but the load on the server.
The blog script and the gallery use MySQL databases and require the server to process certain stuff. Everytime a user clicks a link or writes a comment, there’s load on the server because it needs to update the database etc.
That’s what makes running big forums like RSC expensive. You have thousands of users doing stuff at the same time, putting an immense load on the server. Data traffic like from downloading sites is a lot easier to handle since it does require a minimum of processing power.
Wix
May 27th, 2008 at 23:05
glad to hear, coz in the jungle of websites the good Sim related sites dont come by the dozen.
Keep on movin.
BDST Guntha
May 27th, 2008 at 23:15
too popular? CAn it be?
Means you’r doing good :D
Keep it up should i say
Simon
May 27th, 2008 at 23:32
I love it when hosts realise they’re selling what they can’t provide. Keep up the good work :)