Worldwide acceleration (& security)

[beak]

Ah, so new server, less traffic. nice one.

[Bibs]

Those are server CPU, Memory and Disk I/O stats. Not traffic. Donut.

[Bibs]

Incase anyone noticed a few mins of downtime,  we've just doubled the number of SSD's for future proofing. Plenty of spare capacity now,  we were at 85% before. 

[Bibs]

On 25/09/2015 at 14:59, Bibs said:

Speaking of upgrading, TLF has just signed a new 2 year server deal wit our hosts, UKFast. Since the server we're on is 5 years old, we are getting a brand new Dell Hex Core machine with plenty of RAM and more importantly, SSD drives which should further speed up the websites  

Fast forward 2 years and we've just today upgraded to a new machine, which again is much faster than the one we're on, technology eh. I'll spend the next few hours testing the migration then swap us on to the new machine. Shiny

£5,784 + VAT is £6,940.80 over 2 years, in case you think the internet is free! 

[Bibs]

Sorry, been doing this today and it's been much harder than it should be, last time it was simple but no so much this time! 

Normal service is back, I hope your families enjoyed seeing you

[TAR]

Just got access but had to use this link https://www.thelotusforums.com/forums

The link www.thelotusforums.com didn't work. 

 

[Bibs]

Clear your cache mate and that'll go away. 

[Bibs]

The forum may be offline for half an hour or so later on today for maintenance. 

[Bibs]

All done

[march]

Is it me or has the website slowed right down since it was off line - also cannot upload pictures .

[Bibs]

Rome wasn't built in a day, give me a chance! 

Pic issue is sorted now.

[Bibs]

I've just installed a new caching system on the forums, should speed up your browsing experience considerably

[drdoom]

Bibs,

Thanks immensely for this site, can't say enough on how valuable it has been. Having a bit of grief over the past few days when posting on the Esprit threads, however, where it seems to lock up after a couple of lines of text. Windows reports a problem has caused Internet Explorer has stopped working. Any suggestions?

.... that should read " . . . Internet Explorer to stop working."

[Bibs]

Steve, it sounds like a problem with IE, is your version all up to date? If so, perhaps details of the report would help diagnose what's going wrong? 

[drdoom]

Thanks, mate, your tip reminded me that I'd recovered a trove of jpeg files by way of backup recently and it seems that the whole shebang was reverted to some earlier state of things in the process. Can't claim to be overly savvy on matters PC but usually manage about well enough. Just now installed an update package dated 2016 and will work with that before going all-in with the latest recommendation.

Cheers

[Bibs]

👍

[Bibs]

Hosting all of our images on Amazon S3 suddenly started getting pricey as per below so I'm moving them back to the TLF server at the moment. There may be some disruption as there are a lot!

There's no reason for the increase in cost other than Amazon upping their prices. I guess they do have a space ship program to pay for!! 

[Bibs]

Friday morning at 10am our server is being (physically) moved to a new data centre. We're currently in Manoc 4 but are moving to Manoc 7 which is much faster in terms of the network equipment (gigabit rather than megabit) but as the IP address will change there will be a certain amount of downtime as TLF will be in a van for a short drive and I'll need to configure some changes! 

I've also just changed our database engine from MyISAM to InnoDB which is a good thing I'm told! 

[Bibs]

This is happening now. It also means LEC, Norlog and Autobahnstormers will experience a short amount of downtime. 

[Bibs]

And we're back. Thanks for your patience

 

[Bibs]

From our hosting company...

I'm writing to let you know that, as of 1 April 2023, we will be increasing your monthly charge by 16%.

This isn’t a decision we have taken lightly, and want to assure you that we have considered all factors carefully before arriving at this conclusion. Key reasons for this increase include:

• Nationwide energy price hikes, which have increased operating costs.
• Higher-than-inflationary price rises from suppliers and licence partners.
• An industry-wide increase in tech-staff salary costs. 

While we have absorbed the majority of these heightened costs, we’re now at a stage where we need to pass on a proportion to customers, to ensure we continue to deliver the level of service you expect. In addition, we have excluded all contracts starting on or after 1st October 2022. At the moment, this price rise does not affect current colocation services while we continue to assess the energy market.

I wonder if they'll reduce it when electricity is cheaper again?

[ramjet]

Of course they will. You think differently to that?  

[Rambo]

17 minutes ago, Bibs said:

I wonder if they'll reduce it when electricity is cheaper again?

1 word, 1 syllable.

 

 

 

No.

 

[ramjet]

Yes?