Albert Posted June 11, 2002 Share Posted June 11, 2002 I just ordered a new server for AtariAge, and will begin configuring it tonight (I am already logged in, exploring). The new server is significantly faster, has more memory, and more disk space. This is something we discussed doing for a while, but given that the new boards are sometimes more sluggish than the previous ones, I decided today was a good time to actually go ahead and do it. It will probably take about a week to get everything configured and moved over (maybe much less), and then a few days for DNS to propogate to the new server. In the meantime, if the forums are a little sluggish please bear with us, knowing the situation will soon improve. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted June 11, 2002 Share Posted June 11, 2002 Can you order a faster connection to the web for me, too? :wink: I'm afraid, as long as my modem is the limiting factor a new server won't help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 albert... i can post again!!!! WOO HOOO!!! Take care, Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahsMyBro Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Where does Atari Age get the moolah to pay for things like the new server, bandwidth, etc... ? For that matter, do you guys (Al & Al) have other 'real' jobs to earn a living, or are you the Lords of Atari Age full-time? Enquiring minds want to know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Wow, considering you guys don't make a dime out of this, it's just awe inspiring the lengths you go to to keep this site the hub of the worlds Atari community. We all owe you a great debt (though can I pay next Thursday... :wink: )[/i] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 12, 2002 Author Share Posted June 12, 2002 Where does Atari Age get the moolah to pay for things like the new server, bandwidth, etc... ? For that matter, do you guys (Al & Al) have other 'real' jobs to earn a living, or are you the Lords of Atari Age full-time? Right now it's all out of pocket, between Alex and myself. It's not quite a bad as you might imagine, but over time it does add up. There was a period before we moved to a dedicated server where we were paying over $300 for the hosting. It's considerably less now, but still substantially more than you would pay for a hosting account on a shared server. We do get some money from the Amazon affiliation, so when you buy anything through our "store", we see some proceeds. Also, the t-shirts and other items we have in the "AtariAge Gear" sectiotn also net us some token cash. We do have 'real' jobs to earn a living. It would be wonderful if we could work on AtariAge full time while supporting ourselves, but I don't see that happening anytime soon. Certainly there's enough to keep us occupied with the site if we could work on it full-time!! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCroniger Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 I'd like to thank you guys, the other moderators and all the people that donate pics, ROMs and their time. This is by far the best site on the web. Period. I appreciate your time and efforts and I'm sure everyone else does too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari-Jess Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 Hmm, paying out of your own pocket, how nice of you I cant wait to see the new sever speeds, although I cant REALLY say ive noticed much slowness, but hey, it will only seem nicer to me once the speeds have gone even faster! go AtariAge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 13, 2002 Author Share Posted June 13, 2002 I cant wait to see the new sever speeds, although I cant REALLY say ive noticed much slowness, but hey, it will only seem nicer to me once the speeds have gone even faster! Since I had to reboot the server this morning (*cough*), the server has been running much better than it was yesterday. However, it still bogs down at times (it seems editing a message is very slow), so it'll be nice to get everthing on the new server. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari-Jess Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 well, im sho yoe is ecided Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 However, it still bogs down at times (it seems editing a message is very slow),... Have you done further investigations about the reasons? The remembers me at the behaviour of old, misconfigured (=misprogrammed) DBASE databases, where deleting a record caused a complete packing and reindexing of the whole table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 13, 2002 Author Share Posted June 13, 2002 However, it still bogs down at times (it seems editing a message is very slow),... Have you done further investigations about the reasons? The remembers me at the behaviour of old, misconfigured (=misprogrammed) DBASE databases, where deleting a record caused a complete packing and reindexing of the whole table. This forum software was very heavily tested on several forums for many months before it was released. I have confidence that it's not a problem with the queries being performed, as much as they are complex queries that take a lot of processing to complete. Why this seems to be affecting our server as much as it does, I don't know. I have already tweaked the database server's configuration a bit, which has certainly helped immensely over the first 24 hours when the server went online. At this point I think the only way to further eek performance is to actually put the site on faster hardware. The current site is running on relatively slow hardware, compared to what you can buy these days. The new server is a heck of a lot faster, in terms of the CPU, hard drive, and has twice as much memory. If problems persist after we make the move to the new server, then something is *definitely* wrong on our end. Considering how many people seem to be using the forums at any given time, I'm pleased the current server is holding up as well as it is. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangles66 Posted June 16, 2002 Share Posted June 16, 2002 We all need to continue to congratulate Albert and Alex for this site. (and as far as the boards go all who post) It's not easy or cheap to keep something like this going. My site http://www.elmoandfriends.com is in need of some serious updateing (although I did a little) last week. It's very difficult to work full time or more and still have time for something like this. My site as well as AtariAge I'm sure is a labor of love. After leaving my job and deciding to take over the family business a little more than a month ago I've found I have evne less time to spend here and other places (it's worth it in the long run). So just another THANKS to albert and alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZ Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 Yeah, without this site it would've taken me about a month just to understand the very basics of programming. Thanks! It is a fun hobby to collect, and I might have a shot at figuring out programming for the 6502! Having a full time job and maintaining this site, it is so incredible that you can do that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somePUNK Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 I would like to express my thank you toos your guys rock you are they ture atraians Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarinvader Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 Cool. I wish Atarinvader.com had something like this new AtariAge server.. ...what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PackratVG Posted July 14, 2002 Share Posted July 14, 2002 I would also like to express my thanks for all of the hard work put into this website. As said before, this is the best Atari website out there, hands down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncoman Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 ALL I CAN SAY IS IT HAS MADE MY LIFE VERY EASY THX FOR THE HARD WORK!!!!!1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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