Tweaking MySQL is not that difficult but I think that to run a site as busy as boards.ie, it would require load balancing and replication.As far as I can tell the only DB that Vbulletin supports is MySQL
Regards...jmcc
Tweaking MySQL is not that difficult but I think that to run a site as busy as boards.ie, it would require load balancing and replication.As far as I can tell the only DB that Vbulletin supports is MySQL
If you have a look over on WHT there's a few threads about their setup - which is truly impressive and never seems to go downTweaking MySQL is not that difficult but I think that to run a site as busy as boards.ie, it would require load balancing and replication.
Regards...jmcc
Heh
I spend a LOT more than that on advertising every month!
Offline works, but you have to work out which sorts of advertising and which publications will pay off ...
Do you spend much on offline (traditional) advertising? If so, do you think online or offline offer a better return?
If you have a look over on WHT there's a few threads about their setup - which is truly impressive and never seems to go down
I've seen it go down a few times with MySQL related problems. But then again Rackspace provide the hosting and they have a pretty decent repuation for doing some of that high end hosting stuff (It ain't cheap though)
Maybe it would be worth the 2 euro to see the accounts for Boards. I'd be curious to know what kind of money is going in/out
Tweaking MySQL is not that difficult but I think that to run a site as busy as boards.ie, it would require load balancing and replication.
Regards...jmcc
I think to say that boards.ie is offline nearly every day is a slight bit of an overstatement, don't you think - "dreams and reality", Dougal? True, boards.ie has been down three or four times in the past month to six weeks, mainly due to a dodgy RAID controller that we have identified on our attachments file share server, which we are currently getting a replacement for. Also, if Blogger can go down and Skype for a few days, maybe you can cut us a break - it happens to us all!
You obviously use the site more than I do then!
Thanks jmcc - I'll pencil myself in for that so