Problems with MUScoop after games

[NCMUFan]

After the last three games MUScoop has be inaccessible?  What is the problem?

[Lighthouse 84]

I had the same problem.....too many of us trying to get on at the same time?

[mu_hilltopper]

Yeah, over the past month, we've been having server issues .. seems to be slowly failing.  Rocky has been working on that, and hopefully we'll be moving to a new server, which will be faster, as the old one is 3+ years old and is powered by one mouse on an exercise wheel. 

[ATWizJr]

yeah, I've had the same problems.  Good to know it's being looked at.

[reinko]

MUScoop World Headquarters.

Impressive.

[rocky_warrior]

Yup, I'll be taking the site down for a few hours on Friday night to move over to a new dual core xeon server.  Some things like the "Recent posts" box on the left and chat will be removed semi-permanently until we know that things are stable.

For the technical info, we are on a dedicated server (p4 at this point),  but the site is heavily database driven, and the server can't keep up with the database queries under heavy load - they eventually lead it down a path into never never land.

Please bear with us - we're dedicated to returning the site to its "high reliability" status we had the first few years.  Until this year, we've never had to force a reset on the server during the hoops season.  This year, it's happened 4 or 5 times.  Just a few growing pains, and we'll be back to normal soon.

For what it's worth, if anybody is looking for a good place for their website, I will put a plug in for our host - HostGator - the tech staff has been very responsive the past few weeks, and are going above and beyond to keep a special eye on our mouse driven server.

[🏀]

Yup, I'll be taking the site down for a few hours on Friday night to move over to a new dual core xeon server.  Some things like the "Recent posts" box on the left and chat will be removed semi-permanently until we know that things are stable.

For the technical info, we are on a dedicated server (p4 at this point),  but the site is heavily database driven, and the server can't keep up with the database queries under heavy load - they eventually lead it down a path into never never land.

Please bear with us - we're dedicated to returning the site to its "high reliability" status we had the first few years.  Until this year, we've never had to force a reset on the server during the hoops season.  This year, it's happened 4 or 5 times.  Just a few growing pains, and we'll be back to normal soon.

For what it's worth, if anybody is looking for a good place for their website, I will put a plug in for our host - HostGator - the tech staff has been very responsive the past few weeks, and are going above and beyond to keep a special eye on our mouse driven server.

Friday nights? That my favorite night to post. Shucks.

[wildbillsb]

"I want it, and I want it now!" 
                                               - The horrid, obnoxious, little fat girl in the Gene Wilder version of WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

[rocky_warrior]

Friday nights? That my favorite night to post. Shucks.

Yeah, my favorite night to site in front of a computer terminal 

Don't worry, I'll at least have beer by my side.

[MUEng92]

...to move over to a new dual core xeon server.

Excuse my complete ignorance regarding hosting a website, but who pays for the new server?

[spiral97]

pay?  with.. like.. money?  I dunno.. that just works itself out..