Mr. X
Sat 16th Mar '02, 8:37pm
Today my highest count of users on the board was 58. Right now, its 43.
My board I just put up for fun, and its core members (15-20 at the most) are a close group of ppl from another forum (3dfiles if anyone remembers) that just got together. I run it out of my pocket, no ads or anything, just for the fun of running a board.
Well anyway, another UBB forum run just died due to money and member issues, and a few of our members who were members of that forum got into a bit of a war with the admins, accusations flying left and right about the other board lying to its members, hacking someones own phpBB board, begging its members for money to keep the site up etc. I guess the board couldnt handle all the heat and called it quits, so it seems my board is getting flooded with refugees from that board.
At most, we get 12-15 users at a time, its been like that for months. The highest count was 43, and that was when I first put up the forum and 3dfiles UBB died, so we gained a few members etc. History is repeating itself it seems. I mean its great to have new members (this week we got like 25 new registrations), but whats making me sweat bullets is the fact that Im on a shared server.
I use Hostrocket's economy plan, and they suspend sites that have more than like 30-40 concurrent connections (I think its only if its constant, like 30-40 every day). I wonder if this keeps up, because if it does I just might have to upgrade to a semi-dedicated account. I've put a load and connections limit (3.0 for the warning level, 25 connections before it starts turning away visitors).
For those who have a board that has 30-70 connections daily, what host and plan do you use and how has it worked out for you?
My board I just put up for fun, and its core members (15-20 at the most) are a close group of ppl from another forum (3dfiles if anyone remembers) that just got together. I run it out of my pocket, no ads or anything, just for the fun of running a board.
Well anyway, another UBB forum run just died due to money and member issues, and a few of our members who were members of that forum got into a bit of a war with the admins, accusations flying left and right about the other board lying to its members, hacking someones own phpBB board, begging its members for money to keep the site up etc. I guess the board couldnt handle all the heat and called it quits, so it seems my board is getting flooded with refugees from that board.
At most, we get 12-15 users at a time, its been like that for months. The highest count was 43, and that was when I first put up the forum and 3dfiles UBB died, so we gained a few members etc. History is repeating itself it seems. I mean its great to have new members (this week we got like 25 new registrations), but whats making me sweat bullets is the fact that Im on a shared server.
I use Hostrocket's economy plan, and they suspend sites that have more than like 30-40 concurrent connections (I think its only if its constant, like 30-40 every day). I wonder if this keeps up, because if it does I just might have to upgrade to a semi-dedicated account. I've put a load and connections limit (3.0 for the warning level, 25 connections before it starts turning away visitors).
For those who have a board that has 30-70 connections daily, what host and plan do you use and how has it worked out for you?