mushrat Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Not sure whats going on and Adrock is out of town for a few days.I've Invisibled all the videoes in the video section to see if thats causing the problem. If we get the same error tonight we'll know its something else. Please bear with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seefoodlover Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 That should take care of the problem. Video uses alot more bandwidth than text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesh2 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 QUOTE (seefoodlover @ Apr 30 2008, 03:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>That should take care of the problem. Video uses alot more bandwidth than text.dependsi havnt been here in a while but most places that host video are like youtube, and link to that sitethat would be youtubes bandwith not yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 QUOTE (jamesh2 @ Apr 30 2008, 10:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (seefoodlover @ Apr 30 2008, 03:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>That should take care of the problem. Video uses alot more bandwidth than text.dependsi havnt been here in a while but most places that host video are like youtube, and link to that sitethat would be youtubes bandwith not yoursThat's my fear - But it's worth a shot. I think *some* of the videos might be hosted on our server. And we have a shit load of guests browsing - worth a shot I feel.JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seefoodlover Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 go for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share Posted April 30, 2008 ok..spoke with adrock. He's moving the Forum to a dedicated server tonight. We should have more than twice the capacity tomorrow. At that point I'll restore the videos and we'll see what happens. Apparently Adrock has been shelling out cash for extra bandwith when we've needed it so this is a good investment. He also said he was working on some other improvements.More news as it happens..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 QUOTE (mushrat @ Apr 30 2008, 11:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>ok..spoke with adrock. He's moving the Forum to a dedicated server tonight. We should have more than twice the capacity tomorrow. At that point I'll restore the videos and we'll see what happens. Apparently Adrock has been shelling out cash for extra bandwith when we've needed it so this is a good investment. He also said he was working on some other improvements.More news as it happens.....Great news!Please pass on our thanks to adrock and the team behind the forum [As your the only bugger that has contact with them ]JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog_916 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Damn, you guys are good. Keep up the awesome administration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy1966 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 QUOTE (mushrat @ Apr 30 2008, 05:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>ok..spoke with adrock. He's moving the Forum to a dedicated server tonight. We should have more than twice the capacity tomorrow. At that point I'll restore the videos and we'll see what happens. Apparently Adrock has been shelling out cash for extra bandwith when we've needed it so this is a good investment. He also said he was working on some other improvements.More news as it happens.....I was gonna say that with all the new members and guests that are here are generating a lot of cpu usage on the server causing the problem. Same thing happened to me and a friend running a site. Dedicated server is going to be the only way to keep HF going. I think you should put up a donate button or peoples start becoming a premium member and show your support and the help to keep HF going. For videos, make sure they are not hosted here on the server if you do not want them. You Tube embeds are not going to effect HF's bandwidth.Is he staying with the same server? Could be some time involved in switching data base to another server. Make sure it is all backed up....... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1v3th3ad Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechAnt Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Great work on all your guys' parts! I'm quite inclined to donate now seeing how awesome you guys are keeping this place up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 well, the forum may be down for a while tonight I guess while they do the switch over...so don't panic, it will be back! And thanks for the support guys...the owners and mod squad are doing our best.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjdx88 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 To the AdminsThanks guys for keep HF up and running, I know Im still a noob here but this site is amazing, and I will be changing my status as soon as I start working again and got 15 bucks to spare.Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majid Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Maybe using a youtube code based videosection will help us out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterboi Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 that is awesome Mush. Pass on the thanks to Adrock also. This is a great place!!! I would have HF withdrawals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyusername Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 i would totally donate if i kne where to send my money, and if it helps i ran into a problem with bandwidth yada yada this morning but when i came home i logged on no problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 QUOTE (Majid @ Apr 30 2008, 08:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Maybe using a youtube code based videosection will help us out?our video section IS youtube based. But I imagine since it is streaming THROUGH the forum it's probably ating up some bandwith.If you want to donate to the forum you can get a $15 premium membership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manic007 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 QUOTE (mushrat @ May 1 2008, 02:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (Majid @ Apr 30 2008, 08:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Maybe using a youtube code based videosection will help us out?our video section IS youtube based. But I imagine since it is streaming THROUGH the forum it's probably ating up some bandwith.If you want to donate to the forum you can get a $15 premium membership.hmm, not so sure about that. But then again it depends on how the server scripts are setup. I thought most websites just link to youtube, so the scripts gets your web browser to stream the video directly off youtube. Its very similar to the way html can directly call resources, such as pictures, sounds, scripts from any number of servers into your web browser. But like I said, it depends on how the website is setup. Maybe you'd like to talk to your webmaster about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 heh..i didn't understand a word of that..I can run the place, but i sure as hell don't understand the inner workings... As far as I'm concerned computers run on smoke..when the smoke gets out, it stops working. Works for cars and major appliences as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Gremlins Mushrat, It's the Gremlins.Well It's been up all night [For me at least lol]JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Devils Playground Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I called Kings also and offered to pay for more bandwidth as well as sugested stop the hotlinking from the site tocut down any abuse people may have been doing to effect the site also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog_916 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Damn, Neal for the MFW! Here he comes to save the DAYYYYY!I'm working on becoming a premium member as well. Mark my words, post #1000 is coming soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Hotlinking to places such as photobucket should be ok. When I am at the office I cannot see sigs and/or pics as it blocks photobucket but not hookahforum - Proof that it loads directly from photobucket JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 Actually, Adrock says the bandwith isn't spiking. It's just the use has generally gone up recently. So it could just be the increased traffic in general. Either way the place didn't die last night so I am restoring the video section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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