Upgrading server to super duper dedicated, need opinions

[Naylix]

gief paypal link!!

I wouldn't mind setting up a 1-2$ monthly sub .... but make it voluntary, some people simply will not pay for websites.

We did this in our old guild, and it was set @ 3$ maximum. We had a dedicated hosting the month after, since every guildmember felt they could definately spare 3$ pr month.

And honestly, you can barely buy a soft drink for 1-2$, but this website getting 200ish voluntary donations = gold baby

[Mono]

Pop-ups or sliding in Ads? Pain.
Animated Ads? Bearable.
If you can make sure it doesn't randomly include gold sellers<SNIP>

So.. I'm going to be placing up adsense at the top (no gold ads)

Personally, my opinion is the same as it was a year ago, charge subscription fees to dedicated members to access the forums. Sure it might stop a few people from coming in, but anyone who really wants to box will stay subscribed.

Then people would make their own alternative sites that don't charge a fee, and with the community scattered amongst various other sites and it all goes downhill from there.

[Parsous]

You should try to get more details from the hosting company on what the problem was. If it was just a massive spike in traffic (e.g. "farked" or "penny-arcaded") there typically isn't much you can do about it outside of paying massive amounts to prevent that kind of problem.

If you're exceeding traffic limits or hitting their database server too hard then those can typically be solved by going to a dedicated server, since typically if you are hitting something too hard on a shared resource the provider will typically throttle you (Usually breaking something in the process).

[Sam DeathWalker]

I use these guys and its dirt cheap as says "unlimited traffic", I mean dosn't that mean they can handel heavy traffic?

http://www.ixwebhosting.com/index.ph...anBusinessPlus

I am sure these guys can handle any traffic:

http://www.ixwebhosting.com/index.ph...urPromiseToYou

But ya put adds I mean no one can afford to be a charity organization in this economy.

[Ruodhaid]

gief paypal link!!

in the top if the site to the right the is a bottem named Donate press it

[glo]

I would at least try a paypal link for now. The worst that will happen is you get a few bucks to help with the upgrade costs.

[blast3r]

I would be willing to donate a monthly amount to help with the increase in cost. This is the backbone of my hobby and to me it would be well worth it.

[bizcotti4]

i would much rather pay a one time fee than see ads.

[Wilbur]

I'll see if I can pull some strings to put a hosting package together...

[Los]

How bout getting more hosts instead of just 1, cluster the website, isnt that possible somehow? I always wondered about stuff like that, im not so into the forum software you are using, but perhaps there is software that makes/lets you cluster it. You could setup one/two in europe, one/two in the us, make them sync between eachother.