SDS Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I'm not sure of the cause, but the last several weeks we have seen a large spike in traffic. We are seeing year over year activity increasing between 100% and 200%!!! Aye Carumba! We have been pushing more GB's per day the past two weeks than we did on Draft Day last year - annually our biggest day of the year. I feel like we got slashdotted or something... With that said, we upgraded several software packages to their latest versions and tweaked some others in hopes to wring some additional performance out of this puppy. I have RFQ's out for new hardware in hopes to eliminate bottlenecks. Hopefully, the Sabres can fulfill their expectations and I would like to be able to meet demand. I'm trying to price out a dual-core Opteron with a 15k RPM SCSI disk and 500GB/mnth of bandwidth. I'll keep you informed of any upcoming changes. Just an FYI.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heard of Buffalo Bills Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I'm not sure of the cause, but the last several weeks we have seen a large spike in traffic. We are seeing year over activity increasing between 100% and 200%!!! Aye Carumba! We have been pushing more GB's per day the past two weeks than we did on Draft Day last year - annually our biggest day of the year. I feel like we got slashdotted or something... With that said, we upgraded several software packages to their latest versions and tweaked some others in hopes to wring some additional performance out of this puppy. I have RFQ's out for new hardware in hopes to eliminate bottlenecks. Hopefully, the Sabres can fulfill their expectations and I would like to be able to meet demand. I'm trying to price out a dual-core Opteron with a 15k RPM SCSI disk and 500GB/mnth of bandwidth. I'll keep you informed of any upcoming changes. Just an FYI.... Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepthefaith Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I'm not sure of the cause, but the last several weeks we have seen a large spike in traffic. We are seeing year over activity increasing between 100% and 200%!!! Aye Carumba! We have been pushing more GB's per day the past two weeks than we did on Draft Day last year - annually our biggest day of the year. I feel like we got slashdotted or something... With that said, we upgraded several software packages to their latest versions and tweaked some others in hopes to wring some additional performance out of this puppy. I have RFQ's out for new hardware in hopes to eliminate bottlenecks. Hopefully, the Sabres can fulfill their expectations and I would like to be able to meet demand. I'm trying to price out a dual-core Opteron with a 15k RPM SCSI disk and 500GB/mnth of bandwidth. I'll keep you informed of any upcoming changes. Just an FYI.... I'm in the server business here. Used off-lease servers - some of which is good stuff. If that can be of help to you, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I'm on another board that has seen some major unexpected increases in traffic lately too. Obviously I'm the connection between the two boards, so feel free to blame me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 I'm in the server business here. Used off-lease servers - some of which is good stuff. If that can be of help to you, let me know. for sale or for lease? I am VERY interested if the price is right! Tell me what I have to do to get information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 I'm on another board that has seen some major unexpected increases in traffic lately too. Obviously I'm the connection between the two boards, so feel free to blame me. In my best Jerry Seinfeld voice.... "Shrader!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnykterstein Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I'm not sure of the cause Well that is easy, it is just how awesome this website is. Stop serving up such a great place and people will stop coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guffalo Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Well that is easy, it is just how awesome this website is. Stop serving up such a great place and people will stop coming. Or bring back T-Bone.....that will make em leave in droves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous Guy Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Well that is easy, it is just how awesome this website is. Stop serving up such a great place and people will stop coming. Oh Scott....you're so dreamy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 Oh Scott....you're so dreamy. get back to screwing old people out of their SS checks you profiteering bastard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinky finger Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Oh Scott....you're so dreamy. I keep coming back for the refreshments. The pastries served here are out of this world. More please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 I keep coming back for the refreshments. The pastries served here are out of this world. More please. be careful which ones you grab... Ed usually gets served a spitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I'm not sure of the cause, but the last several weeks we have seen a large spike in traffic. I'd guess it's fans of teams the Bills have been involved with in FA and those in other AFC East cities checking up on our moves. Should self-correct in a few weeks, I suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Long Beach Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Yeah, but it's still OFF season! That's still a lot of traffic to be increasing that much. SDS you sure there's no hidden porn server on the machine?!? (I once had pirates hack into one of my wireless linux based robots and start to use it as one!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeBillsDrive Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I'm not sure of the cause, but the last several weeks we have seen a large spike in traffic. We are seeing year over year activity increasing between 100% and 200%!!! Aye Carumba! We have been pushing more GB's per day the past two weeks than we did on Draft Day last year - annually our biggest day of the year. I feel like we got slashdotted or something... With that said, we upgraded several software packages to their latest versions and tweaked some others in hopes to wring some additional performance out of this puppy. I have RFQ's out for new hardware in hopes to eliminate bottlenecks. Hopefully, the Sabres can fulfill their expectations and I would like to be able to meet demand. I'm trying to price out a dual-core Opteron with a 15k RPM SCSI disk and 500GB/mnth of bandwidth. I'll keep you informed of any upcoming changes. Just an FYI.... Thanks for looking after us. I noticed the "server busy" message too. Love the board. Go Bills in '07! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RU5781 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 be careful which ones you grab... Ed usually gets served a spitter. How did I get brought into this! Incidentally, this is no lie. I had a dream that you Scott moved across the street from me, and was educating me on the finer points of DirecTV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Yeah, but it's still OFF season! That's still a lot of traffic to be increasing that much. SDS you sure there's no hidden porn server on the machine?!? (I once had pirates hack into one of my wireless linux based robots and start to use it as one!) How did you find out? When it started making strange motions and noises? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepthefaith Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 for sale or for lease? I am VERY interested if the price is right! Tell me what I have to do to get information. Either way. Is it against the rules to post a phone number here? Send me a PM otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Obviously, my return has caused quite a stir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Long Beach Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 How did you find out? When it started making strange motions and noises? When the wireless network was being flooded. Nothing like 0-day warez and porn to seize up a 1mps wireless LAN! I think whoever it was would've had quite a kick out of seeing what he hacked into! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clumping platelets Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I'm not sure of the cause, but the last several weeks we have seen a large spike in traffic. We are seeing year over year activity increasing between 100% and 200%!!! Aye Carumba! We have been pushing more GB's per day the past two weeks than we did on Draft Day last year - annually our biggest day of the year. I feel like we got slashdotted or something... With that said, we upgraded several software packages to their latest versions and tweaked some others in hopes to wring some additional performance out of this puppy. I have RFQ's out for new hardware in hopes to eliminate bottlenecks. Hopefully, the Sabres can fulfill their expectations and I would like to be able to meet demand. I'm trying to price out a dual-core Opteron with a 15k RPM SCSI disk and 500GB/mnth of bandwidth. I'll keep you informed of any upcoming changes. Just an FYI.... In English please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 In English please Yes, PLEASE. What exactly does "Aye Carumba" mean? That is NOT English. That is Simpsonese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 In English please Kidding, clump. Let me translate: I'm not sure of the cause, but the last several weeks we have seen a large spike in traffic. We are seeing year over year activity increasing between 100% and 200%!!! Aye Carumba! We have been pushing more GB's per day the past two weeks than we did on Draft Day last year - annually our biggest day of the year. I feel like we got slashdotted or something... More and more idiots are invading our sandbox. It's almost as if someone went and posted this site's url on a BIG website like slashdot.com. That sort of thing tends to increase the visits by the unlettered and the unwashed. With that said, we upgraded several software packages to their latest versions and tweaked some others in hopes to wring some additional performance out of this puppy. I have RFQ's out for new hardware in hopes to eliminate bottlenecks. Hopefully, the Sabres can fulfill their expectations and I would like to be able to meet demand. I'm trying to price out a dual-core Opteron with a 15k RPM SCSI disk and 500GB/mnth of bandwidth. I'll keep you informed of any upcoming changes. SDS is considering getting bigger boxes with more blinking lights to help speed things up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderweb Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Kidding, clump. Let me translate: More and more idiots are invading our sandbox. It's almost as if someone went and posted this site's url on a BIG website like slashdot.com. That sort of thing tends to increase the visits by the unlettered and the unwashed. SDS is considering getting bigger boxes with more blinking lights to help speed things up. Always a witty and well placed response... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 SDS is considering getting bigger boxes with more blinking lights to help speed things up. I have requested double the amount of lights and a 50% increase in colors. That should suit us nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in Chicago Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I have RFQ's out for new hardware in hopes to eliminate bottlenecks. Hopefully, the Sabres can fulfill their expectations and I would like to be able to meet demand. I'm trying to price out a dual-core Opteron with a 15k RPM SCSI disk and 500GB/mnth of bandwidth. I'll keep you informed of any upcoming changes. Just an FYI.... If you need any $s to offset the charges, I will gladly send in my small bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 If you need any $s to offset the charges, I will gladly send in my small bit. A couple people have asked my about this. I have set up an easy way for people to make contributions. Just go to your control panel and click the "Make a Donation!" link on the left hand side. That gives a couple of options to choose from. Thank you for your support! If there is not a preset amount that floats your boat - just PM me for our direct paypal account/mailing address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from NYC Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 If you need any $s to offset the charges, I will gladly send in my small bit. I second that. If a collection is necessary, let's do it (as long as I can simply donate and not do the work). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 I don't know if we can remain with our current host due to their pricing. I have found a couple of reliable, highly recommended hosts who have much better pricing. However, this obviously requires us to change hosts, yet again, and we would have to deal with all the accompanying headaches w/ regards to domain name transfer, downtime to set the server up, etc... Is everyone set to deal with these headaches, should we move forward w/ this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from NYC Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I don't know if we can remain with our current host due to their pricing. I have found a couple of reliable, highly recommended hosts who have much better pricing. However, this obviously requires us to change hosts, yet again, and we would have to deal with all the accompanying headaches w/ regards to domain name transfer, downtime to set the server up, etc... Is everyone set to deal with these headaches, should we move forward w/ this? I don't remember what type of headaches we had, so they must not have been so bad. The only horror show was the Rivals days, when the pop-ups were out of control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I don't know if we can remain with our current host due to their pricing. I have found a couple of reliable, highly recommended hosts who have much better pricing. However, this obviously requires us to change hosts, yet again, and we would have to deal with all the accompanying headaches w/ regards to domain name transfer, downtime to set the server up, etc... Is everyone set to deal with these headaches, should we move forward w/ this? We're Bills fans. I'm sure we can deal with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in Chicago Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 A couple people have asked my about this. I have set up an easy way for people to make contributions. Just go to your control panel and click the "Make a Donation!" link on the left hand side. That gives a couple of options to choose from. Thank you for your support! If there is not a preset amount that floats your boat - just PM me for our direct paypal account/mailing address. I used PayPal to send you $s in the past so will go ahead and use it again. As for the headaches associated with changing hosts, the biggest trouble will be what you will go through. I will grin and bear it if told well in advance. Just make sure it is not anywhere in the vicinity of draft day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 I used PayPal to send you $s in the past so will go ahead and use it again.As for the headaches associated with changing hosts, the biggest trouble will be what you will go through. I will grin and bear it if told well in advance. Just make sure it is not anywhere in the vicinity of draft day. the timing may not be ideal, because I am out of town the next couple of weekends (when I would be able to do the bulk of the work). That puts us at the beginning of April - just in time for Hockey playoffs. I might have to do a half and half and float two servers for a month or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Yeah, but it's still OFF season! That's still a lot of traffic to be increasing that much. SDS you sure there's no hidden porn server on the machine?!? (I once had pirates hack into one of my wireless linux based robots and start to use it as one!) I had some guys from Germany hack a NT based server and used it as an MP3 file swapping server. The hosting company called me and said my usage had spiked thru the roof. We tracked it down wiped the server and started over. But that was an NT server that I hardly ever used. But SDS certainly worth checking out . Analyse where the most traffic is coming from. Maybe you have been hacked or the hosting company is serving someone else off your server and you are taking the hit for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 I had some guys from Germany hack a NT based server and used it as an MP3 file swapping server. The hosting company called me and said my usage had spiked thru the roof. We tracked it down wiped the server and started over. But that was an NT server that I hardly ever used.But SDS certainly worth checking out . Analyse where the most traffic is coming from. Maybe you have been hacked or the hosting company is serving someone else off your server and you are taking the hit for it. I've looked at my logs and nothing suspicious is taking place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I've looked at my logs and nothing suspicious is taking place... Well good. Charge more for your advertising rates then ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I had some guys from Germany hack a NT based server and used it as an MP3 file swapping server. The hosting company called me and said my usage had spiked thru the roof. We tracked it down wiped the server and started over. But that was an NT server that I hardly ever used.But SDS certainly worth checking out . Analyse where the most traffic is coming from. Maybe you have been hacked or the hosting company is serving someone else off your server and you are taking the hit for it. Reminds me of a story someone told me. He had a call about a server at a small company being almost out of hard drive space. Goes and looks at it. Since it was a small company, there should be no reason they would even be close to out of space, based on how big the drives are and they hadn't had it more than one year. Turns out whoever installed it, set it up so they could log into it remotely and was using it as an FTP server for pirated movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oneonta Buffalo Fan Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I'm not sure of the cause, but the last several weeks we have seen a large spike in traffic. We are seeing year over year activity increasing between 100% and 200%!!! Aye Carumba! We have been pushing more GB's per day the past two weeks than we did on Draft Day last year - annually our biggest day of the year. I feel like we got slashdotted or something... With that said, we upgraded several software packages to their latest versions and tweaked some others in hopes to wring some additional performance out of this puppy. I have RFQ's out for new hardware in hopes to eliminate bottlenecks. Hopefully, the Sabres can fulfill their expectations and I would like to be able to meet demand. I'm trying to price out a dual-core Opteron with a 15k RPM SCSI disk and 500GB/mnth of bandwidth. I'll keep you informed of any upcoming changes. Just an FYI.... Very nice. #1 board manager! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 Very nice. #1 board manager! in a contest of 1 maybe.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 in a contest of 1 maybe.... Don't be modest, Fearless Leader. You may not know squat about football or music, but you run the best board in the biz. ...I'm old and fat so I'd better start running now, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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