View Single Post
  #37   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 23-02-2005, 00:55
Brandon Martus's Avatar Unsung FIRST Hero
Brandon Martus Brandon Martus is offline
busy.
AKA: B. Slash Kamen
no team
 
Join Date: May 2001
Rookie Year: 1998
Location: Nevada, TX USA
Posts: 5,271
Brandon Martus has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon Martus has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon Martus has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon Martus has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon Martus has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon Martus has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon Martus has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon Martus has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon Martus has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon Martus has a reputation beyond reputeBrandon Martus has a reputation beyond repute
Send a message via ICQ to Brandon Martus Send a message via AIM to Brandon Martus Send a message via Yahoo to Brandon Martus
Re: I think we found our limit ..

I'll elaborate a little more, I suppose.

Right now we have one Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz. In a "perfect world"TM adding one more, along with another 1/2 to 1GB of RAM would make the site load much faster. Unfortunately, as it was mentioned above in a reply, we really only need that about a dozen times spread around a 3 month period. So, it's not really worth the monthly upgrade cost (yeah, we rent the server, so monthly upgrade fees are ridiculous) in the long run.

So. I'm looking at vBulletin code right now, to see if Registered members get priority over guests. All it does is count the sessions in the session table (ones that may be expired too) and if its over 300 (or whatever I set it to) then it denies you. So, right now there are 85 active people on .. but there are 302 rows in the session table, so it (incorrectly) denies people.

You all made some very good assumptions and had good ideas. It is possible to prioritize who it denies, based on registered vs. guests, or reputation, or by who has a longer username, or by whose team has won more matches in 2002. Anything is possible.

.. well, almost anything.

I took off the limitation .. there's probably a better way to handle this. I'll have to think about it tomorrow, when I'm looking over the apache configuration. Hopefully some configuration optimization will help fix this.

If we do go with a limitation, though, it really would only happen about 1/2 dozen times a year. Kickoff. Ship date. First regional weekend. Championship Event. Pre-Kickoff. So, it's not like we'd be constantly blocking guests.

As for donations and ChiefDelphi merchandise to help with the funding .. we know that there are some of you who are willing to help out, and if that time ever comes we know who to turn to. Thank you.
__________________
Brandon Martus
e-mail

Last edited by Brandon Martus : 23-02-2005 at 00:58.
Reply With Quote