lancerRA wrote:for starter a vps is last on the list and phpbb2.0 would be nice well im not just a smart arse i use to run forums and no im not fixing this i dont get paid to do it and i like being a user coz it less work and responsebilty so yer thats my say
Dean, you don't get sarcasm, do you?
VPS are perfectly fine. Shared servers would be the last on the list for me.
You also might want to get up to speed with the latest.... phpbb3.x is the currently maintained release. we're still on phpbb2.x
As for what's wrong with this server? A few things, however being that I'm just stand-in for Mattigins (whilst he is overseas), I wont be making wholesale changes and mods. I'm not sure what has changed in the last month or so, but the server has had it's moments of being laggy due to memory exhaustion during peak periods, however no idea if the increased load is wholly due to increased patronage of the site, or some of the other anomalies I've observed, that could contributing to the overall load.
I've done as much tinkering to keep the site up without totally crashing, as it was doing in the recent past, however on the down side I've had to constrain the number of people that can be on at any given time during peak times. It's a trade off, until a permanent fix can be put in place, which needs Matt's authorisation.
So there you have it a nutshell, we're aware of what the issues are, t now a matter of fixing those permanently.