Comments on: Hosting Woes Continue http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/ geek comic, geek webcomic, geek pop culture comic Wed, 23 May 2012 08:31:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: colindean http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/comment-page-1/#comment-14384 colindean Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:01 +0000 http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/#comment-14384 I don't know if it will work better than Media Temple, and you have far more traffic than I, but I've been using <a href="http://www.bigvps.com ">www.bigvps.com </a>for approximately two years without a problem. I don't know if it will work better than Media Temple, and you have far more traffic than I, but I've been using http://www.bigvps.com for approximately two years without a problem.

]]> By: orclev5734 http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/comment-page-1/#comment-8033 orclev5734 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:00 +0000 http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/#comment-8033 Actually I don't agree with that. To me the defining factor between geek and nerd is less about knowledge, and more about social characteristics. Both a geek and nerd have a certain mindset, and tend to be well read, particularly on trivia in their areas of expertise. For instance, and band geek would probably know all kinds of music trivia, and likewise a computer geek would tend to know a lot of computer trivia, and of course logically a movie geek would know a lot about movies. The defining characteristic between a nerd and a geek is really more how socially inept they are. A nerd has no social skills, will tend to bumble around, and generally fails to pickup or understand social queues most people take for granted in conversations (interesting comparison to aspergers syndrome there, something many geeks/nerds are accused of being borderline on). A geek should be able to sit down with just about anyone and have a conversation, a nerd on the other hand would struggle unless they happened to be talking about his area of expertise. Actually I don't agree with that. To me the defining factor between geek and nerd is less about knowledge, and more about social characteristics. Both a geek and nerd have a certain mindset, and tend to be well read, particularly on trivia in their areas of expertise. For instance, and band geek would probably know all kinds of music trivia, and likewise a computer geek would tend to know a lot of computer trivia, and of course logically a movie geek would know a lot about movies. The defining characteristic between a nerd and a geek is really more how socially inept they are. A nerd has no social skills, will tend to bumble around, and generally fails to pickup or understand social queues most people take for granted in conversations (interesting comparison to aspergers syndrome there, something many geeks/nerds are accused of being borderline on). A geek should be able to sit down with just about anyone and have a conversation, a nerd on the other hand would struggle unless they happened to be talking about his area of expertise.

]]> By: orclev5734 http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/comment-page-1/#comment-8067 orclev5734 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:00 +0000 http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/#comment-8067 As a former web admin of a VERY heavily trafficked site, you seem to misunderstand exactly what kinds of requirements a webserver has. Assuming you're serving static content, you can get by with a pretty weak box. I'm talking something in the lines of a 500 Mhz CPU, and 512M of RAM. Your limiting factor in that case is of course your ISP and whatever transfer caps you have in place. For something doing dynamic content a more robust system is of course required, but that can scale wildly depending on what your doing, what languages you're using, if everything is running on the same server or if you have a separate DB server, and even if the guys who wrote the code knew what they were doing or not. Honestly I'd be highly surprised if he's using more than 512M of RAM to host this site, and if he is I'd suspect shoddy code on the server. As a former web admin of a VERY heavily trafficked site, you seem to misunderstand exactly what kinds of requirements a webserver has. Assuming you're serving static content, you can get by with a pretty weak box. I'm talking something in the lines of a 500 Mhz CPU, and 512M of RAM. Your limiting factor in that case is of course your ISP and whatever transfer caps you have in place. For something doing dynamic content a more robust system is of course required, but that can scale wildly depending on what your doing, what languages you're using, if everything is running on the same server or if you have a separate DB server, and even if the guys who wrote the code knew what they were doing or not. Honestly I'd be highly surprised if he's using more than 512M of RAM to host this site, and if he is I'd suspect shoddy code on the server.

]]> By: orclev5734 http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/comment-page-1/#comment-8085 orclev5734 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:00 +0000 http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/#comment-8085 Hey, give me some details on this and I'll see if I can help you out (I'm a web developer by trade). What language are you using for the backend, what's your memory cap, and what's your average memory usage. As I said in another post, you probably shouldn't be using very much memory as most of the contents of your site is fairly static, and most of the dynamic content (IE this comment system) is hosted externally. Hey, give me some details on this and I'll see if I can help you out (I'm a web developer by trade). What language are you using for the backend, what's your memory cap, and what's your average memory usage. As I said in another post, you probably shouldn't be using very much memory as most of the contents of your site is fairly static, and most of the dynamic content (IE this comment system) is hosted externally.

]]> By: denise6217 http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/comment-page-1/#comment-8157 denise6217 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:00 +0000 http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/#comment-8157 oh, here we go, the continuous debate of "nerd vs geek." now that both terms are so fashionable and everyone (even celebrities! hot ones!) is claiming to be one or the other, it's funny that "you're no geek!" has actually become an insult. ;-P oh, here we go, the continuous debate of "nerd vs geek." now that both terms are so fashionable and everyone (even celebrities! hot ones!) is claiming to be one or the other, it's funny that "you're no geek!" has actually become an insult. ;-P

]]> By: hijinksensu5337 http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/comment-page-1/#comment-8188 hijinksensu5337 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:00 +0000 http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/#comment-8188 I really didnt want to start this debate. Just dont try and call me out and NOT being a geek (which I am because I feel it in my very DNA) because Im not down with proper server maintenance skills. Thats a cheap shot. <br /> <br /> I know what it means to me, and I'm ok if others have different definitions. I just dont care for people challenging my identity. I really didnt want to start this debate. Just dont try and call me out and NOT being a geek (which I am because I feel it in my very DNA) because Im not down with proper server maintenance skills. Thats a cheap shot.

I know what it means to me, and I'm ok if others have different definitions. I just dont care for people challenging my identity.

]]> By: hijinksensu5337 http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/comment-page-1/#comment-8217 hijinksensu5337 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:00 +0000 http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/#comment-8217 working on it today. working on it today.

]]> By: orclev5734 http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/comment-page-1/#comment-8263 orclev5734 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:00 +0000 http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/#comment-8263 Fashionable or not has nothing to do with it, I've always considered myself a geek. I read hitchhikers guide to the galaxy in 5th grade, and LOTR about the same time, as well as started to dabble in C and x86 assembly around then. My favorite movies and books have always been more of the sci-fi variety, and I'm an avid gamer tending to prefer the RPGs and strategy games. The fact that it's become somewhat fashionable is of course an interesting development, although I have to wonder how long that state will last. Fashionable or not has nothing to do with it, I've always considered myself a geek. I read hitchhikers guide to the galaxy in 5th grade, and LOTR about the same time, as well as started to dabble in C and x86 assembly around then. My favorite movies and books have always been more of the sci-fi variety, and I'm an avid gamer tending to prefer the RPGs and strategy games. The fact that it's become somewhat fashionable is of course an interesting development, although I have to wonder how long that state will last.

]]> By: Derek Hampton http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/comment-page-1/#comment-8756 Derek Hampton Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:00 +0000 http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/#comment-8756 I'm not misunderstanding anything in terms of server requirements. My comments are less about server specs and more about talking to someone know has done this before or has a similar website, serving similar content, with similar traffic patterns. He can use this as a guide when finding the right host/provider and it will most likely meet his needs. I'm not misunderstanding anything in terms of server requirements. My comments are less about server specs and more about talking to someone know has done this before or has a similar website, serving similar content, with similar traffic patterns. He can use this as a guide when finding the right host/provider and it will most likely meet his needs.

]]> By: orclev5734 http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/comment-page-1/#comment-8790 orclev5734 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:00 +0000 http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/22/hosting-woes-continue/#comment-8790 Ok, fair enough, but you're initial comment about not thinking a $50/mo server was going to cut it for a high traffic site made it seem you thought the traffic was the major factor. The server I co-managed put through a few gigabytes of transfer a day, and only cost if I recall (this was a few years ago) $65 a month. The server box itself is only maybe 25% of the determining factor. Another 25% is the ISP, and the remaining 50% is your website design. Depending on how you lay things out, and what sorts of load balancing, cacheing, and optimizations you have in place, the load on the hardware as well as network transfer can be scaled up and down rather drastically. Ok, fair enough, but you're initial comment about not thinking a $50/mo server was going to cut it for a high traffic site made it seem you thought the traffic was the major factor. The server I co-managed put through a few gigabytes of transfer a day, and only cost if I recall (this was a few years ago) $65 a month. The server box itself is only maybe 25% of the determining factor. Another 25% is the ISP, and the remaining 50% is your website design. Depending on how you lay things out, and what sorts of load balancing, cacheing, and optimizations you have in place, the load on the hardware as well as network transfer can be scaled up and down rather drastically.

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