Problems with Model Engine Maker site?

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Bluechip:

--- Quote from: jo on January 17, 2013, 02:58:07 AM ---

I may be wrong but Ade was talking about trying to move MEM onto a virtual server, rather than leving it on the old hardware which had needed a number of hard resets of late.

The sooner it is back the better

Jo

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Was that a virtual or physical Ade talking ??

BC

tel:
Still down my end - with the database error message :zap:

AdeV:
Fixed now, sorry again, I forgot to tell Arnold the Db password.... and I was cream crackered yesterday so had sodded off to bed by the time MEM had died. Again.

Jo - currently, MEM is on a Virtual Private Server, i.e. just like a real one, only faked inside a bigger one. The problems are somehow related to the MySQL database & SMF forum software. I had the occasional hard crash when it had just 1 forum on; adding MEM has just made it 100 times worse...

So, the plan is, to find a web host (rather than a dedicated server), with sufficient space for all the attachments, etc., and to move MEM to that. Unfortunatley, it takes time to sort out, which I don't have at the moment. There will be a money cost, but it's minimal and I can deal with that easily.

Currently, I am thinking of staying with Daily, but buying their lower cost web hosting deal, which gives us loads of space, a control panel, and hopefully a lot less crashes (and proper support if it does crash...)

Pete49:
Ade I'm sure if you set up a paypal thingee (sorry zee) the members would be happy to help bankroll a site ...with the amount of members it would work out cheap for all and as the way it was set up lets help keep it low cost for the admin as they put countless hours in to keep it running. :headbang: A couple squid, dollars, euros what ever and its done. I don't think you or bogs (John) or anyone else involved with setting up MEM should have to cop it in the wallet for our fix. I'm more than happy to drop a coule bux in.
Pete

AdeV:
Hi Pete,

You're probably right, but for the time being, I am quite happy to take on the burden. Once the site has been stable for a while, we'll re-evaluate costs.

To give you some idea, the plan I'm looking at costs £210 for 5 years... that's about 81p a week... hardly worth dipping into anyone else's pocket for that little; plus knowing the generosity of the model engineering guys, I reckon we'd end up so far in surplus we'd have a big pile of cash washing around with nothing to do.... IMHO that's too big a risk to take with other people's money.

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