Can NSC have its own Server?

[dougdeep]

If this site gets much slower then some people will decide to go to other boards. Would it be possible to speed things up Bozza?
Just name your price.

 

[bhaexpress]

Maybe if they ran the backups overnight instead of between 9 & 10 AM it would help.

 

[Spicy]

I find it really slow sometimes even with Broadband.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Maybe if they ran the backups overnight instead of between 9 & 10 AM it would help.

Maybe it is overnight where the backup runners are?

 

[Bozza]

NSC has been politely asked to take it's business elsewhere by April 24th due to the demands we place on our shared server - so we're looking for a new home...

 

[¡Cereal Killer!]

Does that mean a new look NSC and everyone will have to re-register?

 

[bhaexpress]

Does that mean a new look NSC and everyone will have to re-register?

No but maybe we'll have to pay to use the institution that is NSC. Well, I have no problem with that.

 

[perseus]

What do other boards do?

This is a problem with web sites as well. It seems to be the bandwidth use that causes the problem rather than the size of the web sites. With web pages, I have to search around for one with unlimited bandwidth facility.

 

[Bozza]

A lot of boards offer either premium membership where those who make a fixed contribution of, say, £10 or £20 per year get extra features over those who do not contrbute whilst others just ask for voluntary contributions as and when members are able.

 

[Starry]

waccoe.com the Leeds version of NSC uses eniki.net for hosting, we have very little downtime/server problems etc. I am not sure how much it costs per year, but I don't think it was that expensive.

 

[Rougvie]

Actually (and unusually in Bozza defence) compared to most other boards, this one is extremely fast.

 

[Bozza]

waccoe.com the Leeds version of NSC uses eniki.net for hosting, we have very little downtime/server problems etc. I am not sure how much it costs per year, but I don't think it was that expensive.

Just checked them out and prices seem very, very reasonable. Will explore futher. Thanks.

 

[Seagull_AA]

Invisionfree is very fast, and I have Dial-up! To be honest, I don't like the style of this board, and its a good 15 secs slower than Invision for me - and Invisions free!

http://s4.invisionfree.com/strikerworld

Its free, and can have plenty of boards!