Vin+ 3,121 Posted August 6, 2012 The issue causing the errors has been rectified, so you should no longer be seeing them. If you still are, let us know so we can contact the host and get the issue resolved completely. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Milla4Prez63 678 Posted August 6, 2012 I got one like ten minutes ago when trying to go into a topic, it went away after a minute though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barracuda 629 Posted August 6, 2012 Vin gettin' work done. Haven't run into one since yesterday afternoon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sarge+ 3,436 Posted August 6, 2012 I'm still getting them, but they are becoming less frequent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Favre4Ever+ 4,476 Posted August 6, 2012 You will also notice the following (or not)... - Shoutbox was wiped. The archive sucks anyway, so, not much changes here. - 151,180 or so PMs were deleted. With any old PMs you still have stored, you will probably still see the Title of the PMs, but the actual messages themselves are gone. Feel free to delete all of those (they should have a red X next to them) if you would like. - We now only have about 1.5 years worth of posts in our database. Anything prior to approximately mid March of 2011 has been wiped. Like the PMs, if you use the search function, you should still be able to see the titles of all of the topics... But the contents within those threads have been cleaned out. - Other various "small" clean ups. Thank you all for your patience as we dealt with those pesky errors. We appreciate your dedication to TGP. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smell My Face 13 Posted August 6, 2012 I had it happen a few times yesterday but it hasnt been an issue since. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DonovanMcnabb for H.O.F 2,241 Posted August 7, 2012 I had it happen a few times yesterday but it hasnt been an issue since. The PM you sent me got wiped, so could you send it again? lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smell My Face 13 Posted August 7, 2012 The PM you sent me got wiped, so could you send it again? lol Sure I will do that now. Let me know if for some reason you dont get it. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zack_of_Steel+ 3,014 Posted August 7, 2012 - 151,180 or so PMs were deleted. With any old PMs you still have stored, you will probably still see the Title of the PMs, but the actual messages themselves are gone. Feel free to delete all of those (they should have a red X next to them) if you would like. - We now only have about 1.5 years worth of posts in our database. Anything prior to approximately mid March of 2011 has been wiped. Like the PMs, if you use the search function, you should still be able to see the titles of all of the topics... But the contents within those threads have been cleaned out. I wish I had known about the pending cleanups because I had quite a few old threads bookmarked. Oh well, the board works now. Good work, guys. We all appreciate it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glanvilles Grits 142 Posted August 7, 2012 It keeps popping up for me. I try a few times, no good. I wait about 25 to 30 minutes and the forums/site pops right back up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sarge+ 3,436 Posted August 7, 2012 I'm still getting them as well. Gonna clear my cache and see if that works. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoneKrusher+ 1,276 Posted August 7, 2012 I'm still getting them as well. Gonna clear my cache and see if that works. same here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vin+ 3,121 Posted August 7, 2012 I sent the host a message. Hopefully we'll get a response shortly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vin+ 3,121 Posted August 7, 2012 Alright, they never took us out of detention. Now they have, and now we shouldn't see anymore errors. I hope.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sarge+ 3,436 Posted August 7, 2012 Looks like they are all gone. Thanks for getting this cleared up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Favre4Ever+ 4,476 Posted August 7, 2012 I wish I had known about the pending cleanups because I had quite a few old threads bookmarked. Oh well, the board works now. Good work, guys. We all appreciate it. Ya.. That was the plan originally, but the window they gave us was just too small to organize anything, unfortunately. It took me over 3 hours to clean out 150,000 PMs... Ew. haha But ya, I understand what you are saying, and I apologize we couldn't organize something to let you guys know a week or so ahead of time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.AirMcNair. 1,232 Posted August 7, 2012 How much would it have cost/how much down time would have resulted if we went to a better(bigger?) server, or was that even an option? Cause I mean I understand it'll take a little bit, but eventually won't you guys have to do this again? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Favre4Ever+ 4,476 Posted August 8, 2012 (edited) Oh yes. It will be a continuous thing without a change to the current plan. I don't really like sharing in the financials of the site, but you can easily look up the prices for yourselves. A year of hosting for us is approx $200. Semi-Dedicated The next step up would be about $350-$400 (per year). Another step takes us to $700 (per year). And then finally $1000 (per year). A virtual private server (cloud hosting) is going to be $750-$800 and that is the smallest and weakest package available as far as resources go. And then the final option would be to get a private server, in which they offer several different machines with various processing power. The lowest tier here starts out at approximately $2000 per year. Edited August 8, 2012 by Favre4Ever Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vin+ 3,121 Posted August 8, 2012 How much would it have cost/how much down time would have resulted if we went to a better(bigger?) server, or was that even an option? Cause I mean I understand it'll take a little bit, but eventually won't you guys have to do this again? Cost would've been the biggest issue, as the next level up is quite a bit more money. Luckily, we shouldn't have deal with this again anytime soon. The recent clean-up freed up quite a bit of space, and you couple that with the new archive system the new version of IPB has that we'll be upgrading to at some point means we should be good for quite a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.AirMcNair. 1,232 Posted August 8, 2012 Only reason I asked for the price was because I wasn't aware what server/price you were paying now/didn't know what the "next step" would be. I used to question why some pretty big sites were using zetaboards and other free sources to host their forums, but with the price of hosting, I can see why now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Favre4Ever+ 4,476 Posted August 8, 2012 Add to the fact that the only problems we have ever had with our current hosts are when we switched to them (big TGP crash... lol) and then these 503 errors and we have had pretty much flawless 100% uptime. I am overall very pleased with our hosting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vin+ 3,121 Posted August 8, 2012 Add to the fact that the only problems we have ever had with our current hosts are when we switched to them (big TGP crash... lol) and then these 503 errors and we have had pretty much flawless 100% uptime. I am overall very pleased with our hosting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigBen07 285 Posted August 8, 2012 Good job in fixing the issues, guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
