914world is showing its age Options

[SirAndy]

914world is showing its age (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

The recent outage was not due to some cyber attack or malicious plotting from the darkest depths of the interwebs.

It was simply due to the forum software being overwhelmed by the amount of data stored here combined with the amount of traffic we're receiving.

Fact is, the software we're running on is more than 20 years old, written at a time when the internet was a much different place.
It was never meant to run for this long or handle the amount of data we have accumulated.


So what are our options?

- Keep going until everything crashes and burns into a pile.

- Start over fresh with a new server with new forum software. We'd be losing everything we have.

- Try to fix some of the issues by re-writing parts of the software, reworking the database and changing the way uploaded images are stored. Maybe even update the server itself while we're in there.


While the last choice seems the obvious one, the problem is that i do have a day-job that needs my attention and my time is limited.
It would also mean i'd probably have to shut down the site for a longer period of time, maybe a week or two, and maybe more than once.
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[SKL1]

Can't lose the site or the info that is here now. I am totally computer illiterate (probably why I like the old AC cars) but would chip in more $$ to keep something going!
We can't lose all the info that is here now!

[KELTY360]

Can't lose the site or the info that is here now. I am totally computer illiterate (probably why I like the old AC cars) but would chip in more $$ to keep something going!
We can't lose all the info that is here now!

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Count me in. 914World has gone through many phases since I joined and it would be a big loss to the 914 community, both mechanical and social if it had to start over.