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I need help BADLY and NOW!!
Let me start by giving you the dilemma...
My forums are on a dedicated machine now that SUCKS!! Im sure its some ratty old desktop machine. My average SERVER LOAD is about 5-10 and sometimes well over 20! Its ALWAYS SLOW SLOW SLOW. The host says its pulling 1/3 of a T1 line right now. ????
I usually have between 50-70 users online at once. They post alot of pictures though which I think slows it down quite a bit. I started the board Sept 30th 2002 and have "Members: 1,649, Threads: 3,816, Posts: 32,666" So its growing VERY fast and Im sure its be SOOO Much bigger in a few months it will outgrow everything I have planned for it. I get about 26 new registrations a day.
Anyway... There is a NEW server I am supposed to be using (1ghz processor, SCSI ultra wide 10GIG drive, 512-1gig of ram) and before the host will put it online he wants me to sign a year contract and give him $1000 for the year due to teh fact that it will allow more requests to be served and therefore MUCH more bandwidth. This scares me ALOT! A YEAR CONTRACT?
I am not very knowledgeable on this stuff (Im an idiot) and could you folks take a look at what this contract says and tell me if it sounds OK or if Im getting screwed!
My forums are loacted at www.StuntLife.com/forums
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SERVER COLO PACKAGE INCLUDES:
• 1 Server co-located on XXX's Dual / Redundant High Speed Network
•System monitoring and security countermeasures
•Battery Backup, selective data backup to XXX storage appliance
•24/7 Physical security with Canine Patrol
SERVER COLO PACKAGE CONTRACT TERMS AND FEES:
•THERE ARE NO MONTHLY OR UP-FRONT FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SERVICE UNTIL 12/01/2003, AT WHICH TIME A NEW CONTRACT RATE WILL BE NEGOTIATED.
•ADMINISTRATION REQUESTS, CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS TO THE SERVER, PROGRAMMING, AND/OR IT’S OPERATING SYSTEM WILL INCUR A SERVICE CHARGE.
•LABOR IS BILLED AT THE SPECIAL RATE OF 85.00 AN HOUR IN THE EVENT OF A HARDWARE PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES TECHNICAL SUPPORT INTERVENTION
•HARDWARE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1450 HAS BEEN SUBMITTED (we have him equiptment he sold and got this $1450 server) TO OFFSET THIS COLOCATION PLAN OF $2449.00. THE AMOUNT DUE AT SIGNING IS $999.00
• SERVER WILL BE LIMITED TO A SPEED OF 1.5 MBITS. IF STUNTLIFE FORUM SATURATES THE NETWORK IT IS CURRENTLY ON THEY IT WILL HAVE TO BE MOVED TO OUR 100 MBIT NETWORK. IN THAT EVENT CUSTOMER “STUNTLIFE.COM” AGREES TO FURNISH A PACKETEER PACKET SHAPING DEVICE TO THROTTLE THE OUTPUTS TO DATA RATES BELOW 1.5 MBITS CONTINUOUS. PRICES FOR HIGHER SPEED THROUGPUT ARE AS FOLLOWS: $200 PER MEGABIT CONTINUOUS
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THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR ADVICE!!!!
Let me start by giving you the dilemma...
My forums are on a dedicated machine now that SUCKS!! Im sure its some ratty old desktop machine. My average SERVER LOAD is about 5-10 and sometimes well over 20! Its ALWAYS SLOW SLOW SLOW. The host says its pulling 1/3 of a T1 line right now. ????
I usually have between 50-70 users online at once. They post alot of pictures though which I think slows it down quite a bit. I started the board Sept 30th 2002 and have "Members: 1,649, Threads: 3,816, Posts: 32,666" So its growing VERY fast and Im sure its be SOOO Much bigger in a few months it will outgrow everything I have planned for it. I get about 26 new registrations a day.
Anyway... There is a NEW server I am supposed to be using (1ghz processor, SCSI ultra wide 10GIG drive, 512-1gig of ram) and before the host will put it online he wants me to sign a year contract and give him $1000 for the year due to teh fact that it will allow more requests to be served and therefore MUCH more bandwidth. This scares me ALOT! A YEAR CONTRACT?
I am not very knowledgeable on this stuff (Im an idiot) and could you folks take a look at what this contract says and tell me if it sounds OK or if Im getting screwed!
My forums are loacted at www.StuntLife.com/forums
_______________________________________
SERVER COLO PACKAGE INCLUDES:
• 1 Server co-located on XXX's Dual / Redundant High Speed Network
•System monitoring and security countermeasures
•Battery Backup, selective data backup to XXX storage appliance
•24/7 Physical security with Canine Patrol
SERVER COLO PACKAGE CONTRACT TERMS AND FEES:
•THERE ARE NO MONTHLY OR UP-FRONT FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SERVICE UNTIL 12/01/2003, AT WHICH TIME A NEW CONTRACT RATE WILL BE NEGOTIATED.
•ADMINISTRATION REQUESTS, CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS TO THE SERVER, PROGRAMMING, AND/OR IT’S OPERATING SYSTEM WILL INCUR A SERVICE CHARGE.
•LABOR IS BILLED AT THE SPECIAL RATE OF 85.00 AN HOUR IN THE EVENT OF A HARDWARE PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES TECHNICAL SUPPORT INTERVENTION
•HARDWARE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1450 HAS BEEN SUBMITTED (we have him equiptment he sold and got this $1450 server) TO OFFSET THIS COLOCATION PLAN OF $2449.00. THE AMOUNT DUE AT SIGNING IS $999.00
• SERVER WILL BE LIMITED TO A SPEED OF 1.5 MBITS. IF STUNTLIFE FORUM SATURATES THE NETWORK IT IS CURRENTLY ON THEY IT WILL HAVE TO BE MOVED TO OUR 100 MBIT NETWORK. IN THAT EVENT CUSTOMER “STUNTLIFE.COM” AGREES TO FURNISH A PACKETEER PACKET SHAPING DEVICE TO THROTTLE THE OUTPUTS TO DATA RATES BELOW 1.5 MBITS CONTINUOUS. PRICES FOR HIGHER SPEED THROUGPUT ARE AS FOLLOWS: $200 PER MEGABIT CONTINUOUS
________________________________________
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR ADVICE!!!!
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