Perhaps someone should set up a mailing list for scores and game reports.

-- Erik

> I don't speak for USCHO, but it could be a couple of things:
>
> 1). A web server can only support so many simultaneous connections.
> 2). Community message boards can gobble lots of CPU resources. CPU resources
> can be limited by the capabilities of your server, or the policies of your
> virtual hosting provider (most sites are hosted virtually -- their domain
> points to a computer that hosts several other sites), or both.
>
> It seems to only be a problem on weekend nights. A site that's seeing spikes
> on one or two days has to decide whether it's worth it to jump from a
> high-end virtual hosting package to a low-end dedicated host (or if they're
> already on a dedicated server, spring for an upgrade). This can be a very
> significant cost increase, and you have to decide if accommodating the
> Friday/Saturday traffic is worth paying for the upgrade every other day of
> the week.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> -Mark