Folks,

Believe me when I say the situation at USCHO is VERY frustrating to us too.

Please bear with us, it will be rectified soon.

We have seen a tremendous rise in usage in the past year. In addition, the
creation of additional features has created added strain on the server.  We
anticipated this to some degree, and had hoped to have a new server in place by
the start of the season.  Unfortunately, for various reasons, that did not
happen.

We are very close to having the new server in place. We are hoping it will be
next weekend, or sometime very shortly thereafter.

In the mean time, we understand your frustration, and are wracking our brains
trying to come up with temporary solutions.

Thanks for hanging in there.

Adam Wodon
USCHO News Editor


> -----Original Message-----
> From: - Hockey-L - The College Hockey Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Mark Toussaint
> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 7:06 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: USCHO?
>
>
> 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
>
> > So far this year, the USCHO website has been almost worthless.  At leas
> > thalf of the time on Friday or Saturday nights, I am unable to even get to
> > the site; this isn't just me, since I talk to a couple of people who
> aren't
> > on the list, and they have trouble connecting, too.  When I do get
> through,
> > it is usually hours, if not the next day, before they get scores posted.
> > Does anyone here know what is going on?
> >
> > J. Michael Neal
> >
>