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