That would be great, if only someone would volunteer to host it. cdash > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 09:14:24 -0500 > From: "Erik J Biever (Erik Biever)" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: USCHO? > To: [log in to unmask] > > 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 > charlie shub University of Colorado at Colorado Springs [log in to unmask] -or- [log in to unmask] -or- [log in to unmask] (719) 262-3492 (fax) 262-3369 http://cs.uccs.edu/~cdash