Not quite dead..
A coincidence of disasters
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
What is it with bad things happening in groups?
The "Foghorn" server died today. That's the main web manager for WinCustomize.com. When it's down, WinCustomize is quasi-down because the DNS has to be set to go to another manager. So we're up but not really fully up. The other servers are now taking more load and they're already stressed.
Meanwhile, back at Stardock HQ, the team was barely able to do much about this because its ISP went down (and still is down as I write this) so that no one at Stardock could actually get on from the office. Totally unrelated.
Next Wednesday the new mega server we've been talking about will finally go on line. Weeks and weeks of prep work has been going on to prepare the way for the monster to come on-line. It will be interesting to see how much difference it makes.
Anyway, stay tuned. Sorry about the flakeyness today.
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Reply #42 Saturday, June 3, 2006 9:03 PM
Has anyone been to devArt recently? Their page loads seem to be slower than in the past, as with a couple of other places I go to...even MS was experiencing difficulties yesterday, very slow page loads or sometimes not at all. With patience I eventually got to where I wanted to go, but it seems site issues are not confined to WC alone, though I suppose the focus would be on it if one spends most (if not all) their time here.
Wincustomize, by far, is the best skin site on the www, and Brad and crew are to be commended for the valiant efforts to keep the site going, safe and spyware/malware free. I used to go to Skinbase, but every time I went there and ran Spybot afterwards, I discovered nasties like 'firewall.disable.notify' 'windows.security.disable.notify' 'Fastclick' 'MyCoolWebSearch' and others. Sure, I can remove these parasites with a multitude of programs, but when the mongrels who proliferate this garbage are becoming more sophisticated to avoid its detection, why take the risk?
Long live Stardock & Wincustomize!!!!
Reply #43 Sunday, June 4, 2006 4:28 AM
I just clicked on the forums and it just sat there.
I could almost hear a snicker. Reply #44 Sunday, June 4, 2006 11:39 AM
| Well starkers...it ought to be speeding up again for you. Yesterday is was moving pretty quick for me for a change...and now I see it is slowing down for you. And now its back to a crawl here, so I guess it should be picking back up for you again. |
There's not too much changed speed-wise since last posting, but for a couple of hours earlier on I kept getting an 'unavailable' page when trying to access the site. Oh well, it gave me the opportunity to defrag and clean up my system some.
I can't complain cos I've had it pretty good (as compared to some), but hopefully the new server will kick in soon and have the site flying along for everyone.
Reply #45 Tuesday, June 6, 2006 4:35 PM
| The most significant backend change for the past year will be occurring next week. That mega server will come on-line. 4 duocore CPUs, 12 gigs of memory, 64-bit. If all goes well, the difference should be blatantly noticeable. |
COOL!!! Ever seen one with 36 CPU's? I have heard about them. Must cost a grip and a half.
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Reply #41 Saturday, June 3, 2006 7:44 PM