06-14-2006, 12:38 PM
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Location: Castro Valley, California, USA
Join Date: Nov 2000
Local Time: 12:00 AM
Local Date: 12-03-2008
Posts: 3,172
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Re: Anyone know what's up at Hoffman?
From zloch1....
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Hi Guys!
In case you haven't noticed, the server has been running slow over the last fews days. We are aware of the frustration this has caused and we apologize for the inconvenience. Trust me, we've been doing everything in our power to fix this. So far we have swapped out the server chassis yesterday afternoon, so except for the hard drive, we've got a brand new box. The swap did not make a difference.
The next step for us is to dump all the search indexes and delete a bunch of archived posts to get our tables under control. (Two of our database tables are almost at 2GB in size.) Our tables are just too large to fit into the memory allocated for it on the server; it's a hurdle that most large vB boards run into. Because of this, we will have to re-index our current threads only. That means our archived threads will NOT be indexed. Members will have to use Google to dig up old threads. We think we can install a Google search bar for the site that will search only within our site. This will actually be faster, and save us server resources. Also, you would be able to search for "Who's Next". 
Like I said, please bear with us. We'll be up and running smoothly in no time.
We appreciate your full co-operation.
The SH Moderation Team
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BTW, I'm not zoch1 
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