Holographyforum.org / holowiki.org

that is good to know, if you need free space let me know. the back up and moving of data file could be automated, and use the backup site as a read only forum... that way would make it really simple and can be added in to the cpanel of the domain as a redirect if the first domain pointer dosnt work

yours Truly Danny Bee

Hello Colin,

Before moving the forum to the new location, one important problem was the internet connectivity because i didn't have control over all network hardware. The new location brought an improvement in this respect. Unfortunately a hardware failure has caused the server to shut down. When this happened, i was on holidays, 1000km away. I couldn't return right away but came back a week earlier then planned. I'll carefully consider the options to prevent something similar from happening again.

Danny, there is no pride involved. I've also thought about mirroring the server in case of failures. Will look into it. Concerning response times, 160ms is not too bad. We are not into shooter games here. At a distance of 6000km from here 40ms would be the speed of light for a round trip. And with 14 hops, each adding a ms or two, you'll quickly get the 160ms. Wherever the server is located, some will always have faster response times than others.

Hosting the forum is indeed quite a task. But i have learnt so much from you all, that i consider it as a privilege to have the opportunity to provide this service.

Ahmet

I have a dedicated server 200 gig , unlimited domain hosting, unlimited traffic, I pay 150 a year the server is located in the middle of the USA. I had offered to Almet free space and give him the keys to that part of the server (domain /cpanel& email server) its seem the response times is very slow for this site, not sure if its a link in the chain to over sea's. but it would be good to have a mirror site so if one goes down the other steps in..... I know he will never go for it tho even if its free...it must be a pride thing...least I tried to help :)

I hosted the forum on a server farm. It was expensive but many of the contributors here paid for it. Much of the rest was paid for by Google adds. I contributed about $1000 in cash and Perhaps 10 hours or so per month for about 8 years. Hosting the forum is thankless and not cheap.

Here's to Ahmet! Thank you!

[quote="holomaker"]Danny what does this all mean ?[/quote]
it shows responce times, if you run this when the server go down you will find if its the server or one of the relays...you will notice as it get over seas the reponce times get longer....rember the net is like a chain .. your only good as your weakest link

Danny what does this all mean ?

did a trace
TraceRoute to 217.162.224.128 [217-162-224-128.dynamic.hispeed.ch]

Hop (ms) (ms) (ms) IP Address Host name
1 0 0 0 206.123.64.42 -
2 5 0 0 64.124.196.225 xe-4-2-0.er2.dfw2.us.above.net
3 0 0 0 64.125.27.81 xe-0-1-0.cr2.dfw2.us.above.net
4 0 0 0 64.125.30.77 xe-1-0-0.cr1.dfw2.us.above.net

5 28 28 28 64.125.25.133 xe-2-0-0.cr1.ord2.us.above.net
6 28 28 80 64.125.26.250 xe-1-1-0.er1.ord7.us.above.net
7 28 28 28 206.223.119.104 us-chi01a-ri1-ge-0-0-0.aorta.net

8 152 152 152 213.46.190.105 us-was02a-rd1-gi-13-0-0.aorta.net
9 153 153 153 84.116.130.154 us-was03a-rd1-xe-0-0-0.aorta.net

10 138 148 138 84.116.130.69 nl-ams02a-rd1-te0-2-0-7.aorta.net
11 152 152 152 84.116.130.54 84-116-130-54.aorta.net
12 152 152 152 62.2.4.182 -
13 153 153 153 217.168.57.54 217-168-57-54.static.cablecom.ch
14 161 163 173 217.162.224.128 217-162-224-128.dynamic.hispeed.ch


Trace complete,,,, heres the link http://network-tools.com/

It did happen, and it seemed to me that it was down more frequently on the old forum.

That rarely/never happend on the old forum and has happend numerous times already ? It just makes me question the server's quality...........

Jeez Dave, the forum isn't down that often.