I thought about something. It's been a few weeks since the site changed servers and I am already noticing severe problems with server load. I don't think moving to a new server is the answer.
Now if you excuse me for a second, I am gonna compare this forums statistics to that of another forum for you, MrMakaveli. Now I can't speak for the site's administration because I don't know, but I think it's a fair assumption that since they don't make any money on their site, they don't pay a lot more than you for their server. They obviously have more activity, and more active posters, but they don't have server problems.
MrMakaveli has 15,000 threads, 250,000 posts, some 3,000 members, all of whom are active. Streethop has 60,000 threads, 700,000 posts, 30,000 members, of whom 3,000 are considered "active" by the forum. This statistic can't be right? There are never a lot of people viewing each forum, and there aren't enough new posts to explain that many active members. Maybe some of the imported data from an old forum is showing?
Anyway, the idea is basically that do we need 27,000 inactive members and 400,000 year-old posts that serve only one purpose, cluttering up the server's database? Wouldn't pruning some of these accounts and posts probably do some good? If it's a heavy task, and you could somehow give me the proper permissions to do the job without giving me full access, I would gladly help out. I'm sure there are more people who would.
Or have i misunderstood how a forum database works?
Now if you excuse me for a second, I am gonna compare this forums statistics to that of another forum for you, MrMakaveli. Now I can't speak for the site's administration because I don't know, but I think it's a fair assumption that since they don't make any money on their site, they don't pay a lot more than you for their server. They obviously have more activity, and more active posters, but they don't have server problems.
MrMakaveli has 15,000 threads, 250,000 posts, some 3,000 members, all of whom are active. Streethop has 60,000 threads, 700,000 posts, 30,000 members, of whom 3,000 are considered "active" by the forum. This statistic can't be right? There are never a lot of people viewing each forum, and there aren't enough new posts to explain that many active members. Maybe some of the imported data from an old forum is showing?
Anyway, the idea is basically that do we need 27,000 inactive members and 400,000 year-old posts that serve only one purpose, cluttering up the server's database? Wouldn't pruning some of these accounts and posts probably do some good? If it's a heavy task, and you could somehow give me the proper permissions to do the job without giving me full access, I would gladly help out. I'm sure there are more people who would.
Or have i misunderstood how a forum database works?
