alexpkeaton Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Pretty self-explanatory. Every time the server dies, the forum is unavailable. Can the forums be moved to a different host? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regen Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I've been debating this for a long time Hopefully we can get it done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyet Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 There are lots of cheap hosting services. Putting the forums, wiki and database there would keep them up while the game server was down. Even things like the discord bot would work. Downside: potential lag between SS13 server and database server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadeykins Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 There are lots of cheap hosting services. Putting the forums, wiki and database there would keep them up while the game server was down. Even things like the discord bot would work. Downside: potential lag between SS13 server and database server. Just move the forums/wiki to a dedicated hosting service. Database doesn't need to move since it's largely irrelevant if the server is down, anyways. I say hosting service, because having two physical hosts is just bound to generate friction/problems. Also, because Melbutts is supreme overlord and we can't have competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regen Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 There are lots of cheap hosting services. Putting the forums, wiki and database there would keep them up while the game server was down. Even things like the discord bot would work. Downside: potential lag between SS13 server and database server. Just move the forums/wiki to a dedicated hosting service. Database doesn't need to move since it's largely irrelevant if the server is down, anyways. I say hosting service, because having two physical hosts is just bound to generate friction/problems. Also, because Melbutts is supreme overlord and we can't have competition. Except the fact that the forum uses a database as well.. If Mel goes down so will the DB the forum is connected to, and we're back at square 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadeykins Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Can you not split the two DB's for the server, and forums? I meant if the server is referencing a DB (notes, and other such things) then that should remain with the server host, but anything forum/wiki related could be moved to a dedicated host. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regen Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Can you not split the two DB's for the server, and forums? I meant if the server is referencing a DB (notes, and other such things) then that should remain with the server host, but anything forum/wiki related could be moved to a dedicated host. Yes, they're separate. We'd just need to find a suitable webhost and get the heads inn on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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