New Hosts

[Chris D]

You will notice that we changed to a new host yesterday. We (well, StarMonkey) completed the move in just under two hours.

The main prompt for doing so was to ensure we're on a much more stable and reliable host.

We are now hosted by Nimbus Hosting. They specialise in hosting forums and other platforms and have an amazing reputation.

Special thanks goes to Tim at Nimbus Hosting plus an extra special thanks to StarMonkey for getting stuff set up.

The new server is using nginx rather than Apache and MariaDB rather than MySQL. All of this adds up to a nice and quick experience. If you couple that with APC and memcached, overall you should have a much nicer time browsing the site.

How is it for you so far? Quicker? Slower? Same? Let us know

 

[Bad^Hat]

Runs great! Judging from browsing/posting just now, all the terrible lag issues I used to have are gone, so I guess it was just a bad connection to the old host.

 

[Chris D]

That's great to hear.

I was still slightly concerned because this host is still UK based and I was worried that international users might still struggle, but it seems like that's not the case (for you at least).

 

[morgs]

Well they didn't change my sheets and forgot the wake up call but I guess they're ok.

 

[MuToiD_MaN]

Page loads taste great, less filling.

Seriously though I can already tell. That's an impressive site move time, by the way.

 

[Chris D]

Page loads taste great, less filling.

Seriously though I can already tell. That's an impressive site move time, by the way.

All hail StarMonkey!

 

[StarMonkey]

Thanks! It was actually slower than I'd hoped because the db import took longer than expected

But Tim from nimbus was a great help in getting the server ready for us and sorting out a very fast DNS transition!