[Mark]

Hi guys, as this is some of your first year on TiBB just a few pointers for tonight.

The forum will get super busy this evening, busier than you've ever seen it before. Our new server we were moved to last week hasn't really been tested over 400 people online yet, so it should be fun. I think we will be ok, as the new server was an upgrade to what we had before, but incase it starts to go slow we have made sure a few things are in place:

1) If the server load gets too high, only registered members will be able to view the forum. Guests will get a message saying they have to register to read the posts. This is to prioritise the server to people who are signed up and contribute than those who lurk.

2) The search might be unavailable during high periods of traffic.

3) In an extreme case (not going to happen ) we might take things like avatars/sigs/u2u's off during the hour of mad traffic.

I'm pretty confident we will be fine for the evening. If the server does crash it usually gives an error about config not being set correctly.. that's just a message for James and I to restart the database. If this message appears it shouldn't take less than a minute for us to get it back.

This only applys to launch night and finale night really, as those peaks of traffic are much higher than a normal BB night.

Please try and be aware of duplicate posts also.. Have a quick look in Today's Posts before posting to make sure there aren't already 3 threads on "first impressions on [contestant]" before you make another one for example.


So yeah, enjoy launch night - and let's test this server's capacity !

Mark

[Locke.]

Even busier than the BB9 Finale?

[Lauren]

Good luck TiBB's new server

Lets hope launch night goes off with no real issues!

[Iceman]

I got that message about config today a couple of times.

[MrGaryy]

the finale is nothing compared to launch night madness.

[JohnnyBB]

i did make an article warning guest's

[andyman]

Pukka! TiBB is the only place to be on launch night.

[Daniel__]

Originally posted by Iceman
I got that message about config today a couple of times.

Yeh I did, And yesterday too

[MrGaryy]

i've gotten the config message loads in the last 3 days or so.

[Iceman]

I'm glad some others got it, thought it was just me.

[Lauren]

This year (for once) I won't be on during launch night, so won't get to experience the madness.

[andyman]

800 should be on the site between 9pm-12am?

[andyman]

Lauren doing fun stuff?

[Mark]

800 at any one point yeah. I don't know how many unique people will visit during the evening, well over 10,000 probably

[Iceman]

Originally posted by Mark
800 at any one point yeah. I don't know how many unique people will visit during the evening, well over 10,000 probably

Wow, I didn't realise it would be that many!

[andyman]

Feels a meltdown could happen.. :-(

[Mark]

BB9 finale was 10,813 unique visitors... so we got that to beat... Think we will do it easy

[Harry!]

2) The search might be unavailable during high periods of traffic.

It hasnt worked for ages anyway.

[Jackie]

Lets hope the server is okay tonight.

[Annie]

Good luck server of TiBB <3
I will be on tonight, its my first BB launch night and I am VERY excited

[lily.]

Originally posted by Harry.
2) The search might be unavailable during high periods of traffic.

It hasnt worked for ages anyway.

False.

It's turned off periodically, but it's not permanently off.

[MR.K!]

Originally posted by Annie
Good luck server of TiBB <3

[andyman]

^Her on the far right..

[MR.K!]

Originally posted by andyman
^Her on the far right..

I know

[pinkmichk]

i prob wont be on here tonight i cant keep up with the posts on normal eviction nights