Comments on: Another Move http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/19/another-move/ Deliciously Geeky... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:25:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/19/another-move/comment-page-1/#comment-179162 Anonymous Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:15:43 +0000 http://s16711.gridserver.com/2007/04/19/another-move/#comment-179162 We just made the same move, this evening, from DreamHost to Media Temple because DH couldn't keep the sites running. I was checking the server status pages hourly and waiting for the next time I had to file a trouble ticket... Not worth it. We just made the same move, this evening, from DreamHost to Media Temple because DH couldn’t keep the sites running. I was checking the server status pages hourly and waiting for the next time I had to file a trouble ticket… Not worth it.

]]> By: Keith L. Dick http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/19/another-move/comment-page-1/#comment-178483 Keith L. Dick Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:07:48 +0000 http://s16711.gridserver.com/2007/04/19/another-move/#comment-178483 Damn you guys seem to be moving more times than I change my underwear in a month... Hahaha, just kidding hope you finally find a server and host that "Oh Gizmo!" can call home for a very long time... Cheers... Damn you guys seem to be moving more times than I change my underwear in a month…

Hahaha, just kidding hope you finally find a server and host that “Oh Gizmo!” can call home for a very long time…

Cheers…

]]> By: ketyung http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/19/another-move/comment-page-1/#comment-178412 ketyung Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:27:59 +0000 http://s16711.gridserver.com/2007/04/19/another-move/#comment-178412 Anyway, it's nothing seriously broken here, just like last move that showed IP address but this time the grid server host name s16711.gridserver.com, perhaps u haven't hit the domain transfer button :D Anyway, it’s nothing seriously broken here, just like last move that showed IP address but this time the grid server host name s16711.gridserver.com, perhaps u haven’t hit the domain transfer button :D

]]> By: ketyung http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/19/another-move/comment-page-1/#comment-178410 ketyung Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:21:10 +0000 http://s16711.gridserver.com/2007/04/19/another-move/#comment-178410 It sounds like when you grow bigger with lots of traffic would be a trouble of having to find the best host....Of course, if costs ain't matter, then it's easy. I wonder what host other higher traffic sites (such as TechCrunch, Engadget) are on? Even dedicated can't sustain the hits? Grid should be much better since load distributed....Hope OhGizmo can finally settle down on 1 :D It sounds like when you grow bigger with lots of traffic would be a trouble of having to find the best host….Of course, if costs ain’t matter, then it’s easy. I wonder what host other higher traffic sites (such as TechCrunch, Engadget) are on? Even dedicated can’t sustain the hits? Grid should be much better since load distributed….Hope OhGizmo can finally settle down on 1 :D

]]> By: David Ponce http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/19/another-move/comment-page-1/#comment-178389 David Ponce Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:24:20 +0000 http://s16711.gridserver.com/2007/04/19/another-move/#comment-178389 Yeah, really, guys, we could have just pressed a button, and no one would have been the wiser. We let you in on these things for a variety of reasons. One, a few thousand of you testing things for us is definitely better than three of us looking around to make sure nothing's broken. Two, we think you might benefit from our mistakes, and not have to go through the same hassles yourselves. When we got the Dedicated Virtual package at Media Temple, it seemed like a no-brainer. We were coming from a $8 a month(or something like that) shared hosting from Bluehost (before that, it was the unmentionable Dreamhost), and we thought that $75 a month was definitely, without question give us more horsepower. Well, it turns out we were wrong, and there was no way to test this before doing the switch: the problem only occurred once traffic started coming into the new server. The DV server is nice, but it's a (virtual) box with limited resources, and getting more resources cost a lot more. The Grid, on the other hand, should in theory be better able to handle our traffic, since it scales and distributes the computing power over hundreds of servers when needed. But that's in theory, and we've heard a few horror stories from Media Temple. So, let me say here, there's a decent chance we'll be moving again. But, maybe this time we won't tell anyone. :) Yeah, really, guys, we could have just pressed a button, and no one would have been the wiser. We let you in on these things for a variety of reasons. One, a few thousand of you testing things for us is definitely better than three of us looking around to make sure nothing’s broken. Two, we think you might benefit from our mistakes, and not have to go through the same hassles yourselves.

When we got the Dedicated Virtual package at Media Temple, it seemed like a no-brainer. We were coming from a $8 a month(or something like that) shared hosting from Bluehost (before that, it was the unmentionable Dreamhost), and we thought that $75 a month was definitely, without question give us more horsepower. Well, it turns out we were wrong, and there was no way to test this before doing the switch: the problem only occurred once traffic started coming into the new server.

The DV server is nice, but it’s a (virtual) box with limited resources, and getting more resources cost a lot more. The Grid, on the other hand, should in theory be better able to handle our traffic, since it scales and distributes the computing power over hundreds of servers when needed. But that’s in theory, and we’ve heard a few horror stories from Media Temple. So, let me say here, there’s a decent chance we’ll be moving again.

But, maybe this time we won’t tell anyone. :)

]]> By: OJ http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/19/another-move/comment-page-1/#comment-178363 OJ Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:21:45 +0000 http://s16711.gridserver.com/2007/04/19/another-move/#comment-178363 Liganic -> Whatever man! You've got to learn things one way or the other. Your idea of a professional way for them to have handled this would've been not to inform us. That's the whole secret behind the "pro" name tag. It means that something's going on behind the scene but you're just an amateur who'll never know the faced implications. Well... OhGizmo thanks for a great site. And being communicative on your choices. Cheers Liganic -> Whatever man! You’ve got to learn things one way or the other. Your idea of a professional way for them to have handled this would’ve been not to inform us. That’s the whole secret behind the “pro” name tag. It means that something’s going on behind the scene but you’re just an amateur who’ll never know the faced implications.
Well… OhGizmo thanks for a great site. And being communicative on your choices.
Cheers

]]> By: Liganic http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/19/another-move/comment-page-1/#comment-178242 Liganic Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:53:06 +0000 http://s16711.gridserver.com/2007/04/19/another-move/#comment-178242 Moving once -ok, twice -also ok. But again??? Have you ever tried to _really_ compare the Hosters before you move? This really looks like you are far from being proffesional. Moving once -ok, twice -also ok. But again??? Have you ever tried to _really_ compare the Hosters before you move? This really looks like you are far from being proffesional.

]]> By: David Ponce http://www.ohgizmo.com/2007/04/19/another-move/comment-page-1/#comment-178232 David Ponce Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:04:31 +0000 http://s16711.gridserver.com/2007/04/19/another-move/#comment-178232 Here's me testing comments Here’s me testing comments

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