Archiving will take place on Sunday to address the slowness

[edfurlong]

Good idea! Also, maybe the ads are the problem. Try taking them down for a couple weeks to see if that helps.

[MicroBob]

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For a being a bunch of smart people, I'm surprised that the ppl that run 2+2 don't just do the simple, obvious solutions.

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awesome.

[Troll_Inc]

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Good idea! Also, maybe the ads are the problem. Try taking them down for a couple weeks to see if that helps.

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Yeah, that's the funny part. All those people on the aforementioned forums don't even play poker, they just chat all day on 2+2. So I guess shhhhhhhh!!!!! Don't let the rakeback advertisers know.

2+2 should sell specific ads for rakeback on Zit Cream and Weight loss diet plans for those forums.

[RedJoker]

Hey Troll, I think you lost something...

[RedBean]

Mat, just out of curiosity...do you guys optimize/analyze the database at all, or do you just archive older posts to another server every so often?

[Mat Sklansky]

i don't know.

[mrkilla]

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Why not just take the high volume non poker forums like BBV, OOT, BBV4f****'rs, El Diablow's forum, etc and make them talk on IRC chat rooms? That would clear up a lot of bandwidth and save 2+2 for serious poker talk.

For a being a bunch of smart people, I'm surprised that the ppl that run 2+2 don't just do the simple, obvious solutions.

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FWIW there are already 2 active IRC channels

[imported_Chuck Weinstock]

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Mat, just out of curiosity...do you guys optimize/analyze the database at all, or do you just archive older posts to another server every so often?

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We do both (and prefer not to archive). The problem is, that as we have gotten over 6 million posts in the main forums it gets harder and harder to keep up. However a hardware change and database optimization on Wednesday night seems to have dealt with the immediate problem and alleviated the need for a major archive at this time.

We will, however, only be taking about three months worth of active threads over to vbulletin when we make the transition. These forums will then become a defacto archive.

Chuck

[Colt McCoy]

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The problem is, that as we have gotten over 6 million posts in the main forums it gets harder and harder to keep up.

Chuck

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[imported_Chuck Weinstock]

I saw that the first time. Stop wasting bandwidth and my computer monitor. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]