| super_etecoon said: I know nothing about servers and web page hosting....but I was wondering about something... Could you put the forum on one server and the stats on another? It just seems to me that a lot of the refreshing happens not because people are impatiently awaiting the numbers, but because they want to see what the latest threads are. I'm sure if this could fix the problem ioi would have already done something like it. |
It's all about the size of the server. At some point it's worth splitting up, but spreading over multiple servers looses effeciency. Generally until you need to split over 3 servers (or are spending over $10K/server), it's more effecient and cost effective to have a single larger server. There are other reasons to split up two servers sooner, such as if it's difficult to issolate application from database performance bottle necks, or for high availability reasons.... Another drawback, is most hosting sites charge more for more servers, and the ongoing costs quickly exceeds the hardware costs. In general, one $4,000 server will outpreform two $2,000 servers. Right now the site is running on closer to a $500 desktop level hardware.
Either way, it costs money...
