Network Wide Website Relocation

[Duke]

Just to keep you all in the know, I've decided to split costs on a dedicated server with coldblooded, the owner of nukemods.com. I've known cb for close to a year now as I also staff at nukemods and believe him to be a trustworthy and reliable person.

The decision to move to a dedicated server did not come easily as it translates to a much higher financial responsibility on my part. Sadly, it has to be done in order for the sites to be responsive and reliable 24/7/365. The problem is that I'm tiring of paying out my rear for new webhosts that just can't provide the level of service I'm looking for. As of late, I've had up to 4 webhosts at any given time and none have been able to provide me with reliable and speedy service for extended periods of time.

Of course, moving to a dedicated hosting solution brings with it new challenges the largest being server security. Until such time as cb or myself is confident in our server managing abilities, we may look for an interim, 3rd party, server monitoring company to ensure we stay online and hacker safe. This also may translate to running automatic daily backups (in the form of cron jobs) which may greatly impact site/server load/speed.

Rest assured, any impact to individual websites will be announced prior to action being taken.

Lastly, sites may start migrating to the new server sometime mid-November so please keep your eyes on this topic for future updates.

Regards,

Ken (aka Duke)
Lifesupporters.com Network Founder

[darkangelism]

ok, cool, do you know what dedicated provider you are going with yet?

[Duke]

Right now it's between 3 different providers so I'm not 100% sure ATM.

I should know tomorrow so I'll be sure to update as soon as it's a done deal.

[Duke]

All right, great news, the dedicated server is now up and running. My partner in this venture has been dealing with tech. support to ensure we get exactly what we want and so far, everything (including the support) has been top notch.

nukemods.com is already running on the new server so if you want an example of how stable the sites will become, visit nukemods.com.

Our provider is experienced in creating custom configurations for their clients and have a good reputation in the industry. For a number of reasons, we decided to go with Tailormadeservers.com as our server provider.

Well, what does this mean to guests and members you may ask, well, I'm here to clear it up for ya

I will be relocating all sites to the new server over the next couple of weeks. Since I'm upgrading all website software, I will start with the smaller sites first. The site migrations will occur in the following order:

- e-ztheme.com
- gamemoviemaking.com
- fragtard.net
- international-gathering
- cashpirates
- lifesupporters

Since cashpirates and international-gathering are subdomains of lifesupporters.com (cashpirates.lifesupporters.com and international-gathering.lifesupporters.com) all three sites will experience the same amount of blackout in your area until such time as DNS (Domain Name Servers) propagates. This may translate to members/guests, not being able to access the site for as long as 48 hours (although it usually happens in just a few hours on average) but please be prepared for more in DNS requires it.

Needless to say, I am committing all my energies to this move so I will NOT be reliably available in any capacity on any of the websites over the next few weeks. I have to backup every aspect of all sites over 3 current webhosts on a brand new computer and then upgrade/install each website manually on the new server. How long this will take is unknown which is why I'm announcing my absence now.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please voice them in this topic only as all replies are being forwarded to my private e-mail.

Thank you for your support!

Sincerely,

Ken (aka Duke)
Lifesupporters.com Network Founder

[TKDLady]

Good luck Duke. I look forward to the time when you can post with us again.