That Was A Long Five Minutes
The operation was supposed to last five minutes. After looking at the server load, BlueFur recommended increasing the RAM to two Gig. I gave the go ahead and the procedure began. Adding RAM is normally a very easy thing to do - power down server, add new RAM, power server back on, back in business.
Somewhere during the reboot process, the server never came back up. Five minutes became ten, then twenty. It took an hour before BlueFur was able to bring the blog back to life. The server went down at the worst possible time. The Globe & Mail was over to take photos of me for an upcoming article on Internet advertising. It’s pretty hard to take a picture when there’s no blog to show. 
Fortunately, BlueFur got the server back online just as the photographer finished setting up his equipment. Now that we’re back, I’m happy to report the server is working great. I want to thank Gary at BlueFur for staying on top of the situation. If you need web hosting, give them a shout. Use coupon code JohnChowRocks to get 15% off any services.
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wow that was perfect timing…great job BlueFur !! I wonder what uses 2 GB on this Blog…maybe the volume
Reply to this commentProbably MySQL queries…
Reply to this commentI was wondering why the blog was down earlier today. I’m still thinking that it’s a better idea to leave the blog on your cluster. Relying on a Celeron for a website that makes you $12k/mo is ridiculous.
But that’s just my opinion.
Reply to this commentWhen you mentioned in your previous post that your new server only have 512MB of RAM I thought that would kind of low for the amount of traffic you receive.
Nice that you upgraded it, too bad it didn’t like it at first. Did they mention why the server wouldn’t come back peacefully?
Reply to this commentAre you using Wp-Cache John?
Reply to this commentNo I’m not. I have heard about it but the server can handle its current load.
Reply to this commentBlame it on Murphy’s law :),
Reply to this commentive actually experienced a lot of downtime the last two days so i know where your coming from. they suggested bumping up to 2gb too but im tempted to go to 3
an hour isnt too bad in a long term scale of things though
Reply to this commentAdding RAM is always a bit risky. OS’s can choke on the suddenly different hardware.
Reply to this commentPhew! I was afraid you called it quits. I was about to search for other evilness on Google.
Reply to this commentI thought you looked a little bit worried in that picture, John LOL. The blogging deities smile down on you though. Can’t wait for the June/July issue to come out!
Reply to this commentI’ve been using BlueFur for my latest site as well and I have been thoroughly impressed with their service and I don’t have anywhere near the *pull* that John would have.
Glad to hear that they got you back up and running in time.
Reply to this commentGlad everything is back up! Ive been noticing downtime these past few days, but Im glad to hear that it should be over. How much bandwidth is JohnChow using per month?
Reply to this commentNot that much. Maybe 100 GB per month. My plans includes 1,500 GB so I have plenty of bandwidth to go.
Reply to this comment1500 GB per month is nice but I beat you! I have unlimited bandwidth
Sorry had to rub it in not very often I get to do that!
Reply to this commentThat’s what you think. Unlimited Bandwidth or Space is never Unlimited Bandwidth or Space.
Reply to this commentThat’s 100% true. Just try and use an unlimited amount some month and I’m sure you’ll find the limit.
Besides, people don’t usually need that much more than what’s offered with most large-ish plans.
Reply to this commentI use about 100 also… 100Mb that is. All of my sites combined use about 100GB a month.
Reply to this commentI love the tag line “JohnChowRocks.” It’s always great to upgrade the servers…better user time.
Reply to this commentyou’re good for the time being
Reply to this commentOh my gosh thats a lot of bandwith. I am nowhere near that yet!
Reply to this commenti doubt that too many people are…start using videos and you’ll make up the gap
Reply to this commentYeah, running a blog really isn’t bandwidth intensive. RAM on the other hand… Anything that will make MySQL run faster is what you want to spend your money on
Reply to this commentman … thats crazy … i was getting worried there for a bit!
Darin
Reply to this commentWow, i thought it would have been more than that with all the page views!
Reply to this commentThe blog is mostly text. Not very graphic heavy and any videos I post is hosted by Google and YouTube. So it don’t use up that much bandwidth.
Reply to this commentRules of Making Money Online: Never schedule a server upgrade during a photoshoot.
Reply to this commentWow my server must be pretty bulky, I am running 2 gigs already and don’t use that much. Can’t ever have too much though, right!
Reply to this commentI hate when that happens, hell one of my friends is still waiting for a refund from theplanet.
Reply to this commentYou will have to give us a good review of their service in a month or so.
Reply to this commentYeah review! review!
Reply to this commentObserved any improvements/changes after BluFur was installed, John?
Reply to this commentUpgrading total amount of ram sometimes gives weird results. I had a similar problem with my local workstation, i had 1 gb, added a new stick to double it, but pc never opened: than switched sticks and pc came back, what a weird issue
Reply to this commentLooks like that 99% SLA is rearing it’s ugly head
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