Post by Yoon on Mar 24, 2008 17:43:17 GMT -5
As some of you might have noticed in the ShoutBox, it appears that our ShoutBox provider may be shutting down the ShoutBox service for good. Here's the announcement made by Charles Stover (ProBoards ShoutBox provider):
If it does go down, there are some alternative shoutbox services that I can implement, but it may not be as seamless/convienient as the one we've been using.
Dear users,
I am Charles Stover, the creator of the ProBoards ShoutBox.
At this time, the ShoutBox can no longer be hosted for free due to the negative affect (e.g. lag) it has on paying customers. While I have significantly reduced the bandwidth over the past month (from ~50GB to ~2GB), the server still requires an extremely high usage of CPU power solely for the ShoutBox.
Unfortunately, the options at this point are:
1. Purchase a dedicated server and pay a monthly fee.
This would have to be through donations, as I do not have the funds to pay out-of-pocket.
2. Find another hosting provider who will host the ShoutBox for free.
Considering the excessive amounts of resources the ShoutBox requires, this won't be possible unless there are multiple hosting providers who are each willing to host small percentiles of the ShoutBox.
3. Come up with a CPU-friendly, alternative method of running the ShoutBox.
Brainstorming has led to a dead end. If you have any ideas, we'd all be glad to hear them.
4. Kill it.
Ruby Ring Technologies will continue free service until March 31, 2008.
If you're interested in donations, providing partial hosting, or helping brainstorm (professional coders only, please), then please drop a line on the forums.
Thanks for all the support over the years,
Charles Stover
GamingMedley
Source: proboards.gamingmedley.com/overuse-notice.html
I am Charles Stover, the creator of the ProBoards ShoutBox.
At this time, the ShoutBox can no longer be hosted for free due to the negative affect (e.g. lag) it has on paying customers. While I have significantly reduced the bandwidth over the past month (from ~50GB to ~2GB), the server still requires an extremely high usage of CPU power solely for the ShoutBox.
Unfortunately, the options at this point are:
1. Purchase a dedicated server and pay a monthly fee.
This would have to be through donations, as I do not have the funds to pay out-of-pocket.
2. Find another hosting provider who will host the ShoutBox for free.
Considering the excessive amounts of resources the ShoutBox requires, this won't be possible unless there are multiple hosting providers who are each willing to host small percentiles of the ShoutBox.
3. Come up with a CPU-friendly, alternative method of running the ShoutBox.
Brainstorming has led to a dead end. If you have any ideas, we'd all be glad to hear them.
4. Kill it.
Ruby Ring Technologies will continue free service until March 31, 2008.
If you're interested in donations, providing partial hosting, or helping brainstorm (professional coders only, please), then please drop a line on the forums.
Thanks for all the support over the years,
Charles Stover
GamingMedley
Source: proboards.gamingmedley.com/overuse-notice.html
If it does go down, there are some alternative shoutbox services that I can implement, but it may not be as seamless/convienient as the one we've been using.