Site performance, Server errors, outages and tunings

[Like Ra]

As a parallel "project" I"m looking for a suitable solution to implement a global site search (you know, that "standard" search button in the top right corner). Currently evaluating three methods: Sphinx, Sphider and TSEP.

Of course I began with Sphinx. But it turned out that its complexity can be justified only if the size of the DB is close to the amount of RAM. E.g. for forums with more than a million posts. It was interesting anyway.

[Like Ra]

Was fiddling with thread merges and post moves and discovered that deleting the first post in the thread deletes the whole thread instead of shifting all posts upwards.. And the post/thread recovery tool was broken. Oh my....

Had to recover several tables from the backup and reupload attachmemnts (again).

Yes, do make backups!!!!

[madjack]

Was fiddling with thread merges and post moves and discovered that deleting the first post in the thread deletes the whole thread instead of shifting all posts upwards.. And the post/thread recovery tool was broken. Oh my....

Had to recover several tables from the backup and reupload attachmemnts (again).

Yes, do make backups!!!!

And, as always, thank you for taking the time and effort to run and maintain the forum

MJ

Ps. don't forget to back-up the back-ups! 😋

[Like Ra]

Ps. don't forget to back-up the back-ups!

Good point... I do have back-ups of the backups but they are about 4 months old... But... Tomorrow, not today 😉

[madjack]

Hmmmm......

Just tried to start a new thread and found that the option to upload an image was missing.

Any ideas?

MJ

[Like Ra]

Indeed. The plugin removal script does not work correctly and did not reinsert the standard {$attachbox}. Fixed now.

Thanks for letting me know!

[madjack]

Indeed. The plugin removal script does not work correctly and did not reinsert the standard {$attachbox}. Fixed now.

Thanks for letting me know!

And thank you for fixing so promptly

I wish the IT department where I work could be so efficient! 😡

MJ

[Tinker D]

I was wondering if there was some way to post or upload a video on this site other than posting a link to the tube or art. Or would that eat up too much memory?

[Like Ra]

No, not yet. We discussed this, but there's still no know solution. The video files are way too big for usual HTTP/PHP uploading.

[Tinker D]

So, would a private server on a static IP be needed then?
I was also thinking that the video would be saved for a week or so, then deleted.
That could save a ton of space.

Just a thought.