Comments on: Please bear with me… http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/ Simple, applicable personal finance advice for the modern world Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:56:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tyler http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6079 Tyler Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:41:15 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/#comment-6079 GoDaddy.com. Can't go wrong with them. GoDaddy.com. Can’t go wrong with them.

]]> By: adam http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6038 adam Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:00:40 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/#comment-6038 I am the webmaster of several sites and have been happy with the service that bluehost provides. Plenty of bandwith, sql databases etc. available. Good luck! I am the webmaster of several sites and have been happy with the service that bluehost provides. Plenty of bandwith, sql databases etc. available. Good luck!

]]> By: 1mil http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6034 1mil Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:59:01 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/#comment-6034 Ok, after looking at your code. I don't see anything to hectic here. Assuming your using a database to store your posts, I think you're pushing your MySQL to the limit. Do you really need to list every related post on every page those are kind of lengthy. If you login to mysql you can check the tables to see if theyre optimized or not. Ok, after looking at your code. I don’t see anything to hectic here. Assuming your using a database to store your posts, I think you’re pushing your MySQL to the limit. Do you really need to list every related post on every page those are kind of lengthy. If you login to mysql you can check the tables to see if theyre optimized or not.

]]> By: 1mil http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6033 1mil Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:55:49 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/#comment-6033 Whoa 20k a day... Are you sure its that many? lol Dreamhost gives you like 2TB of bandwidth, what if you limit the number of posts that display per page? Juan (1mil) Whoa 20k a day… Are you sure its that many? lol
Dreamhost gives you like 2TB of bandwidth, what if you limit the number of posts that display per page?

Juan (1mil)

]]> By: fivecentnickel.com http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6032 fivecentnickel.com Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:47:35 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/#comment-6032 Grrrr... Sitting in your cache, not your case. Love that spell check! Grrrr… Sitting in your cache, not your case. Love that spell check!

]]> By: fivecentnickel.com http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6029 fivecentnickel.com Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:31:04 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/#comment-6029 I'm surprised that your CPU usage is super high if you're using WP-Cache. Yes, it was probably a lot of traffic, but most people were being funneled to a single page, which should have been sitting happily in your case an not generating much in the way of CPU usage. Mine is set to rebuild the pages every 3600 seconds (= one hour). Regardless, that's kind of a bummer. I’m surprised that your CPU usage is super high if you’re using WP-Cache. Yes, it was probably a lot of traffic, but most people were being funneled to a single page, which should have been sitting happily in your case an not generating much in the way of CPU usage. Mine is set to rebuild the pages every 3600 seconds (= one hour).

Regardless, that’s kind of a bummer.

]]> By: Trent http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6022 Trent Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:03:01 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/#comment-6022 Dreamhost is the very company that I overloaded, Chris. They don't deal with a blog with 20K pageviews an average day plus semi-regular digg spikes on their basic plan very well. Dreamhost is the very company that I overloaded, Chris. They don’t deal with a blog with 20K pageviews an average day plus semi-regular digg spikes on their basic plan very well.

]]> By: Chris http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6016 Chris Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:01:26 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/#comment-6016 Throwing in as a very small time site hoster that dream host is pretty cool for the 30 bucks or whatever you can get the first year for. Start there, then if you take off, move to a more professional/highend hosting company. Throwing in as a very small time site hoster that dream host is pretty cool for the 30 bucks or whatever you can get the first year for. Start there, then if you take off, move to a more professional/highend hosting company.

]]> By: Bill http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6002 Bill Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:53:43 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/#comment-6002 If you're looking for good rates... try Hostgator... I host my site with them. Been great since last June. If you’re looking for good rates… try Hostgator… I host my site with them. Been great since last June.

]]> By: john http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/comment-page-1/#comment-5949 john Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:52:52 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/#comment-5949 Trent, how long do you leave the WP-Cache pages in your cache? Maybe holding on to the cached pages for a longer period of time, say a few hours more than you usually do, would cut down on the number of page generations you'll need to do? (Disclaimer: I have no experience with WordPress, but I have a lot of Web development experience.) Trent, how long do you leave the WP-Cache pages in your cache? Maybe holding on to the cached pages for a longer period of time, say a few hours more than you usually do, would cut down on the number of page generations you’ll need to do?

(Disclaimer: I have no experience with WordPress, but I have a lot of Web development experience.)

]]> By: Ellen http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/comment-page-1/#comment-5947 Ellen Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:44:30 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/#comment-5947 I would recommend against Dreamhost, actually. They had a pretty catastrophic crash that screwed a lot of people just a couple of weeks ago. Good luck! I would recommend against Dreamhost, actually. They had a pretty catastrophic crash that screwed a lot of people just a couple of weeks ago.

Good luck!

]]> By: MidnightUT http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/comment-page-1/#comment-5937 MidnightUT Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:11:23 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/#comment-5937 I had noticed you site being pretty slow for the last week or so. I've been thinking of starting my own blog, although I'm planning on hosting it off my own box as its just for my own personal use. In any case I've had several people point me towards Dreamhost. Do they say how much is too much? It irritates me that all these hosting companies promise you x number of TBs of transfer, but they don't even allow enough CPU usage to ever use that bandwidth, and they neglect to tell you this. Sorry for the rant, but this practice just really bothers me, and I'm not even in your shoes right now. Over at John Chow's website there has been a lot of praise for BlueFur.com hosting. The price looks right, but I'm not sure about the details of the packages. It looks like their monthly transfer limits are significantly lower, but maybe they actually deliver what they sell. I had noticed you site being pretty slow for the last week or so.

I’ve been thinking of starting my own blog, although I’m planning on hosting it off my own box as its just for my own personal use.

In any case I’ve had several people point me towards Dreamhost. Do they say how much is too much? It irritates me that all these hosting companies promise you x number of TBs of transfer, but they don’t even allow enough CPU usage to ever use that bandwidth, and they neglect to tell you this. Sorry for the rant, but this practice just really bothers me, and I’m not even in your shoes right now.

Over at John Chow’s website there has been a lot of praise for BlueFur.com hosting. The price looks right, but I’m not sure about the details of the packages. It looks like their monthly transfer limits are significantly lower, but maybe they actually deliver what they sell.

]]> By: david http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/comment-page-1/#comment-5935 david Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:01:05 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/#comment-5935 I guess you could be getting no traffic at all, which would probably be worse. But I hope you get things running smoothly soon. Good luck! I guess you could be getting no traffic at all, which would probably be worse. But I hope you get things running smoothly soon. Good luck!

]]> By: Trent http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/comment-page-1/#comment-5926 Trent Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:31:54 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/#comment-5926 CPU. I seem to be very tightly capped in that regard. CPU. I seem to be very tightly capped in that regard.

]]> By: MidnightUT http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/comment-page-1/#comment-5907 MidnightUT Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:12:10 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/02/10/please-bear-with-me/#comment-5907 In what way was your plan not able to keep up? Were you running out of bandwidth? or was it a CPU utilization issue? In what way was your plan not able to keep up?

Were you running out of bandwidth? or was it a CPU utilization issue?

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