I honestly have no idea really, but I know things are up and down more than a bride’s nightie at the moment.
It seems that every six months or so I bound head-first into a quagmire of hosting/server troubles.
You may have noticed some serious downtime this week and, other than me hovering over the thing like a rabid mother hen, I can’t keep on top of the incessant system crashes due to too many peaks of burstable ram. (Am I sounding convincing?)
To put it mildly: we’re a bit low on memory.
Now if I was a proper systems admin I’d be having a blast tweaking and twonking, but considering I’m not I’m having panic attacks stopping and starting my vps in the vain hope something might click back into place.
You’ve also got to remember that this is a fully managed vps and those who are doing the managing are being extremely patient and holding my hand the same way your Gran did whilst crossing a busy road as a toddler.
That’s why I’ve decided to personally fork out for a dedicated server after a bit of advice/consultation/persuasion from the guy who provided me with the vps. I’ll trust him – he’s been really rather good so far.
Whilst I kinda find the whole server side of things interesting, it also scares the living daylights out of me.
So, apologies for the intermittent transmissions just recently – it’s another bout of growing pains I suppose.
It’ll be sometime next week before we’re anything like again as there’s a 48-72 hour setup time.
Don’t you love all this trial and error cobblers?
