[NancyBrooke]

Congratulations on the server move, Admins. I gather those can be really awful to do and it sounds like you all managed really well.

Thanks for your hard work!

[BittenBuggy]

Here here!

A hearty thanks to the Admin for working so hard... especially for us nitwits

[Leilana]

3 cheers for the super-admins! Thanks big time you guys, we love you to bits!

[Viv]

In lieu of a thank-you smilie, perhaps this one is relevant:



Thanks, guys.

[Robbie]

Many thanks for the praise, but I don't want to mislead you all.

I hope you realise, I did absolutely nothing except bite my nails! The servers are physically hosted in the US - it's much cheaper there with connection to the Internet, as as most customers are from the States, it's faster serving them.

The hardware is controlled by a company called Pegasus / Pwebtech. They look after the fancy stuff such as the routers, UPS etc. If they need to do maintainance, it's hardware related.

The servers themselves are controlled by a company called HostNexus. They have the Linux skills and solve the SMTP (mail) problems etc. If they do maintainance it's usually related to system upgrades, securuty fixes etc.

I buy a whole heap of space, IPs etc from HostNexus and act as a reseller. This means that I get the niggly questions about "How do I get my mail" allowing HostNexus to concentrate on the "MailSheilf is blocking the IP" technical stuff. This does not really require "maintainance" per se. I'm the car salesman, do nothing except act as a middleman and try to help you make the right choice into hosting, and thne (unlike the car salesman) support you afterwards.

As a reseller, Scribe is one of my clients who rents space from me. The only difference in the case of Open Scrolls is that I also wrote the site and look after it; usually the clients do that themselves . The good news is that it's cheap for you lot to run - the donations go towads the "cost price" only, whereas regular clients pay more for the support they require. If we need to do maintainance on the site, it's updating the actual software runnning Open Scrolls.

It's a complex business, as are computers. But we all have our specialities and concentrate on what we do best.

But, in this upgrade, I did nothing except monitor it.

The spelling errors in "editting", however, are my fault!

[Moralanqua]

Congratulations on...Biting your nails!!!

You Admins are great when it comes to all the technical mumbo jumbo and you have created a great site with lotsa unique features! Its something to be proud of and we are proud to be associated with as members!


Drinks all round! (Do is buying! )

[Robbie]

Incidentally, I should point out that we are currently changing all the IP addresses for all the sites. This is something that involves me. You'll notice the server hopping up and down ocasioanlly - only for short bursts.

But it's not a complex as building a new data centre!

(Do - buy a round of drinks? You've obviously not been on a date with her!)

[Saralitazie]

Thanks to all the Admins for providing this site - it's shcmunderful! (And free, too! Preciouss...one of these days, when I'm no longer broke, out of school and making my millions I'll express my appreciation the appropriate way; until then, I'll just keep buggering you around the forums. Well, not literally...)

Robbie - do you have any nails left?

[dolarabee]