Biznik is about to run a lot faster
Am I the only one who’s noticed that Biznik has been running painfully slooooooooooow lately? I don’t think so. We’ve had hardly any complaints about it, strangely, but I’ve been keenly aware of the slowdowns, because I spend more time on the site than anyone (except maybe Joe Hage).
After consulting with Buster McLeod, who is no stranger to solving this sort of problem at 43things.com, we decided that a brand-new screaming quad-core Xeon processor 32-gigs-of-ram 15,000rpm hard-drives database server would go a long way toward fixing the problem. So we got one. And a smokin’ fast web server to pair it with. Jimmy Pandra and the awesome folks at Wowrack, which hosts Biznik.com, installed over the past couple of days. Thanks Wowrack, we’re thrilled that you’re hosting Biznik.com, because you take such great care of us. If any of you are looking to host your business website at a co-location facility, I recommend you talk to Jimmy. He’s the man.
Tonight, John and I are working overtime to install and test everything. We’ll spend tomorrow wrapping up the testing, and – barring any unforeseen snags – when you log into Biznik on Thursday morning, you will noticing that the site is running about twice as fast as it’s currently running. Maybe faster. Oh yeah, you’re going to love this upgrade.
And speaking of upgrades… are you and Active or Supporting member yet? Think of the $10 or $24/month that you spend as a teeny weeny investment in helping us pay for the $12K we just dropped on the new servers, and a huge investment in your own business. Active members, for example, get 8 times more clickthrough traffic from Biznik to your site than free members do, and Supporting members get 26 times more traffic! I’ll leave you with one last inducement to upgrade: if time is money, and the website runs as fast as we believe it will after the new servers are in place, you’ll actually be saving money by becoming a paying member! So: upgrade your account, and I’ll see you on the new site.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Yay! I upgraded my membership today and was worried about the slowness. Thank you!
January 16th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Update: We’re testing the new servers out with the site loaded on them now, and it’s running about twice as fast, and some pages are more like 4 times as fast. So we’re very excited to get this done. We are planning to make the transition to the new server Thursday night, so by Friday morning, you’ll notice the site running much faster, if all stays on schedule.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Dan… Thank You!!!
I not only had noticed the slow-down these past few weeks but I also felt that there has been less posting activity which may have been as a result. I sometimes got tired of the “spinning wheel” and moved on to other activities when I might have stayed on the site longer and viewed more biz-talk and profiles.
Thank you again… and if you need any money for continued upgrades, I’ll be happy to provide you some.
…Howard
January 17th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Wow. I totally noticed the slowness too but actually thought it was my computer. Kinda cool that it’s not my computer – but bummer that it’s on your end. Good news is you solving that!
Glad to be wearing my supporting member star already. Worth. every. penny!
Thanks Biznik!