New Dedicated Server Coming (again)

Nathan

About a year ago we moved ContractorTalk.com to a dedicated server to handle the traffic and it has worked well but we are now starting to overload it.
We have grown A LOT over the last year and we expect to grow A LOT more between now and the end of March which is our typical busy season.

Here is a chart of our growth over the last 2 years.


Anyways, I just wanted to let you know that we will be moving to a new server in about 2 weeks. This new server is pretty high end and hopefully it will handle our traffic for at least another years worth of growth.

We will try to keep the downtime to a minimum and I will try and let you know when the downtimes will be.

It's sad to spend the money but exciting to see the growth that is taking place here. Thanks to everyone who helps make this place great!

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R&S Exteriors

Congrats Good job. It's a real nice site

reveivl

Nathan, just curious, what does the vertical scale refer to? (0-700,000). Rich.

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Nathan

Pageviews which is different than hits btw.

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Mike Finley

HOLY MOLY! YOU IS GOING TO BE A RICH MAN nathan!

Grumpy

Nathan you know my feelings about large community sites. They tend to be less personal, therefore less attractive. Anyways I am happy for your success.

ron schenker

Wow, the last time I saw growth this big........
Well, I can't really print it here but..keep up the good work

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denick

Nathan,

Thanks for all your hard work. And this with a new born in the house. A new server and a new born??? How's your wife holding up?

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Double-A

hehe, How is your wallet holding up? New server = zomg $$...

Congratulations on the growth and I hope you get filthy rich from your investments in this industry.

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Peladu

Diapers, Baby formula, web host...will the bills ever end?

Floorwizard

Yea...congrats!

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Humble Abode

That drop off in May is interesting. What do you atribute that too? The busy season starting for contractors?

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Nathan

Yea, it's a cycle we seem to go through every year. We drop traffic between May and June/July as everyone gets busy and then grow like crazy between Sept and March.

As long as the overall trend is up I'm good

We also didn't drop nearly as much this year and have bounced back quicker.

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Double-A

I blame Patty and her staples. Everyone is hanging around to see her new avatar.

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