They used to go down quite often. I can't remember the last time I noticed it go down, but it's very infrequent nowadays. I do find it a LITTLE strange that they go down at all, but I know nothing of such things, besides the fact that other sites I use don't. Maybe it has to do with the vast amount of interconnected databases of information the site tracks that endlessly stream into one another.
On Sep 29, 12:41 am, GROGnads <[email protected]> wrote: > YOU rightfully deserve a "bran muffin" and put it upon Aldie's 'tab'! > > On Sep 28, 11:11 pm, razumny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > My understanding is that, the economical situation of the 'Geek being > > what it is, the focus has been on stable live servers that are taken > > down for maintenance once in a while (and it seems to me that it has > > been a long while since the last time now), instead of having a mirror > > site, as that would be too costly. > > > I might be wrong. > > > On Sep 29, 8:09 am, Scott Alden <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yes. > > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:59 AM, 1 Awesome Guy <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > Hey BGGers, > > > > > So I work in web development and am curious if anyone knows why they > > > > take the entire website offline for maintenance. In my opinion, a > > > > website the size of BGG should not be taken offline every time they > > > > need to make changes. They should be able able to work on a mirror > > > > site then copy the changes over very quickly. Of course, I do not know > > > > the specifics of their set-up, but I've never seen another website of > > > > this size do this. > > > > > Am I just missing something? > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "BGG Down" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > For more options, visit this group > > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down?hl=en.
