well, natnet is moving me t a new server
 

I've had so many problems in the past few weeks they think maybe a new server install will help
Here's crossoing my fingers
Kept getting weird error messages on all my scripts and they keep telling me it's a weird php bug..
dunno but I'm flipping...

Re: well, natnet is moving me t a new server
 

they host some of the very biggest sites with major trade scripts, so i'm sure they get you set up...

it's very stressing when host problems arise, hang in there, i'm sure they'll get things going good soon enough

amber, what sort of errors are you getting? I might have some ideas for you :)

Alex

well it's a php bug involving sessions
here is the error

Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module. in
/home/amber/red-hot-links.com/public_html/main/common.php on line 29

That was happening whenever the script, and a few others on different domains , were acessed. would come, go, come, go

the kernel is about 2 yrs old but quite a bit of the other server software was newer so they decided, after much testing and playing that the kernel need to be updated - means a new os

I've been looking into the error and apparently it's some kind of php bug.

Anyway, the process has just been started and I'm going to take a xanax and collapse. I too get very stressed when I go thru a server move. But it should be ok and I was planning on updating the link list script anyway so now it's a must.

My server will be down today for a few hours..ughhh!!

Thanks guys

Hey Shemp
How be ya??
Thanks for the words of inspiration!!

cheers
Amber

Amber... did you come to nat net from mach10hosting? Or another compnay they took over?

I know lots of people that love natnet... but I have to say, I've had a server there that has been constant trouble for 11 months... and I've been asking them if it might help to be shifted to a new box too.

That error was fixed in php 4.3.1, in March or so.

Looking at the headers on your site, they claim you are running 4.3.9 which is the latest stable release. Are you still having the problem with 4.3.9?

It is all about how talented and experienced the tech is that is in charge of your server.

My LL server was having problems where the MySQL database was crashing a few times a month so they upgraded me server with a newer OS and more RAM. They told me that if things went badly that they could revert to an older version.

Everything went pretty much ok and I've not had MySQL crash again but some of my paths did get changed and I had to add "@" to some of my php includes.

I still find that PhpAdsNew starts giving me errors ever few months and that using PhpMyAdmin to go in and delete its caches and logs clears it right up so I think this has more to do with a bug in PhpAdsNew then an issue with my server.

Sever problems suck and are stressful. :(

There's a cron that phpadsnew needs to run on a regular basis -- without that, some pretty weird stuff happens.

/maintenance/maintenance.php needs to run 'hourly' so they say.

mysql 4.0.7-4.0.11 had some very odd crashes -- it took me almost 300mb of binary logs to provide a dump for them to see the problem.

Now the only issue I have with mysql beyond 4.0.18 is a crash when using mysql-fulltext indices on a 4.5gb database. Other than that, its been pretty stable (and yes that fulltext problem exists even into 4.0.22)

I have it in there. PhpAdsNew will complain in its admin if that isn't run.

The problem mostly seems to be in its log files becoming too big and in its admin it will not let you keep less then 3 weeks worth.

Hi Amber,

The migration is already done, and it was done with almost ZERO downtime.

Now, we're just fixing some minor things that should be done in 2-4 hours.

Please don't hesitate to email me at bill AT natnet DOT com if you have any questions. I want to make sure you are a happy customer when this is done and I don't monitor boards, so you should either talk to me or my tech staff if you have questions.

Thanks

Bill

Hello Opti,

I just looked at all of your tickets, and I don't see anything obvious jumping out at me...but then, they may not be telling the whole story.

If you feel that you're not getting resolution on issues, please feel free to contact me at bill AT natnet DOT com and I'll personally look into it.

Thanks

Bill

I just have to say Nat Net was great..my server had some weird configs from the old company (mach10) and it took a few days of tweaks here and there but they really did a super job with almost no downtime!

Now to spend time cleaning out the ques on all scripts from backlogs and maybe update all scripts..I haven't updated the link list or tgp scripts in a few years..ICK..guess I should to get the latest and greatest and all that jazz..
shudder-shudder-shudder..

Opti, it would behoove you to call Bill and get it together cause they are really super.
|waves|

Thanks Amber.. I'm sure Bill would prefer you mind your own business rather than tempting me to answer him here again though ;- )

And btw.. we communicate plenty. :)


Your post about the weird config setup does appear to have answered my original question though.