Popular Post HendryTan Posted March 15, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 1. This evening we added more RAM and Disk to our BlowingWind Servers. 2. FASTER Since the BW Forum Upgrade in December 2015, we were told the forum is now slower. This was because the forum software now uses SSL and more AJAX updates. This make the forum more secure and less clicks for users to check members' profiles and posts. But all these resulted in much heavier load on our servers hence the slowdown. CPU increase and upgrade is too expensive for us at the moment. Our best value for money option is this extra RAM which will greatly speed up our Forum Database and hence result it faster forum access. The RAM will also allow us to support more people online. 3. BETTER The extra Disk is needed to allow BW to support Users Uploaded Pics. Yes since the December 2015 Forum Upgrade, members can now upload pictures directly into your Forum Post instead of using an external picture hosting site. We know members love it as seen from the rapidly increasing disk usage on our servers and BW posts with pictures. We believe this extra disk space will benefit readers and is money well spent. 4. And still FREE Thanks to our Advertisers, we manage to sell our advertisement slots. A big shoutout to Male-HQ and please support and check up their products. Thanks also to our Business Development Mod (OralB), we have generated enough cash to get this Hardware Upgrade for our servers. Enjoy ! On Behalf of All the BW Moderators who all voted to use our savings to fund this upgrade. deathblade88, youngpunk, painting and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngpunk Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 thanks, mods~ Bern 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 Thanks a lot, mods and "bravo"! Bern 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yhtang Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Let me add my appreciation to the moderators and all other people working in the background to keep this site alive and functioning. My sincere thanks to one and all for your collective efforts and patience with us members. Bern 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathblade88 Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Am I correct to say that BW is now hosted at California - Los Angeles ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HendryTan Posted March 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Yes, we park our servers in California USA.. In the earlier years (eg 2005 that period) Singapore gay man are worried about police raiding saunas. and authorities impounding the BW database showing IP address of members. Hosting in the US assures our members that the servers were "out of reach/jurisdiction" by authorities. This fear has "subsided" over the years as Government has clarified that they will leave gay man alone. Second reason is that hosting in the USA is much more economical. Cheers ! Bern, deathblade88 and jo.sam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathblade88 Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 On 3/17/2016 at 3:19 PM, HendryTan said: Yes, we park our servers in California USA.. In the earlier years (eg 2005 that period) Singapore gay man are worried about police raiding saunas. and authorities impounding the BW database showing IP address of members. Hosting in the US assures our members that the servers were "out of reach/jurisdiction" by authorities. This fear has "subsided" over the years as Government has clarified that they will leave gay man alone. Second reason is that hosting in the USA is much more economical. Cheers ! Expand Cool man !!! Luckily, my ISP has a PoP in LA. Latency is ard 18X ms to BW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jo.sam Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 On 3/15/2016 at 12:08 PM, HendryTan said: 4. And still FREE Thanks to our Advertisers, we manage to sell our advertisement slots. A big shoutout to Male-HQ and please support and check up their products. Thanks also to our Business Development Mod (OralB), we have generated enough cash to get this Hardware Upgrade for our servers. Expand Advertisers are oh so important. To me, blowingwind is a community service and because Male-HQ is helping to keep it going, I will shop there! Much <3 Bern and deathblade88 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler3032 Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Moi: more dick, more RAM, and hopefully, slower, gentler BlowingWind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler3032 Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 ^Sorry, there's typo up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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