I'm definitely looking for faster speeds - hoping all transitions well.

I have just decided that the current server is too unstable for us to wait and schedule the actual move process without downtime, so we are moving on with server transfer a.s.a.p.

As a result of my decision (tired of waiting and watching DB go down almost on a daily basis), we might actually experience brief downtime. But as long as it is the last time this week, I will be happy.

I am really sorry for all these DB errors (trust me, I am not a fan of those myself), and for the inconvenience these downtimes and slow page loads might cause to your business, but we'll get it resolved soon.

Can't wait for this to be over and as soon as we are, I will ask our new provider HandsOnWebHosting.com to post our new server specs and setup here. They are better than they were initially!

Its ok...Overall, it will be better to have some downtime and get it done now, instead of wait and make things more difficult.

The server move is now complete. We should be now fully running on a new server courtesy of www.handsonwebhosting.com

Its quite amazing to see the server load average go from sometimes up to 5-7 (I've seen 8-10 just before DB was overloading and going down) on an old machine to just 0.20/0.15.

While the company continues to work on small tweaks here and there, I will ask Conor to post the specs of our new shiny hardware in action, without giving "too much" information for wrong eyes to see.

I hope you are enjoying the faster community! Feel free to ask any question or give your feedback on your experience.

That's super. Hadn't even thought about it until I read your post. Haven't had any problems this morning.