okay so its been about 2 years, and my host will be migrating my account to a different server because my account needs to be updated.
same specs on the server hardware, but my account will allow me a little more flexibility, also the SQL server (which runs the database here) will be on a dedicated server cluster.. which is good. also, the new server is in a different datacenter.. I believe New Jersey instead of Atlanta. Georgia.. which means it should be better connected to Europe. i did a bunch of trace routes to both the old server and the new one and I got better ping times for every country I tested except for China, and also my own ping is slightly higher.. haha, but I can live with it as long as the server as whole is more stable i'll be happy.
so in any case, please dont be alarmed if we experience any problems in the next 24-72 hours or so as the migration takes place. everything should be backed up so i'm not worried about losing anything, but there might be some random issues with SQL errors until I am able to go update all of the "scripts" (including Bit Che - Guevara Edition registration/unlocking) to use the new SQL servers...
thanks for understanding.
-chip
also, if anyone wants to test their pings:
dietk.com (old datacenter)
hostingzoom.com (new datacenter)