That may be, but considering the fact that firebirdsql.org
it appears to be hosted on a virtual I suspect not much can
be done about it without incurring additional, possibly
high, cost.

If I knew what is the storage space requirement and average
traffic on that the site perhaps someone would be able to
suggest better alternatives. If it's not a secret then
please, please...

Btw. "Better" doesn't necessarilly mean expensive.


--- Helen Borrie <helebor@...> wrote:

>
> What they actually need is a database backend that
> doesn't crag up under
> load. The timeout is happening because the home page has
> to access the
> users database on SF and it's not Firebird. (Not sure if
> it's in DB2 yet or
> they are still running the user database with MySQL...)
>
> Often a Refresh will get you into the queue; but, if you
> can see the menus
> then you can access the rest of the site. AFAIR, the
> home page is the only
> one currently that has to access the database. It could
> be just a
> transient problem as SF has been moving a lot of stuff
> onto new servers lately.
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> Helen
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