Yesterday, I received an e-mail from the hosting company indicating the CPU usages this web site is currently taking. It looks like this web site has grown to the point where the shared hosting plan we are currently on is not going to be good enough for the web site.

The average CPU Usage each site is allowed on a shared hosting plan is roughly under 2% on a dual processor system. The past week, this site has generated the CPU Usage up to 30% (slowing down other clients on the server)

So you might have guessed what's next...dedicated or semi-dedicated hosting.

A dedicated or semi-dedicated hosting plan would increase this web sites performance dramatically as there are less clients on the server. The downside...cost.

This web site does not take in enough revenue to cover a dedicated hosting plan. Also since I am in college, I will not be able to cover those costs. So the only thing I can really afford now is a semi-dedicated hosting plan at $50/mo

The last option would be to sell the community as expenses have overlapped revenues, but I have put way too much time into this site to consider selling it. Plus I enjoy everyone who is apart of it, so it would be very upsetting for me.

I have to make a decision quickly, or else they might shut down the web site. So if I don't post much this week, that's because I am doing a lot of research for hosting options.