07-25-2015, 07:41 PM
(07-25-2015, 02:41 PM)Spokes Wrote: So I just talked to the people at GoDaddy, like ookpik guessed, the issues aren't mySQL related, but traffic related. We're getting a lot more users than I ever anticpated. While that's amazing, it's also an issue. On a shared server that results in some times that are quite laggy. He suggested moving to a VPS set up, something I had not ever thought about, and frankly I'm not sure if right now I can manage due to the cost.
I'm not surprised it was suggested you spend more money to solve the problem. I was with GoDaddy for a blog that didn't have much traffic and still had occasional timeouts. For now, I'd suggest you insist it is them causing the problem.