It has become clear when discussing with our web host that not only has WBF outgrown our server and memory capacity, but we find we are in need of an upgrade to speed up the delivery of our website.

The total number of our members has increased each year, and the last 12 months has seen a big uptick (a great thing). Also the amount of 'floating' non-members or members not logged in using the forum has hugely increased, upwards of 5K online at one time.

We are totally dedicated to bringing a great forum experience to everyone, thus we have decided now is the time to move to a new and more powerful dedicated server just for WBF's use.

We get more CPUs, more memory and more disc space!

The upgrade will be in 3 stages, as they move the files and database, and test at each stage. The Apache server software, PHP and MySQL will also be updated and upgraded at this time.

Please take note of the schedule, we have tried to drill down to accurate timings, but we are reliant on the hosting companies expediancy.

All of the WBF Team thank you for your understanding and your support.