To follow up on David's note, the increase in traffic was seemingly the result of our own Cyber Monday sales promotion. We're still looking into it. One of the design features with the Rackspace configuration was the ability to add server capacity relatively quickly, once identified, but not automatically. This was part of the reason that Jon Bloom created the configuration after the initial performance issues with the new web site several years ago. Might we have responded more quickly, possibly, and we will look into how best to do this short of running a 24/7 IT operation. 73, Barry J. Shelley, N1VXY Chief Financial Officer ARRL, Inc. The National Association for Amateur Radio (860) 594-0212 www.arrl.org From: arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 2:03 PM To: Weaver, James K8JE (Dir, GL); arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:21259] Re: Company Store Site Jim, the website at Rackspace was running slowly at times since yesterday afternoon. Additional server capacity has been added and it appears to be functioning normally now. Dave K1ZZ From: arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Jim Weaver K8JE Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 1:42 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:21256] Company Store Site All, I received a note from a rather irate friend who complained he was gave up trying to place an order through the ARRL online store because the system was running so very slowly. Being a good DXer, he tied this experience in with recent (as well as earlier) difficulty with LOTW. My Question: Was the store running slowly within the past 48 hours or so? If so, why? If there was a problem is it fixed permanently? This experience to me reminds me of an admonition my mother gave me many years ago -- i.e. "It takes a long time to develop a good reputation after a bad impression has been made. Between the bad impression made through the then-new web site and the repeated bad impressions made with LOTW, it seems imperative to me that we pull out all the stops to avoid putting the League in a bad light with the amateur radio public for at least many years to come. How many times must we shoot ourselves in the foot before we learn the lesson? Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 Tel. 513-459-1661; e-mail K8JE@arrl.org ARRL: The reason Amateur Radio Is Members: The reason ARRL is