Client Downloads and the new host, Minor issues Options

[Fooby]

I have been forced to find a new host for our clients recently, due to too much memory being used just for those files. While I don't believe them at first (as they also found this forum to use too much mem/CPU even when it was unused and idle after switching to the new webhost), after going to the new host for under 24 hours there were over 100 attempted downloads for just the Full Client. That seems a bit ridiculous, but would explain the why the old host refused to keep them. I purposefully CHANGED to downloads to only be visible to registered and validated forum members to prevent this from occurring.

Now, the new host is far from perfect but it is what I can afford at the moment. It is not meant for massive file distribution, so there are a limit to the number of attempted concurrent connections per file (around 5). If it exceeds that, new connections will receive a 404 error. If you receive a 404, wait 5-15 min and try again and if it still does not work wait a full hour, or use the partial installer. Do NOT spam click, or click ever min for the FULL client if you get a 404, that will only make the wait longer. I still have the full client at the old host just as a backup.

I know this is not a perfect solution, and I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause players. If you have a better hosting solution (I will not support a torrent as that requires a seed 24/7 with a decent UL rate), pretty much an FTP with unlimited connections and bandwidth to host about 2gb for under $5 a month feel free to PM me.

[Fooby]

Update 5/18/2010

I have added 3 mirrors for the Full client which should alleviate this issue.