Over 7,000 visitors since last week - and we're now really feeling the strain. 800 users were logged on at one time on Thursday!Please, please may we ask you not to keep the peregrine webcam open on your computer when you're not looking at it? So many people have been doing this (including me!) that it's causing an absolutely huge drain on the servers supplying these pictures. We might have to reduce the image size or limit connection time if we don't reduce data demand. It's like leaving a tap running all day just in case you get thirsty.
It's easy to get around this: Rather than go straight to the webcam page, go here first: www.derby.gov.uk/peregrine Then, click on the obvious link to the temporary webcam page to view the cameras. Afterwards simply click your "Back" button to return to the main peregrine page. (You can keep that page open for as long as you like) To view the cameras again, simply click the "Forwards" button on your browser, and so on.
Alternatively, bookmark the webcam page and close it after viewing.
Streamdays.com are providing an absolutely superb service, at very reasonable cost. It's proving so popular that, to quote their Managing Director, Frank Crouwel, "To be quite [honest] with you, we have never experienced anything like this in the seven years we have been involved with webcam hosting. "
It's great being popular, and we think of data as being free - but it costs these guys to supply data to each and every one of you. Not even the servers at Derby City Council could do what they are doing. So please help them to help us! Or we might have to scale down the service in some way.
Thank you for your co-operation
Nick Moyes
Derby Museum & Art Gallery
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1 comment:
Compliments to Streamdays.com (and all others concerned) for a superb service. This site is also extremely popular in the USA and Canada etc. I have friends in both and they are most impressed. Perhaps it would be a good idea to 'limit' viewing times, there are other webcams that do it successfully. If it is busy now, just think what it will be like when the eggs hatch.......!!!!!
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