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Since the New Year the BonzoBox community has been experiencing explosive growth. As a result of that growth, we’ve been planning to upgrade our servers for a while. The plan was to smoothly transition to the newer, faster servers. Well, last Sunday, due to circumstances beyond our control, our old server was shut down for a day and a half, so I went into overdrive to move everything to our new server and bring the site back. By the time our old server was brought back online we were far enough into moving everything to the new server that the decision was made to offer limited functionality to existing BonzoBoxers during the move then re-open everything once we were ready for prime-time on the new system. We opened everything up again on Wednesday, and brought back the final missing feature, on-demand screenshots, on Saturday. We are sorry for the problems that the downtime caused. We understand that it was a headache, it was for us too. While we were down we weren’t able to bookmark the reference sites we were using to bring everything back up! However, we’re back now, and better than ever.

We are really excited about our new server. Here are some highlights:

• 5.5 times the processing power of the old server
• 8 times the memory of the old server
• 4.5 times the storage of the old server

On top of that we have moved the system that generates screenshots into an environment where we have access to virtually unlimited computing power.

We have improved our backups too. We now back-up all of your data every hour to a secure location. We also have nightly on-site backups of absolutely everything, and nightly offsite backups of absolutely all data, (even the stuff that we’re already doing hourly). This means that even if the data center where our servers are housed burns to the ground your data is safe.

Now we’re settled into our new home, We can finally fix some bugs that you have discovered and improving BonzoBox. For all of you who have been patiently waiting for something, (like better bookmark import), hold on, it’s coming. Now go and enjoy the new, speedy, servers

With fresh functions filtering in, exposure on the rise, and curiosity crawling in the minds of the newly informed, the Bonzo Blast-Off has begun.

BonzoBox has been filing in new users, expanding it’s community base, and creating a home for thousands of homeless Internet users. And by homeless we mean those with a default homepage that can’t provide the virtual ability to be 1 click away from any site on the web, provide users with their own personal URL, allow multiple email inboxes to be viewed, extensively search the web, and share favorite websites with friends all at the same time. If that’s not enough to fulfill a technophiliac’s dream, we have plenty more innovative functions in place along with others awaiting birth. Bonzobox users have begun to understand what we are all about, creating the best home on the web that suits the needs of all…We have found few to be dissatisfied. Our dedicated users are helping to spread the word. From New York, New York to Guadalajara, Mexico to Barcelona, the BonzoBox community is booming on a global scale. If BonzoBox were an event, Ticketmaster would be sold out. Fortunately in this economy BonzoBox is completely free while it’s user capacity is virtually unlimited.
As we expect more and more to filter in to join the BonzoBox community, we suggest you continue to find friends and share websites while still feeling at home. Your feedback is appreciated, your continued use is cherished, and we hope your expectations are met while your curiosity remains for the improvements that lie ahead for your new home.