# Site in read only mode

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-in-read-only-mode/932738>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [February 12, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-in-read-only-mode/932738 "2021-02-12T09:48:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-in-read-only-mode/932738/3 "2021-02-12T13:32:04Z")

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This has come up before,

> [@Read only mode and composing posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-only-mode-and-composing-posts/931502/5):
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> Yes, we are looking at moving this instance to a more powerful cluster soon. Sorry about that. (Lots of history and data here, larger sites = more database and thus more power needed)

I don’t have any other information than that though.

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