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Just a few concurrent scripts running will often put on over CPU limit on HostGator basic plan. Upgrade to their business plan, and the limits are a bit better, but still relatively low compared to most VPS services.
As for why a flash app and script would put one over limit at seemingly random times, I suspect part of it may be the overall server load plays a significant role as to when their CPU limiter kicks in for individual accounts. So if server load was already high, that may partly explain it.
Some other things to consider:
Does the script / flash app utilize any ports other than 80? If so, such usage is likely to be more heavily scrutinized / easily spotted.
The size of the flash app itself that's downloaded by the user's browser - doubt that would be an issue unless it's being dynamically created and/or is many megs in size.
There's the statistical possibility that even with only a handful of chat users, their requests are all arriving at nearly the same time. That shouldn't happen often, but it's potentially possible, and with HostGator usage limits, a bunch of concurrent requests to the chat script may set off alarms.
With all that said, it's possible HostGator is running some kind of keyword filter against script / flash app names ... try renaming the flash app and the script to something nonsensical and remove the word "chat" from the chat webpage. Not sure if that would matter, but something to try.
Ron
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