Besttechie Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Hey Everyone,I just wanted to let everyone know about the server upgrade which will be happening within the next week or so. I purchased a new server for BestTechie (same hosting company) which we will be moving to sometime in the next week or so. Below are the new specs (they're pretty awesome):Intel® Core™ i7-920 Quadcore incl. Hyper-Threading TechnologyRAM 8 GB DDR3 RAMHard discs 2 x 750 GB SATA-II HDD (Software-RAID 1)NIC 1 GBit OnBoardI'll post some more details/info when I have a better idea on when the move will happen. However, that being said, it should work out about the same as last time. In the mean time, admire the new server! I also want to apologize for moving servers what seems to be quite frequently. This will be the last move for quite some time (assuming there isn't some kind of drastic circumstance). B Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted June 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Also, the brief downtime that we just experienced was because of a change I just made (not because we moved servers). Just wanted to let everyone know. Basically, what I changed (after a recommendation from Pierce) was that I installed nginx to serve all of the static files on the server or more specifically: jpg, jpeg, gif, css, png, js, and ico. This will help decrease load time and increase performance (which I've already noticed myself). It should be even faster once we move to the new server.Let me know if you notice any differences in speed.B Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted June 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 I'm planning on doing the upgrade either today or tomorrow so if we go offline temporarily that's why.B Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted June 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Looks like the move will happen sometime tomorrow afternoon. B Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted June 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 We're moved. Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 I noticed the difference as soon as I logged on a few minutes ago. Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted June 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 I noticed the difference as soon as I logged on a few minutes ago. I hope that's a good difference. B Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 I noticed the difference as soon as I logged on a few minutes ago. I hope that's a good difference. BThis is a faster server. Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Further to my last post. Heh, this is a much faster sever. Very responsive. No lag to speak of. Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 I noticed the difference as soon as I logged on a few minutes ago. I hope that's a good difference. BDefinitely. There used to be times that I had to hit the refresh button in Opera so the site's graphics would completely load. Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted June 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Further to my last post. Heh, this is a much faster sever. Very responsive. No lag to speak of. Awesome! I noticed the difference as soon as I logged on a few minutes ago. I hope that's a good difference. BDefinitely. There used to be times that I had to hit the refresh button in Opera so the site's graphics would completely load.Excellent! B Link to post Share on other sites
irregularjoe Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Looks great from here. Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted June 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Looks great from here. Glad to hear! If anyone has noticed any negative differences (slow downs, etc) please post them here as well so we can do our best to address them. B Link to post Share on other sites
Pete_C Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Odd, For some reason my old bookmark failed to work. I had to google you, click on your twitter post and go there and from there click a link and replace them.Thank god for your @bing review.Still unsure why the old bookmark kept giving a server unavailable return. Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Odd, For some reason my old bookmark failed to work. I had to google you, click on your twitter post and go there and from there click a link and replace them.Thank god for your @bing review.Still unsure why the old bookmark kept giving a server unavailable return.Might have been browser cache if you haven't visited the home page since the move? Where does your bookmark point to?B Link to post Share on other sites
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