06-19-2003, 01:00 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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New Server, Here We Come!
Frequent Pocket PC Thoughts visitors will know that sometimes, our site just isn't on the grid.  ops: We have anywhere from one to six service restarts a day due to high load. The simple fact is that our current hardware (Celeron 1.3 Ghz, 1 GB RAM, 40 GB EIDE HD) is overloaded. We've implemented all sorts of tweaks, including database caching systems that we've built from scratch, but the end result is the same: we don't have the raw power we need to achieve stability.
We've needed to do this for a long time, and it's finally happening: we're moving to a new server at Rackshack, a monster Dell box with 2 GB of RAM, twin 73 GB SCSI hard drives in a RAID array, and dual 2 Ghz Xeon processors. Yeah baby, yeah! :rock on dude!: I've been playing around with a copy of this site on the new server, and the speed is blazing fast, but I'm most excited about simply having stable uptime. :-)
We're making the move tonight, so depending on how fast the DNS records update, it may take a couple of days for everything to move over properly. Once we start to make the move, the forums will be locked down so the databases can be moved over.
Thanks for your patience! Things may be a bit bumpy on the site over the next 12 hours or so, but please don't email me about problems until after that time - I assure you, we'll already know about them. :wink:
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06-19-2003, 01:40 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 64
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Wow 8O
I just can't beleive that the old server supported this site at all.
Viva PPCTs!
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06-19-2003, 02:48 AM
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Executive Editor
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Originally Posted by GO-TRIBE
I just can't beleive that the old server supported this site at all.
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It just barely did...this new one should handle it much, much better. 
This is kind of nice, I have the whole site to myself. ;-)
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06-19-2003, 08:44 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Gosh Jason... with a server like this you could probably host another big site on the same box without any trouble. 8)
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06-19-2003, 09:19 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,768
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mobile forums
Will this help accelerate forums accessible in a mobile format? At least the new PIE in 2003 will format the pages better and make it more readable....
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06-19-2003, 09:51 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 48
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Originally Posted by csc
Gosh Jason... with a server like this you could probably host another big site on the same box without any trouble. 8)
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LOL! Pocket Smartphone Thoughts? PST? Pocket Windows Powered Smartphone Thoughts? lol PWPST!
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Congrats on the new digs Jason!! We're all thrilled to be here for the ride!
Maybe you can MSNize your emoticons down the road...
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06-19-2003, 12:37 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 18
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Wow. The new server is really fast...great move! Keep up the good job! :lol:
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06-19-2003, 12:57 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Re: New Server, Here We Come!
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
a monster Dell box with 2 GB of RAM, twin 73 GB SCSI hard drives in a RAID array, and dual 2 Ghz Xeon processors.
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Nice box :!:
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06-19-2003, 02:42 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 53
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Wow...
I can't believe you guys were running on that Celeron box! My hat's off to your technical team.
pdaPhoneHome.com just recently moved to a new dedicated server with a 2.1GB AMD processor, 1G RAM, and 60G disk. It is amazing how these moves can happen in mid-flight with minimal outages.
It still boggles my mind that you were running on that server. :roll: :roll: :roll:
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06-19-2003, 03:04 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 200
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Heck, I remember when Pocket PC Thoughts was this small blog started by Jason on a whim, on a shared server. Now it's grown to be a monster!
Congrats Jason - the web site has come a long ways since you first started it, as has the Pocket PC world 
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