Neowin has ordered a new server to handle our SQL database, we will be moving from 32bit Intel Xeon HT technology to a true 64bit (Intel Xeon) Quad core system with 16GB of memory, to better handle the increasing load on our servers of just over 3 years old.

This is a basic rundown of what we've ordered:

As with the other servers, we will be running RedHat Enterprise on it

The continuing popularity and support of our guests, members and subscribers have made this possible, and I hope that we can also show that we continue to improve the state and service of Neowin in order to make everyone's stay here more pleasurable.

The new server will be installed in our Michigan datacenter and the other 4 servers will be moved from Chicago to the Michigan DC as well, however we expect minimal downtime, because we have backup solutions in place to handle Neowin on spare and loaned servers.

The new setup will be:

New server will handle SQL
2x current server will handle Apache (web requests)
1x current server will handle development and backup our data
1x server: TBD

So in a nutshell, we will be replacing the MySQL server, but the other servers will continue to serve their current purpose, meaning there will be minimal downtime and configuration requirement. We will make an announcement of the change over date once the server has been delivered and placed at the Michigan DC.

Great stuff, glad to see the user's money/Neowin profit going towards the site and getting it running even faster.

does this michigan dc exclusively use cogent too ? >.<

Woohoo! Congrats! Well done

Rappys pr0n has to go somewhere I guess...

Yes, but stats show that we have a way better connection than we did at ThePlanet (bigger pipe) and the servers will be closer to HQ meaning that our server guy will be able to combat problems a lot quicker.

PS: Don't ask me the current speeds, Marcel did a test a few days ago and I can't remember what he said we had but it was faster than ThePlanet!

Why RHEL? Save yourself some money and use CentOS if you want to use Linux. RHEL support is worthless.

That looks like a nice new beefy server; how much does one of those bad boys set you back?

It's a Dell, so around $3000 excluding setup costs..

i thought they were in the stardock HQ where are they then?

Yay!

Great news

Stardock's DC in Chicago

looks good... but can it run Crysis?!

Hows the next version of Neowin coming along?

Very impressive! To the top Neowin

Sweet. You can run one bigass database on that little toy

Yeah our current server has 4GB where this has 16GB and not to mention the more powerful CPU's

Ninja speed processing then!

wow , congratulation Neobond kick@ss server

[joke] dont forget 280GTX in SLI to run Crysis perfectly [joke]

I disagree. Good call on the RHEL. It's very stable, enterprise grade, refined and if you ever get in a jam - the support does pay off.

Yay a pr0n server just for me

Good News Tho

Now if only you could lose cogent >.> (heck, the entire internet would be a better place without them )

Good news!

More spam incoming

But can it run Crysis?

Cool. I hope the upgrade will sort out the connection errors and long wait times.

Rappy's spam requirements > Crysis requirements.

So yes.

But will it blend?

Now THAT is the question.

rappys posts count = rappys porn count = grains of sand = galaxies in the universe

I totally agree mate and am also glad to see it being used in a good way!

Great news.

So we're gonna have a Porn section/forum moderated by Rappy??






j/k

Linux-powered is Linux-powered.

And hardware (performance!) upgrades are always a welcome investment.



/me points to the word "Linux"

That is great to hear that Neowin will be running even smoother in the future than it does now (if that's possible ). Good job guys and I hope the installation goes off without a hitch.

Writing it in Lolcode seemed like a good idea.... when we started

Become a subscriber and you'll get access to Rappy's secret "Babe" stash!

Babes with beards though.

Trust me, it's a "do not want" zone

Neobond, if you need someone to come and pick up the older one and dispose of it for free... Send me a PM

Dispose of... neatly in my living room of course! lol

Good news, congrats Neowin team on the Server

p.s. apologies for my last post I was in a hurry. Too many BBSes and IRC chat sessions in my time, you know.

Wow thats cheap for a server... our last server purchase here cost us about $22,000 and its an enterprise SQL Server.... 64GB RAM (ECC), 14 15K RPM HDD's at 146.7GB each... all fiber channel attached with 3 independent RAID controllers... one for each set of files (Logs, Databases, and temp db)

Must the the costs of those Microsoft licenses.

/me runs

No that was just the server, we already owned licenses

every RAID controller was redundant, redundant fiber controllers per link redundant fiber lines... redeundnat power supplies... costs $$$$$

"but liek omg MS says linux iz moar expensive cos of support lolz"


So how long ago was that?

Awesome!

Linux-powered at 0 coins is not Linux-powered at !0 coins.


And then you moved to machine code and everything went awwwwwwwrite.

About 2 months ago

I just hope the speed isn't effected like last time. The switch to make neowin "faster" last time provided unbearable lag, making it very hard to even navigate the forum topics, let alone the replies.

Good to see things going well for neowin, and I hope this makes what I believe to be a fast neowin, even faster

Yeah but eventually it turned out to be much fastewr!

I need to see an example of LOLcode!!!!!