Steven P. Administrators Posted November 16, 2009 Administrators Share Posted November 16, 2009 This is just a heads up that we have ordered another new server to replace the original (single) dedicated server we first bought in Feb 2005 (which is now dying). Currently we have: Server 1 - Main SQL (And email ever since the dev server died) Server 2 - Dev server and uploads (server 3 was running out of disk space) <- this one will be removed from the mix Server 3 - MySQL backup, Sphinx(search), IRC, Services (will be integrated with ignition), Staff folders Server 4 - Apache Server 5 - Apache New server plan: Server 1 - Main SQL 1 <- this was added last year Server 2 - Main SQL 2 <- this will be the new server Server 3 - Search, IRC, Staff Folders & Dev Server 4 - Apache Server 5 - Apache This comes with our continuing commitment to offer streamlined service and strive for 100% uptime, and give back to the community a portion of our ad revenue to better services here. The estimated structure change will most likely take place in December, and possibly coincide with the site upgrade to a completely new news content management system and upgrade to IPB3. The new server is a Poweredge r300 Quad Core Xeon L5410 Processor2x6M Cache, 2.33GHz, 1333MHz FSB, which is the same as the server we bought last year. Forgot to mention that we've increased the stock 16GB to 24GB RAM and we've ordered larger disks (not sure how big). :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sn00pY Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Just bought 2 of these for 2 new ISA boxes. Groovy :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted November 16, 2009 Member Share Posted November 16, 2009 Nice nice, good to see things moving along nicely :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee G. Veteran Posted November 16, 2009 Veteran Share Posted November 16, 2009 Great news :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasethebase Reporter Posted November 16, 2009 Reporter Share Posted November 16, 2009 Woohoo, great stuff! In the end it's all a cover for the Staff Christmas Party they're actually paying for ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creamy Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 and upgrade to IPB3 Now thats sounds interesting! :) Nice Move on the server! (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_V_ Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Well done! Looking forward to the upgrade to Ignition and IPB3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hammond Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Its nice to see the owners/partners believe in Neowin enough to buy a whole new server rather than try to bodge the old one. I shall click on a few more adverts than i usually do, every little helps in my own small way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted November 16, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted November 16, 2009 I like hearing about upgrades. What is it that we were always forced to say at PC World.. Oh yeah.. FANTASTIC NEWS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrentthief Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 is it not better to get a single server and have everything virtualised on it using vmware esxi or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo2008jedi Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 is it not better to get a single server and have everything virtualised on it using vmware esxi or something? For performance I would say no, for file servers and print servers yes virtulise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLegg Developer Posted November 16, 2009 Developer Share Posted November 16, 2009 is it not better to get a single server and have everything virtualised on it using vmware esxi or something? I'm not a massive fan of having a single point of failure ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted November 16, 2009 Author Administrators Share Posted November 16, 2009 The way it will be setup means we can lose 2 engines and still fly on the remaining two :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 The way it will be setup means we can lose 2 engines and still fly on the remaining two :p What if the wing falls off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted November 16, 2009 Author Administrators Share Posted November 16, 2009 What if the wing falls off? Then it'll go the same way airplanes usually do when a wing falls off (down) :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted November 16, 2009 Member Share Posted November 16, 2009 What if the wing falls off? Fly in circles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted November 16, 2009 Veteran Share Posted November 16, 2009 Well done! Looking forward to the upgrade to Ignition and IPB3. We need a "the cat is out of the bag" emoticon. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject Delta Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Great news, extra speed and stability is always great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John Teacake MVC Posted November 16, 2009 MVC Share Posted November 16, 2009 Keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo2008jedi Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I'm not a massive fan of having a single point of failure ;) Then cluster! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted November 16, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted November 16, 2009 Good news. On an unrelated note, where are the board statistics for August, September and October? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scaldari Anitoba Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Of course a single point of failure is a single starting point for diagnostics and trouble shooting. I'm not a massive fan of having a single point of failure ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanoru Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 New Server = 'thumbs up' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjf288 Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Just curious, but how come you use Apache? Would it not be better using NGINX or Lighttpd? Even a mix with Static by NGINX/Lig and dynamic by PHP.. Also Litespeed is nice but quite pricey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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