Thread: New server purchased

Just purchased replacement server. Not 100% of what I was looking for but being in a rush and wanting to go with a provider I trust limited the options a bit.

Stats will be as follows.

Core2Duo E6750
2048MB RAM
160GB SATA Drive

Nice one, Seems the old one has been playing up again today?

I rebooted it before manually just to be safe. Was only down for a few minutes for the reboot.

seems to have been giving database errors too on and off? Only in the last 3 hours though.

Data base errors occur when the server is rebooted, the site comes online and or has not gone off line as each process is shut down. SQL does not come online as soon as the server is up, etc.

Thats great news to hear, congratulations and all the best with the new server.

Cool man! Is it from layeredtech only?

Congratulations Grim

May I know from which company did you buy the new server? just asking.

Originally Posted by GRIM

Data base errors occur when the server is rebooted, the site comes online and or has not gone off line as each process is shut down. SQL does not come online as soon as the server is up, etc.

I do know how how servers and SQL work Grim. I was just saying that I have seen the same error several times in the last few hours and I'm sure you have not been rebooting continuously all afternoon :3072: It was not a dig or saying that the forum has a problem. I was literally saying its good that you found a new server as there have been problems this afternoon and of late. Obviously this is a sensitive subject so ill leave alone.

Originally Posted by CompuSupport

I do know how how servers and SQL work Grim. I was just saying that I have seen the same error several times in the last few hours and I'm sure you have not been rebooting continuously all afternoon :3072: It was not a dig or saying that the forum has a problem. I was literally saying its good that you found a new server as there have been problems this afternoon and of late. Obviously this is a sensitive subject so ill leave alone.

It was not 'sensitive' was just explaining what has happened. I get reports of sql errors and have been watching it, I do not see any form of long standing sql errors.

1 here and there pops up on VB from time to time which is common place from every VB install I have ever seen.

Sounds great Grim, you take really good care of WTF!

No more slow server!...hopefully

Originally Posted by Hurley4540

No more slow server!...hopefully

I dont' get why you're saying slow as this forum is by far the fastest forum I go to on a daily basis. I go to at least 15 or more daily.

Same here, it's always been fast for me.

Originally Posted by GRIM

I dont' get why you're saying slow as this forum is by far the fastest forum I go to on a daily basis. I go to at least 15 or more daily.

This forum flies compared to so many others that I am on esp with the amount of people who can be onsite at times.

Congrats man!

WTF has always been blazing fast for me aside from the occasional name server error which I'm guessing was an issue with the old server no problems here.

More than likely you were hitting those times of outages.

No eta on when we will be switched. New server needs to be put online. I then need to get server ready, firewall, apache setup, tweaked, etc. Name servers propagation, files transferred, etc. Hopefully by Tuesday.

It is good to hear that you are top of things before there are major problems. I love how fast WTF loads. There have been a few times since I have been here where the forum was down but I have seen you and Colleen working to fix things.

Hopefully this one will deliver long term service for you.

Originally Posted by GRIM

I go to at least 15 or more daily.

Awww, I don't feel as special now. :3082:

I believe the new server is online! Now to get it ready for WTF!

GRIM added 28 Minutes and 16 Seconds later...

Apache/PHP being built, firewall basic install done, name servers setup. It's going pretty smooth thus far

GRIM added 30 Minutes and 33 Seconds later...

Server is coming along fine, have a lot of the setup complete already. Firewall is 98% of the way there, apache/php, etc all done.

Basically tweaking some settings throughout the day and testing before being ready to go live. We just might be ready tonight already!

Top Notch Grim

Cool!

Great

Can you give me ( PM or post here ) some details ( $$, hosting firm ) ... I'm also interested buying a server for my projects and clients. Thanks in advance.

Being moved to the new server now

GRIM added 781 Minutes and 25 Seconds later...

Ok that was hell but WTF is moved to the new server.
About every imaginable problem that could occur when moving such a big site occurred, including one of my providers changing the root password on me on both my servers!

Damn that sucks big time

But all tis good now and back to normal.

HEY! Glad to see the forum is back up and everything.

How's the speed on the new server?

Originally Posted by GRIM

How's the speed on the new server?

Warp speed, Grim...

Very nice!!

Great job. Hope it stays fine as is now.

Seems Good to me Top Notch

Originally Posted by GRIM

How's the speed on the new server?

All groovy here. :3080:

Originally Posted by Red Hot Mama

Warp speed, Grim...

Did you draw that yourself or is it one of Tim's macros?

Originally Posted by Halobitt

Did you draw that yourself or is it one of Tim's macros?

Just something I found on Google images under "warp speed"

Seems to be working good now. I did think I went to DP this morning when I got a error. LOL Gald its back up and working! Good job Grim.

How have speeds been? On my end thus far they have been fantastic.

No probs here, Grim.

Working fine after more than 24hours of downtime.

Originally Posted by i13

Working fine after more than 24hours of downtime.

There was not 24 hours of downtime, that would have been propagation issues on your end.

GRIM added 419 Minutes and 14 Seconds later...

So far this server appears to be doing the trick, loads are fine, speed is fine, barely even using any of the system RAM.

Hi,

Works great Grim
Keep up the good work.

Sami