Forum Admin
Posted:
Nov 14, 2007, 7:44 AM
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Upgrade Time Again
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Well, I have gotten the bug, and decided to do some upgrading to our webservers. I just received in a new MySQL server, this time built at icc-usa. For those of you with long memories, you may remember I built the last one... and tore a ligiment in my finger in the process. Not this time! I got it pre-built this time.
I got this model:
http://www.icc-usa.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=0&idproduct=1695
So, we will be going from a 32 bit to 64 bit processor. From a 4-drive RAID 5 IDE array to a six-drive SATA II array. Drives are all hot-swap, and the whole things is 1/2 the originals size.
So, what does this mean to you, the user? Hopefully, just a faster site. But the current server does seem to be a bit buggy- it went down yesterday at 9 AM for 20 minutes or so- I hope this will be a thing of the past. (In fact, when it went down yesterday, I was just happy to know the new server was just hours away fro delivery!)
So, I will need a few days to install the OS, and tweak that out. I will build a custom KERNEL, and test that. If all goes well, I should install it next week.
I expect there will be some down time. I do not know how much. I will do as much as I can w/o taking things down. But I think the switch over will entail me upgrading the MySQL clients on the web servers, and tweaking them a bit. So it could be an hour or more- sorry!
Hopefully, it will be pretty clean.
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Dave Koch
Big Cartoon DataBase
(This post was edited by Dave Koch on Nov 14, 2007, 7:47 AM)
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Forum Admin
Posted:
Nov 14, 2007, 9:03 AM
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I just powered this baby up- wow! It has a massive set of fans in the middle, to force a large quantity of air through it for cooling. I think I shall call this one "The Tornado"!
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Dave Koch
Big Cartoon DataBase
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Directing Animator
Posted:
Nov 14, 2007, 7:09 PM
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"Thus spake Dave; and there was much rejoicing... and the people did feast upon the lambs and the sloths and the fruitbats and the breakfast cereals..."
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"I'd like to cover you with furs and automobiles!"
(This post was edited by zavkram on Nov 14, 2007, 7:09 PM)
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Jpeg Master
Posted:
Nov 15, 2007, 12:13 AM
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Keep all fingers and toes away from the server at all times!
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BmodeMusic.com
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Forum Admin
Posted:
Nov 16, 2007, 7:26 AM
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Well, I am missing something I need (and did not realize I needed it until I got the server). Cannot get locally, so it is coming in from Hotlanta. Be after T-Day until I try.
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Dave Koch
Big Cartoon DataBase
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Zinc Saucier
Posted:
Nov 16, 2007, 9:52 AM
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Hotlanta my a$$- 30° this morning! Wind chill made it even more pleasant!
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Forum Admin
Posted:
Nov 16, 2007, 6:11 PM
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Kris:
Let me know when I need to ship you some water, ok?
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Dave Koch
Big Cartoon DataBase
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Directing Animator
Posted:
Nov 16, 2007, 7:41 PM
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Don't worry about your heat-wave Kris  I send you some snow your way, when we get some. 
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ToonRadio! Dog City-Editer:TV.Com! Big Cartoon DataBase!
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Zinc Saucier
Posted:
Nov 17, 2007, 7:38 PM
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about midway through 2006 or so?
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Forum Admin
Posted:
Nov 18, 2007, 12:05 AM
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well, if there is no water, I guess you have to drink, uh, BEER! 
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Dave Koch
Big Cartoon DataBase
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Directing Animator
Posted:
Nov 19, 2007, 9:05 AM
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uh, actually... you don't drink beer, you rent it! 
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"I'd like to cover you with furs and automobiles!"
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Forum Admin
Posted:
Nov 30, 2007, 11:25 AM
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OK, new server is up, online and active. I did this slowly through the day yesterday. I know there were a few short outages, but hopefully nothing too bad.
Doing some more tweaking today, but all the hard work is done!
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Dave Koch
Big Cartoon DataBase
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Directing Animator
Posted:
Dec 6, 2007, 9:01 AM
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Awright, now it's "Miller Time"! 
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"I'd like to cover you with furs and automobiles!"
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Supervising Animator
Posted:
Dec 14, 2007, 3:26 PM
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uh, actually... you don't drink beer, you rent it!
That was a good 'That 70s Show' Reference.
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Thank God for kids who love obscure things-Lee Hazelwood (1929-2007)
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