[NEW SERVER] Installation 15 JAN 2010

[The Traveler]

Hi all,

Yesterday a brand new server arrived to host our beloved forum. We need this new server since the ever increasing amount of posts and page views is starting to overload the current server too much.

EASY SPECS
CPU: Intel Xeon X3360, Quad core, 2.83Ghz, 2x6MB cache
MEMORY: 8GB DDR2
OTHER: Lots of cool stuff.

However, this also means that I have to transfer the current DMT-Nexus site/forum/wiki/chat to the new server. During this transfer the DMT-Nexus will be offline.

CHANGED: Currently the transfer is planned for Friday 15th, around 21:00 CET and it can last a few hours!

After this transfer the DNS records of the DMT-Nexus will be changed to point to the new server. Normally this will only take about an hour to refresh worldwide but sometimes it can take up to a day before some companies update their DNS. This means the DMT-Nexus will seem to be offline for you while in reality your company/ISP was just too lazy to update their data in time.


I hope all will go well with this update and that we will have a fast DMT-Nexus in return.


Kind regards,

The Traveler

 

[endlessness]

oh oh, I can already feel the obsessive worldwide frustrated window-reloading

but yeah sounds great trav, new server = more space and reliability for more good information! hurray!

 

[Dimitrius]

Sweeet.

I think I'll live through the night, lol. :roll:

 

[The Traveler]

CHANGED: Currently the transfer is planned for Friday 15th, around 21:00 CET and it can last a few hours!


Kind regards,

The Traveler

 

[smokeydaze]

Love your work trav, you're my hero!

 

[amor_fati]

Love your work trav, you're my hero!

I second that.

 

[L_Star]

No nexus what will we do for them few hours

 

[The Traveler]

No nexus what will we do for them few hours

Make a nice journey?


Kind regards,

The Traveler

 

[Chaos]

Thank you for all that you do for us.
Chaos

 

[elphologist1]

Traveler, thanks for all your hard work to keep the forum running smoothly!

elphologist

 

[Kisper]

Great news.

I hope it goes smoothly for you. Thanks for the heads-up and all your hard work.

 

[antrocles]

Ever growing...I LOVE this place...
...and this sounds like the PERFECT window to journey with Espiridion's new "sublinguasca" method!
Hope to read many wonderful trip reports when were back up and running!

LOVE AND GRATITUDE!!

 

[The Traveler]

UPDATE: Thanks to a goof-up by the data center the placement of the new server has been set forward to Monday around 12:00 CET!


Kind regards,

The Traveler

 

[Jorkest]

UPDATE: Thanks to a goof-up by the data center the placement of the new server has been set forward to Monday around 12:00 CET!


Kind regards,

The Traveler

NOOOOOOO!

 

[○]

Many thanks go to you trav for the work you do to keep this running optimal..

Thank you

 

[TrigZu]

What was the old server's specs?

 

[The Traveler]

What was the old server's specs?

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+, Dual Core, 2.0Ghz
MEMORY: 2GB DDR
OTHER: Also lots of cool stuff


Kind regards,

The Traveler

 

[idtravlr]

Hey Trav - Nice job on the swap! Not a glitch from this end. Thanks for all that you do!

Peace,
-idt

 

[The Traveler]

The forum has been moved and it seems it's much more responsive.

The movement of the 2GB database took the largest part of the time.


Working
* Forum
* Enigmaticus
* Chat
* Wiki

Next to move/fix:
* Main site



Kind regards,

The Traveler

 

[The Traveler]

The chat is now working again, please come in to see if it works.


Kind regards,

The Traveler