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Server Upgrade / Migration.
Ten-Tenths is moving again folks!
We recently spent €2,400 (£1,600/$3,100/AU$4,100) on the purchase of a new Dell 2950 server for the site, this is one of the latest machines on the market and represents some fairly extensive computing power (if anyone wants the full specs of the machine then let me know) The funding for this server came partly from money left over from the advertising on Tenths and partly from Terri (EvilPumpkin) and I. As part of the migration we have to move the Tenths database and website over to the new server. Unfortunately this will involve "outage" periods where the site will be unavailable, we are hoping to keep these outages to a minimum and intend to complete the work during the quiet traffic periods. So, if you get a message that the site is down or unavailable then don't worry, it should only be temporary and try again in half an hour. |
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As of 1:15am forum time we are now running on the new server.
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There may be a few small outages and things like adverts vanishing and re-appearing as we tweak the system a little but the major work is now complete.
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21 Aug 2006, 15:27 (Ref:1688121) | #14 | |
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Hi all,
As you have no doubt noticed, we've been suffering from slow downs and outages all day today (21/08/06) Both Grant and I are in work at the moment, which is preventing us from doing anything more than a "spit and chewing gum" fix to try to keep the forum up. As soon as we get home, we'll try to resolve the issues and stabilise the site. The wonders of modern technology! Please bear with us and we will try to resume normal (and improved) service as soon as possible. Thanks, EP |
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These are good news! Ten-tenths even better! (I didn't believe it was possible )
I had problems accessing earlier, but I assumed it was because the server change. |
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Well we may have to give our hosting company a good spanking - they did some reconfiguration without letting us know and that was the source of today's problems.
Grant has just been down to the hosting company and we seem to be working ok now - we'll be closely monitoring to ensure that the problems don't recur. Thanks for bearing with us - these kind of changes are never without their teething problems, but the results are usually worth it! |
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It is running really quickly and quietly today, more like an R10 than a F248.
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Sneakey beggars as well. The added the ability to expand the "Title" drop down menu and didn't think anyone would notice!
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Does a new server also mean improved possibilities for attachments? I would love to post more pics here, but the imageshack facilities are not what I particularly like.
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So.... here we go folks. [Sales Mode] Attachments are an excellent way of showing off pictures, here on Ten-Tenths we have rather large "thumbnails" making it easy to see them rather than the small thumbnails that many online image hosts have. MSRS Rescue Unit 1 As you can see, they can also be used within the text of a post as well as appearing in a row at the bottom. So you can place your attachments where they are relevant within your post, this can also be done with the img tag but what's easier? Uploading to something like imageshack, getting the and remembering the URLs for the thumbnail and the large image or attaching them directly to a post and having the thumbnail automatic. Should have seen what it did to his knee!! For anyone that likes to show off their pictures this should be worth the £10 a year subscription, as well as all the other benefits. [End Of Sales Mode] We now return you to the normal madness! |
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