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 vanderaj
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| posted on March 16th, 2008 at 08:08 AM |
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Downtime Soon - AVDS moving hosts (again)
It's that time of the forum again - we are going to be moving.
Background
We are currently hosted on a virtual private server. This gives us ultimate control, but it's like our previous shared hosting in that we shared one
physical box with a number of other sites. However, on this particular VPS, disk was a shared SAN. Forums need a lot of disk bandwidth - we read a lot
of data all the time. Any time that reads are blocked for any reason, you get a slow down. I think it's no secret that the forum has been fairly slow
at times during peak Australian hours. I think this is because that's when the USA takes backups, and the SAN was real busy doing backups.
So we are going to move to a new server shortly - most likely in the next few days. I have to buy a dedicated server at a new hoster and configure the
new server, which will take a few days. Once it's configured, I will be making a test migration to see how well the new hardware copes with the
server. We currently max the site out at 175 requests per second under ideal circumstances:
to five requests per second under less than ideal circumstances:
I'll make sure we beat that in our new server.
Once performance is sorted, I'll be migrating the site. The major part is the backup, copy, and restore operation, which is actually quite simple,
but it does take time. .
Downtime Notice
As long as the new server acquisition and provisioning goes well, AVDS will be down between 12 midnight Sunday 23rd March to 6 am Sunday AEST. This is
Easter Weekend, so get some chocolate to handle the withdrawal symptoms of no AVDS for a few hours.
When you wake up on Easter Sunday, got over the hangover and found your eggs, the new server should be up and running.
thanks,
Andrew
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 ztnoo
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| posted on March 16th, 2008 at 08:22 AM |
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Andrew,
Wow!!!!
I noted you have had the site down today, but now that it's back up........Holy Moley!!!!........it's running like an Audi R8 TDI!!!
I'm lovin' this.
Thanks for all the hard work!!!
Oddly enough, The Samba site is down today for an upgrade to a larger web server. It's been a tough day......now where's that rum bottle?
Regards,
Steve
Fine tuning the proper daily ratio of Maxwell House to Bacardi 151.........
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pod
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| posted on March 16th, 2008 at 10:35 AM |
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thanks Andrew ,keep up the good work ,us avd addicts will be most grateful
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bugboymatt
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| posted on March 16th, 2008 at 01:26 PM |
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Thanks Andrew and all the others that keep this site running for the rest of us. Muchly appreciated.
Da Time For The Aircooled Revolution Is Upon US.
Brothers & Sisters Lets Hit The Streets, Roll As One. And Feel The Power Of The Aircooled Storm.
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h
A.k.a.: Towely BuMpEr KING! ILLegal ALIEN on a roadtrip
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| posted on March 16th, 2008 at 10:36 PM |
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ditto to the above.. 3 cheers to you andrew and the countless others who are constantly tweeking this medium.. thanks..
paul
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| posted on March 17th, 2008 at 06:49 AM |
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DITTO here Andrew thanks a o lot,
Marc
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pod
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| posted on March 22nd, 2008 at 06:02 PM |
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dont forget this is happening tonight
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Brad
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| posted on March 24th, 2008 at 05:13 AM |
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hehe AVD now has EFI and Turbo .... next stop will be an EJ Engine
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OZ Towdster
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| posted on March 24th, 2008 at 06:47 AM |
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EJ pfft EG is the only way to fly.
PS Thanks Andrew & Brad its much better guys
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
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StenGuns
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| posted on March 24th, 2008 at 06:52 AM |
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HUGE IMPROVEMENT
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Brad
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by OZ Towdster
EJ pfft EG is the only way to fly.
PS Thanks Andrew & Brad its much better guys
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How would you know you have never finished an EG Conversion ....
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MickH
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| posted on March 24th, 2008 at 03:54 PM |
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GOOD STUFF !!! Heaps better now
tssnq.com.au
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| posted on March 29th, 2008 at 12:18 PM |
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Hey Brad,
Could you check that my email is working? I don't know whether this may be related to the server change, but I can no longer receive emails since
this morning.
Any help appreciated - magazine deadline closing fast.
Cheers
Craig
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