Two big things happening tomorrow:
- We're putting the new quad core web server online
- We're turning on some cool new publishing features (I think you'll like them)
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Showing posts with label IT. Show all posts
2/14/07
2/12/07
Server Update
That new, rocket-fast, quad core web server will be arriving this afternoon. We should be able to have it up and running by tomorrow or Wednesday. I can't wait.
2/3/07
Server Update
Well, I bit the bullet and put in an order for about the most powerful Web server on the planet. It's only been on the market for a few months, and is supposed to be rocket fast. I asked my web host about what kind of upgrade I can expect over what we have in place on the Web server now. Here's his response:
So we should be talking significant, visible improvement. The pages should be snapping fast once we get this new box in there.
The parts should arrive on Friday, and we should have the new box in early next week. I'm pretty excited.
In the mean time, Google has kindly slowed the rate that their crawler is hitting RIA pages. This has given us a reprieve, and there shouldn't be any significant problems until we can get the new box in.
The difference is insane, think VW Bug to Ferrari. The AMD 2400MP was good when it was new, but it's nothing compared to this setup. The QuadCore can process 32 times the information per cycle, with 8 more cycles per given period, not to
mention it has over double the cache per processor.
So we should be talking significant, visible improvement. The pages should be snapping fast once we get this new box in there.
The parts should arrive on Friday, and we should have the new box in early next week. I'm pretty excited.
In the mean time, Google has kindly slowed the rate that their crawler is hitting RIA pages. This has given us a reprieve, and there shouldn't be any significant problems until we can get the new box in.
1/31/07
Growing Pains
We're wrapping up another month of double digit growth (percentage terms) - that's five straight months of solid growth.
Unfortunately, our Web server is feeling the strain now. You may have noticed that during mid day hours, the site gets really sluggish.
We've been scrambling for the last few weeks to keep things moving - blocking over-aggressive bots, slowing down Googlebot, and doing little optimizations. These are all short term solutions, however, and are not going to cut it for much longer.
To make a long story short, I've decided to bite the bullet and just put in a quote for a new high end, quad Web server to complement our monster database server. With luck, we'll have a new box in on Friday or early next week.
Unfortunately, our Web server is feeling the strain now. You may have noticed that during mid day hours, the site gets really sluggish.
We've been scrambling for the last few weeks to keep things moving - blocking over-aggressive bots, slowing down Googlebot, and doing little optimizations. These are all short term solutions, however, and are not going to cut it for much longer.
To make a long story short, I've decided to bite the bullet and just put in a quote for a new high end, quad Web server to complement our monster database server. With luck, we'll have a new box in on Friday or early next week.
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