Just completing contractual details for a new server. Danny and I were peering into a terminal window the other night and watching the load. Each processor appears there live and the idle times were in the 2-3% area at best. Server load was at ten which is the max. We want one with a knob that goes up to eleven
New server will go from twin 1gig cpus to a pair of 2.5ghz. Memory should be fine at the present 1gig and the disks will be a faster spinning scsi raid array. Backbone remains the present dedicated T1 line as it's processor cycles we need desperately.
Tactically we're looking for a window to shut down and set up the new system at a time when our ace techie Mik can apply concerted TLC - his employers bafflingly insist on him working rather hard for them rather than PPRuNe.
It's crap service and we openly acknowledge that but we're having to raise a substantial sum of money for both the kit and the labour for third parties to get it running the other side of the Atlantic so Mik can work his unix command line magic. It is happening and we really do look forward to radically improving the site in the near future.
Regards
Rob