If this is the new server...
 

it's mindbogglingly fast...

Well done Danny & crew. http://www.stopstart.freeserve.co.uk.../jump_clap.gif

I want one too...

amofw

Agreed - and 'on-schedule' - many thanks to Danny and his team.

It is. Please thank drauk and Ridley as they did all the work. I just take the glory! :}

Drauk and Ridley many thanks.

I thought I was going to have to talk to my wife, but there's no need - I wake up and pprune is still here ;)

Great work.:ok:

I was taking upwards of 10 seconds getting a page open at certain times. Suddenly, it is - maybe - a second! Couldn't time it really but it's certainly very fast. Well done Danny - love it :D

Yep I can only echo the words already said. Thanks Danny et all, Prune is so much faster now!!

:ok: :ok:

My one remaining brain cell this Sunday morning is, indeed, completely boggled! Brilliant! :ok:

what are the specs of this new magical server?

Thank you, Danny :ok: All the hard work is greatly appreciated :cool:

Best 100th post ever?? :rolleyes:

2U Rackmount server
2x 2.8GHz Intel Xeon Processors with 512KB Level 2 cache
2Gb DDR SDRAM
3x 36Gb 15,000RPM SCSI discs
24 speed CD-ROM
Perc 3/Di RAID SCSI Controller with 128Mb cache
2x Hot-swappable PSUs
2x 100Mb Network Interfaces

and, most importantly, the magic of our tech guys and host.

Regards
Rob

Very fast - big difference! :ok:

Many thanks and well done

Trust you've paid your Linux licence fee to :* SCO :yuk:

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Danny and the Team - outstanding job. Excellent spec - the difference in speed is very noticeable. Now, I have this network at the office that might benefit from your magic touch... Heck, no! I wouldn't want to suffer the wrath of fellow PPruners by dragging you away!!!

Thanks for all your efforts.

FJJP

Thanks for all the Kudo's guys.

It was worth all the hard work we put into it. (And the 5:00am bedtime)

FJJP: If your serious about network help, I couldn't compliment dauk enough for all the hard work he did. (And his team at www.dsc.net)

With PPRuNe we had more than our share of needs and little things that needed to be configured perfectly. Our list of needs was very comprehensive and David and his team covered them all perfectly.

One of the most impressive things is the complexity of some of the mysql scripts that are run behind the scenes that took a long time to run on the old server. For example one of our heavier scripts does a full report on all the targeting stats for our advertisers, it took around 25-35 seconds to run on the old server (at non-peak hours). This server spits it out in 1-3 seconds (during peak hours).

You gotta love that.

P.S. Since DSC are an actual company and not just a huge fan of PPRuNe, I can recommend them wholeheartedly for any network job you might have. And no, we don't need to worry they won't have time to work on our stuff at PPRuNe, we've blackmailed all of them. (Our spies are everywhere)

Ridley

Man I am out of the forums for a couple of days and everything changes! :eek:

Well done. :ok:

Richard

Just out of interest Danny and Towers, how come you didn't go for Apple Xserves? I know you're both keen on Macs (as am I...just bought a new 15" PB)....was it a cost consideration...or something else?

Thanks for the new serve in any case.....greased lightening!

[Ducks for cover.] :eek:


:cool:

If we were hosting no question but we are relying on the hardwon, longterm expertise of a third party company to host, maintain and backup the site.

Purely as a matter of interest I recommend looking at the Xserve performance figures from third parties. Also check out the licence costs for network client licences - last time I looked less that 700 quid for unlimited users. Meaningless of course until you read what systems admin say about it;) ;)

Regards
Rob

New server the same week I get broadband.
WOO HOO!

:D

Its so fast the page is up on my powerbook before I've even decided to click on it! or the wi-fi network is frying my brain. But whichever its fast. well done chaps.

Daysleeper,

You must feel like a C-152 Pilot upgrading to an SR-71. ;)

Take Care,

Richard

Ooops just got a server too busy message @15:43g - hopefully just a fluke..?

amofw

amanoffewwords, fear not. It wasn't a fluke as such, we were just busy doing some other configuration stuff. The server load, even at peak times of day, is very low.

No, it's not a mac based server! I just won't look at PPRuNe the same way again. I've just set up an XServe. Fantastic machine. I highly reccommend it for your next upgrade. Probably worth running it through linux instead of mac OS though.