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Moving to a new Server

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Ralle

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Yes I know. We have been moving ever since we started and already twice this year.
But this time it is to an even better server but at the same price. This is because I have gotten used to using linux so I don't need the 10$ control panel that follows.
So the new server will have the double ram, double hard drive and a better cpu.

I am ordering the server tomorrow night and it will be up around thursday-friday. Where I will be busy installing all the stuff we need. There will then be a downtime. It will last around 24 hours until the DNS records update.
The new server software we will be using will also be lighter so I hope the server can run much smoother than it currently does.

Just so you know!

Ralle
 

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Ralle said:
Yes I know. We have been moving ever since we started and already twice this year.
But this time it is to an even better server but at the same price. This is because I have gotten used to using linux so I don't need the 10$ control panel that follows.
So the new server will have the double ram, double hard drive and a better cpu.

I am ordering the server tomorrow night and it will be up around thursday-friday. Where I will be busy installing all the stuff we need. There will then be a downtime. It will last around 24 hours until the DNS records update.
The new server software we will be using will also be lighter so I hope the server can run much smoother than it currently does.

Just so you know!

Ralle
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How sad, down for a hole 254 hours? I miss it even for 3 or so hourse...As long as it dosent crash as much after its fixed, hurray though! :thumbs_up:
 

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HT, I can't promise anything. But I can tell you that the server will be as basic as possible when they hand it over to me. And I will install only what we need.

It will not be down for 256 hours. More like 24 hours, but ofcourse, I cannot promise anything. Only that it won't last more than 3 days

EVERYTHING will be transferred. Even all your junk :p

Backing up and moving all files will take around 3 hours. Setting up the server will take approximately 4-5 hours. Moving all the files to their correct positions takes max 1 hour. The DNS move will take around 24 hours.
So I will have the forum-posting disabled and a link to refer people to go to the chat to talk.
 

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everything! everything will be transferred. Every single attachment, every single bit.
It will have an AMD Athlon 3800 x64, 1024 mb ram, 160 gb hd.
The current one has a AMD Sempron 2600+ 32bit, 512 mb ram, 80 gb hd.

And the webserver software is going to be lighter which means that it might run like 4/3 of the curren't speed (maybe)
 
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RedBlade said:
I added it. Click on ur avatar and scroll to the bottom of the screen.
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Thanks! :grin: I hope this transfer will also fix some uncontrollable messages like "The Webpage Cannot Be Displayed" at certain occasions, and of course, the global melting problem :p

Ralle said:
The current one has a AMD (something)
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Duron, Sempron?
 

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Excellent call Chieftain: saving ten bucks per month by disposing of a control panel that is useless anyway sounds like a plan. Can we all say "memory upgrade?"

Of course all data, posts and resources will be preserved. The disabling of forum posting is a great solution to the minor problems that we experienced during previous moves: users posting on the old server after the information was transfered but before the new DNS was refreshed.

It would be good idea to disable resource uploads as well, methinks.
 

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I can't wait to see the chat insanity that goes on while the site's down. Needless to say i'm definetly looking forward to it :grin:

Anyway, Ralle, i'm glad we're moving, especially if it stops having to do the random server restarts that plague us (even this morning Hive refused to load for a little while) and by saving 10 bucks a month, it's all the better :)


Good call, dude.
 

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brad.dude03 said:
I can't wait to see the chat insanity that goes on while the site's down.
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so will the chat still be on while the site is down??

Anyways it sounds like a good upgrade in power. The amd athalon 64 is a good processor that still holds uptoday even if amd hasnt brought out anything new in a year. i myself have an amd 64 x2 4400+ and believe me they are good for a processor thats 2 years old. upgraded ram is good too and we should be looking at a nice speed. GJ Ralle :)
 
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