New Forums Server update !! Can I get a sticky?

[Adlon]

I'd like this thread made sticky, if possible, so I can keep you all updated, and use ONE thread

Anyways. The Western Union package has arrived. The parts will be ordered monday morning.

I will be arranging for Morrus to get the server co-location agreement in email most likely on monday as well.

I will be sending Morrus a receipt for the server, and, posting a few pictures of it. After all, he owns it, he should know what it looks like

I will post the final end specs here, which are pretty much unchanged, except for the processor: I wan to get him the most powerful available for the price when I go to buy the parts.

But, its outline make it much more powerful than this test server.

Anyways, one may assume that this new server will go online by weeks end, barring any potential problems.

 

[A2Z]

Is this the sever our donations/community supporter funds bought? So what solution was eventually settled on? In all the hoopla of tests and whatnot I've gotten a little confused. Is Adlon hosting the EN world server? Eveything seems to be running smoother than ever before so I guess I'm just curious as to what the setup is like now.

As always good job to both Morrus and Adlon. Thanks guys.

 

[Morrus]

The new server will be hosted by a host called cyberstreet.com. Cyberstreet have very kindly allowed us to temporarily use the server we're currently on until the new server is ready. The new server itself is far better than this temp server we're on now.

Adlon is acting sort of as my "US contact" for this, dealing with getting the server, building it, and arranging stuff with Cyberstreet (he lives just down the road for them). Even better, he's doing this for free, so we all owe him a big "thank-you".

The reason I'm actually buying a server instead of renting one is so that I don't find myself in the situation I was in before, where just adding some more RAM required an upgrade to a package that cost $700 per month extra. Now, I can just send Adlon some money, and ask him to pick up some RAM for me and chuck it into the server - upgrading will be a one-off cost, and only to the cost of the components needed.

I'm still trying to think of good ways to repay Adlon for his kindness - he's going out of his way to help out here for no other reason that the fact that we wants to help.

 

[Psionicist]

The new server will be hosted by a host called cyberstreet.com. Cyberstreet have very kindly allowed us to temporarily use the server we're currently on until the new server is ready. The new server itself is far better than this temp server we're on now.

Adlon is acting sort of as my "US contact" for this, dealing with getting the server, building it, and arranging stuff with Cyberstreet (he lives just down the road for them). Even better, he's doing this for free, so we all owe him a big "thank-you".

The reason I'm actually buying a server instead of renting one is so that I don't find myself in the situation I was in before, where just adding some more RAM required an upgrade to a package that cost $700 per month extra. Now, I can just send Adlon some money, and ask him to pick up some RAM for me and chuck it into the server - upgrading will be a one-off cost, and only to the cost of the components needed.

I'm still trying to think of good ways to repay Adlon for his kindness - he's going out of his way to help out here for no other reason that the fact that we wants to help.

A very wise decision Rus.

And Adlon, give us the specs!!!

 

[orbitalfreak]

Adlon is acting sort of as my "US contact" for this, dealing with getting the server, building it, and arranging stuff with Cyberstreet (he lives just down the road for them). Even better, he's doing this for free, so we all owe him a big "thank-you".

In that case:

THANK YOU!!!


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[The It's Man]

THANK YOU

 

[Valavien]

Doing some basic maths on how many subsribers there are, you should have a decent amount of US$ to play with!

 

[Lela]

Adlon is acting sort of as my "US contact" for this

Where are you located Morrus?

You know us "Americans." We always assume everyone important lives right here. Exept J.K. Rowling of course. But she's a little beyond important.

 

[Plane Sailing]

Where are you located Morrus?

Well, the little bit under his name says "Southampton, UK", which would be a coastal town (city?) on the South coast of England, overlooking the English channel.

Jolly nice place too.

 

[Adlon]

Official System Specs:
1.5 Ghz Athlon XP processor: running at 1.33 Ghz
512 MB DDR Ram, 266 Mhz bus, 2.5 ns access
40 gig IBM 7200 RPM hard drive
ECS K7VTA3 Motherboard
Tower Case w/ 400W Power Supply
Internal Case fan
AMD Approved Ball Bearing CPU fan & Heatsink
8MB video (undetermined brand: its a linux box after all)
Mitsumi 54X CDRom Drive
1.44 Floppy
Standard Keyboard
Realtek 8139 NIC

OS: Linux Slackware 8.0, with security patches.
Also, we will be installing and configuring a later build of Apache, mySQL, and PHP, loading the latest vBulletin, and transferring the database over to the new box.

Server will be ready thursday.

Now, for the bad news: This box would normally be available friday for general use.
HOWEVER, the host, Cyberstreet, has informed me that they are changing their backbone connectivity from Sprint to AT&T this coming friday. Which means that THESE PRESENT FORUMS will be down for a short time friday.

As soon as we get the DNS rearranged with the new IP's, we will get these forums, and Mortality back up. I'll be working at Cyberstreet over the next few days, to assist in this transition, as I'm a network admin there.

Once we get all the essentials back online, then most likely monday will be the day when this new server goes online.

Anyways, thats the latest. But, by switching to AT&T, our inbound access speed should improve even more than it is now, as Sprint is truly going goofy lately, at least here in Florida.

I'll keep you updated as we move along.