Because this forum has grown so quickly, I'm going to have to co-locate another server to handle the load/bandwidth requirements. I may need to take the forums down occasionally over the next week or so as I prepare for the move. Once the move has been completed, this forum should run much faster than it does now. Thanks for your patience as I work to improve the site!

I'll keep this thread updated as needed.

im sure i echo everyone when i say thanks for the hard work put into the forums, and the cheddar you are spending on servers and what not john. we do appreciate it!

Congratulations on being a victim of your own success. Long may it continue.

Andrew.

I'm curious about the new server. Were you forced to use Gentoo or did you choose to use it? I happen to be a bit of a Gentoo evangelist and absolutely love to see a site that I like sporting a powered by Gentoo logo (or forum thread).

Thanks everyone, I got a ton of work done on the server tonight. This weekend is looking like a strong possibility for deployment! :) I'll have an update in the morning on my main site.


I'm curious about the new server. Were you forced to use Gentoo or did you choose to use it? I happen to be a bit of a Gentoo evangelist and absolutely love to see a site that I like sporting a powered by Gentoo logo (or forum thread).
I love Gentoo, and chose to use it. I cut my teeth on SCO and Irix way back in the early 90s and then I discovered Slackware Linux and BSD. I continued to use Slack for all my Linux boxes for the longest time, but then I found out about Gentoo. The last few Linux servers I've built have been Gentoo machines. I think Gentoo is the coolest Linux distro I've ever used. Portage is a fantastic PMS, and I love that you can really get under the hood, which was one of the things I liked best about Slack. I never cared for Redhat or any of the other "glossy" distros, but Gentoo is really something else. I think it's one of the best things to happen to the Linux O/S in a long time.

New server is done!! I'll post a complete update on my main site tomorrow morning, but right now I'm going to go have my well-deserved "cheat" meal with Lisa. Pizza and wine, here I come!
:drool:

Lisa will be home any minute, and then I'll be leaving to take the new server to the co-location facility. I'll probably be shutting the forum down in a couple of hours while I move the data to the new server (it shouldn't take too long). As soon as that's done, I'll make the DNS changes and within an hour of that you should be seeing the new server. I'll update my main site and this site as needed.

I hope everyone is having a good day, see you later!

If you are reading this then you are on the new server. Please let me know if anything seems amiss, otherwise enjoy!

all good here!

wow reply/post times are much improved, thanks john!

wow reply/post times are much improved, thanks john!
Excellent, looks good from my end, too! :tucool:

Why are all post in Klingon speak? :D

qatlh 'oH Hoch Daq tlhIngan?

Way to go, John! It's looking great. :claplow:

Damn, the forum is incredibly faster... I just click, and the page appears..

Great job John.

Thanks for making it better. :tu:

Thanks, it's great to hear these comments because I was really hoping the new server/increased bandwidth would make the forums noticeably quicker and more enjoyable to use. I'm also very pleased with the speed, and so far no adverse technical issues related to the move have cropped up.

Enjoy! :D

I've noticed Picture threads are MUCH MUCH quicker now. Cheers John.