New Web Server Installation Tonight

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Now at T minus 56 minutes for the new web server installation to begin. We’ll be getting another 2.4GHz dual quad machine with HT, 2 1TB drives and 12GB of RAM — the same type of server we now have for the database — replacing our four-year old current server.

I’ll be putting the site in maintenance mode while we copy things over and test to make sure everything’s there, at about 6 pm Pacific if we start as planned. Hopefully it won’t take too long - the database server took all night because we had to re-import 9 gigabytes of data. This should be a much quicker process.

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1 PhillyPretzel  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:11:50pm

That sounds like a very good idea.

2 nemus  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:14:02pm

New hardware is pretty much never a bad thing :) Good luck and may the tech deities of your choice shine down upon the site during the transition :)

3 Randall Gross  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:15:58pm

I hope all goes well for you, please make sure they test the network between the two servers as well -- have them look for alignment errors, re-transmits, and / or dropped packets at the network port level & on the NIC cards both ends when they bring it back up.

4 b_sharp  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:20:48pm

I miss the good old days of plug boards, patch cables and banana plugs.

5 wrenchwench  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:21:24pm

Can you put this on the maintenance page?

Image: funny-cat-pictures-pweez-to-stand-by.jpg

6 Charles Johnson  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:21:38pm

Confirmed we'll be ready to go at 6.

7 JamesWI  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:21:41pm
8 PhillyPretzel  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:22:07pm

re: #5 wrenchwench

That is so cute.

9 CuriousLurker  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:23:55pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

Confirmed we'll be ready to go at 6.

Might want to take a look at this as well, while we're down.

Got my fingers crossed that everything goes well.

10 CuriousLurker  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:26:04pm

re: #5 wrenchwench

Can you put this on the maintenance page?

Image: funny-cat-pictures-pweez-to-stand-by.jpg

re: #8 PhillyPretzel

That is so cute.

Yes! Use teh kitteh.

Too cute. ;)

11 b_sharp  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:28:34pm

re: #10 CuriousLurker

re: #8 PhillyPretzel

Yes! Use teh kitteh.

Too cute. ;)

This is why women should never be allowed to determine error/maintenance pages.

12 Obdicut  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:31:30pm

re: #7 JamesWI

It's really not that bad. He's describing being protective of his dad. Stupid of him to say but not really worth harping on. Honestly, the semi-racist shit they've said is more offensive.

13 CuriousLurker  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:31:32pm

re: #11 Gangnam Style

This is why women should never be allowed to determine error/maintenance pages.

LOL!

BTW, I had a blast last night, thanks to you. I got curious about your new nic and looked it up. The video is hilarious, loved it!

14 Decatur Deb  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:33:25pm

re: #5 wrenchwench

Can you put this on the maintenance page?

Image: funny-cat-pictures-pweez-to-stand-by.jpg

The neighbors (the ones whose house almost burned because of the cat) brought a bottle of wine to thank us. They said they had just renamed the cat "Kittyhawk" because the huge neighborhood red-tailed hawk gave it a hundred-yard airlift. Then they tried to convert us to the GOP and Methodism.

15 darthstar  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:34:52pm

We're watching with our eyes wide open.

Image: tumblr_mb1djbrJNd1qa0oqyo1_500.jpg

16 Destro  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:36:39pm

I will do my best not to break the new web server this time.

17 CuriousLurker  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:36:58pm

re: #13 CuriousLurker

LOL!

BTW, I had a blast last night, thanks to you. I got curious about your new nic and looked it up. The video is hilarious, loved it!

Anyone who's not familiar with Gangnam Style, should mosey on over to YouTube while we're undergoing maintenance.

The main video (almost half a billion hits) O_o

Behind the scenes of making the video:

18 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:37:00pm

re: #14 Decatur Deb

Methodism I can forgive, but GOP?
I'd regret saving their house after that...

///

19 Decatur Deb  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:38:28pm

re: #18 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You

Methodism I can forgive, but GOP?
I'd regret saving their house after that...

///

Told the husband I had hesitated. They actually took the yardsign down for a couple days. There are two Romney signs now.

20 Only The Lurker Knows  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:39:24pm

Night Lizards.

Will checkout how things went in the A.M

May The Deity of your choice smile down upon you.

21 Charles Johnson  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:39:53pm

re: #9 CuriousLurker

Might want to take a look at this as well, while we're down.

Got my fingers crossed that everything goes well.

I know what's causing that - it's ggt's malfunctioning browser that's blocking Javascript. She managed to save a Page without a category, because that part of the validation happens in Javascript. This reminds me I also need to check for the presence of a category server-side.

I fixed that page you linked -- any others can be fixed just by editing to include a category.

22 Charles Johnson  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:42:06pm

OK, it's no longer possible to save a Page without a category.

23 b_sharp  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:42:07pm

re: #17 CuriousLurker

Anyone who's not familiar with Gangnam Style, should mosey on over to YouTube while we're undergoing maintenance.

The main video (almost half a billion hits) O_o

[Embedded content]

I wish Obama had done a little bit of it after the debate.

24 CuriousLurker  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:43:45pm

re: #21 Charles Johnson

I know what's causing that - it's ggt's malfunctioning browser that's blocking Javascript. She managed to save a Page without a category, because that part of the validation happens in Javascript. This reminds me I also need to check for the presence of a category server-side.

I fixed that page you linked -- any others can be fixed just by editing to include a category.

Ah, okay. Yeah, it's working now. I'd forgotten to mention that is was happening in all browsers on both my PC & Mac. It never occurred to me that it might be related to client side validation & the absence of a category.

Learn something new every day.

25 MittDoesNotCompute  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:44:03pm

re: #7 JamesWI

[Embedded content]

And I'd love to see Tagg try it, without the Secret Service to intervene, of course; I think that the president would knock his block off.

(Picture Tagg as Tommy Gunn and President Obama as Rocky Balboa in the end fight scene in Rocky 5)

26 CuriousLurker  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:44:26pm

re: #23 Gangnam Style

I wish Obama had done a little bit of it after the debate.

HA! That would've been soooo fun. ;)

27 Charles Johnson  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:46:17pm

This is my favorite remix of Gangnam Style:

28 Charles Johnson  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:47:59pm

re: #3 Randall Gross

I hope all goes well for you, please make sure they test the network between the two servers as well -- have them look for alignment errors, re-transmits, and / or dropped packets at the network port level & on the NIC cards both ends when they bring it back up.

I'll definitely request for that to be done.

29 MittDoesNotCompute  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:49:11pm

DERP

30 engineer cat  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:52:25pm

alignment errors

that's what i said but she just slapped me

31 Killgore Trout  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:52:35pm

KosKidz not very impressed with the outrageous Mitt phonecall outrage either...
In These Times: "In Conference Call, Romney Urged Businesses To Tell Their Employees How to Vote"

Ordinarily (2+ / 0-)

I'd agree, but this seems to be coming up a lot on MSNBC. So who knows?

I thought Sensata would be a big deal too.

...

Neither huge nor a hoax... (7+ / 0-)

Hit the video and move to 26:30...

"I hope you make it very clear to your employees what you believe is in the best interest of your enterprise [...] and whether you agree with me or you agree with President Obama, or whatever your political view, I hope you pass those along to your employees."

So, yeah, he suggested that they lecture their employees on politics, but his acknowledgement that some of the listeners might support Obama take this out of the "HUGE" category.

...

32 darthstar  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:54:08pm
33 Killgore Trout  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:55:10pm

Yes, it is possible to find a stronghold in Minecraft. I did it today on hardcore mode.

34 darthstar  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:55:25pm

re: #31 Killgore Trout

KosKidz not very impressed with the outrageous Mitt phonecall outrage either...
In These Times: "In Conference Call, Romney Urged Businesses To Tell Their Employees How to Vote"

...

...

You know, for someone who hates Daily Kos, you spend an awful lot of time over there looking for shit to use.

35 darthstar  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:56:40pm
36 Killgore Trout  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:57:57pm

re: #34 darthstar

You know, for someone who hates Daily Kos, you spend an awful lot of time over there looking for shit to use.

It's one stop shopping for all my moonbat needs.

37 CuriousLurker  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:57:58pm

Okay, almost time for maintenance mode. Hopefully we'll have a blazing fast server when LGF comes back online.

See you guys on the other side. Laters.

*leans over and whispers in KT's ear on the way out, "orange jumpsuit if you don't cut your shit out."*

38 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:58:28pm

T-minus 3 minutes...

See you guys after the outage, hope it is a pretty short one this time.

Laterz. :)

39 researchok  Wed, Oct 17, 2012 5:59:06pm

re: #37 CuriousLurker

*leans over and whispers in KT's ear on the way out, "orange jumpsuit if you don't cut your shit out."*

OK, that's funny!


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