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    #32
    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    Well, as long as it has dry ice, blue lasers and an alien's head somewhere on the case it doesn't matter what the spec is!


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    #33
    po0k
    Registered Users Posts: 15,815 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    I'll mail you the vinyl NO FEAR sticker to put along the rear I/O panel....


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    #34
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,120 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Praetorian wrote:
    I cannot take the slowness any longer, quick buy the new server get it installed now! If the google ads and subscription fees aren't enough, we'll donate (okay I'll donate some money)!! ;)

    I'm fed up with boards running like an asthmatic pensioner, boards should be running like an american sprinter on steroids! :p

    In short bursts of 10 seconds every couple of weeks?


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    #35
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    ecksor wrote:
    Computers are actually very stupid and have to be given explicit instructions on what to do by very smart people called admins.
    Much like End Users, really...


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    #36
    Praetorian
    Registered Users Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭Praetorian


    pickarooney wrote:
    In short bursts of 10 seconds every couple of weeks?

    Ok, ya got me :)

    +1 Karma points


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    #37
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,262 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    DeVore wrote:
    HP DL380
    Dual 3.06 Xeon processors
    2 GB PC2100 registered ECC DDR
    2 x 73 GB 10,000 RPM SCSI U320 disks
    dual channel SCSI / RAID adaptor
    in RAID 1
    2 gig-e NICs
    hot swappable drives, fans, PCI cards
    hot swapping PCI cards
    'Ultra2/3 HP-Backplane'
    (the CPUs are 450 quid each)
    these Xeons will appear as 4 CPUs to an OS
    half a meg of cache on each one too
    Is that all? :D


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    #38
    delly
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,652 Mod ✭✭✭✭delly


    The new spec is fapping drool worthy, but what amazes me more is the spec its replacing. P3's!!! for fapps sake.


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    #39
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,621 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Out of curiousity what are yes running on atm ?


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    #40
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    ronoc wrote:
    Out of curiousity what are yes running on atm ?
    DeVore, way back up there at the start wrote:
    What we are currently running the webserver on:
    Dual P3 733, 1 GB PC133 ram, 3 x 36 GB disks
    Dell 2450

    ;)


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    #41
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,621 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    doodle_sketch wrote:
    ;)
    woops
    :rolleyes:


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    #42
    Zaph0d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 756 ✭✭✭Zaph0d


    DeVore wrote:
    I asked Regi for the exact specs of the server and what its replacing. Heres what he said:

    HP DL380
    Dual 3.06 Xeon processors
    2 GB PC2100 registered ECC DDR
    2 x 73 GB 10,000 RPM SCSI U320 disks
    dual channel SCSI / RAID adaptor
    in RAID 1
    2 gig-e NICs
    hot swappable drives, fans, PCI cards
    hot swapping PCI cards
    'Ultra2/3 HP-Backplane'
    (the CPUs are 450 quid each)
    these Xeons will appear as 4 CPUs to an OS
    half a meg of cache on each one too
    What spec is the db server?


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    #43
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    I don't know offhand, but the database server is never under much pressure apart from the odd diskspace issue.


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    #44
    Zaph0d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 756 ✭✭✭Zaph0d


    mysql must be very efficient then as oracle and sql server usually need to be on very beefy machines in this kind of arrangement. Did you consider buying a few cheap web servers without RAID rather than one large one to balance with your old server?

    Maybe your rackspace costs were a factor?


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    #45
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    mysql sacrifices actual database features in the name of speed. I wouldn't go recommending it for anything serious, and I'd really rather use something else as our backend because it can be a right pain in the tits for anyone who's used to a decent database platform. The database server isn't badly specced, I just don't know the specs offhand. We're not that massive a website in the grand scheme of things, the old webserver just croaks because the php scripts are CPU hungry things and we have far more users than ever before.


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