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djpretzel
01-12-2010, 09:38 PM
Our forums were down for a bit the last two nights, and I didn't post any mixes, but there was a good reason: we just completed our server migration. Some pics:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=137351&id=7350358374&ref=mf (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=137351&id=7350358374&ref=mf)

The guys at LiquidWeb (http://www.liquidweb.com/) (thanks Tony & Dennis!) are awesome, making the impact minimal and the transition rather seamless. Heck, we even upgrading to MySQL 5.1 and added a couple PHP extensions while we were at it.

This upgrade was a big part of our master plan to rule the universe, etc. and it's fantastic that we've knocked it out so early in 2010, building a foundation for steadily increasing the awesome the other eleven months. We got several large donations this month that completely covered the migration fee, so a big thanks there - this box is dedicated to you!

Roughly speaking, it's four times faster, has five times the space (more or less), and three times the memory. As our astute Twitter (http://twitter.com/ocremix) followers pointed out, that's SIXTY TIMES THE AWESOME. Runs faster than Kenyans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs), crystal meth, etc. Bottom line, site should be a little faster now, but more importantly, it shouldn't get slower as we continue to pile on more stuffs. Moment of silence for the old server - it did what it did well, for over three years. Respect.

Nuff said.

Dhsu
01-12-2010, 10:39 PM
Did it come in Shockolate or Rawberry?

Irish
01-12-2010, 11:24 PM
This new server is uncomfortably energetic.

ella guro
01-13-2010, 12:49 AM
BIG TIME PROPZ! especially for getting this done so early into the year.

The Author
01-13-2010, 01:05 AM
The one stat that always has me curious about OCR is the monthly bandwidth. Overall the new server seems like a nice little beast.

Dyne
01-13-2010, 11:04 PM
Mother earth is going to tell it to slooooooow doooooown...but you'll have the server kick her with your energy legs.

Brandon Strader
01-17-2010, 04:49 AM
Congratulations on the new server. I'm looking forward to some good times. :)