tooo busy?

**rolfw** · 30-04-2006

Sorry, by old I meant the current one, as i am now concentrating on the new one.

Yes you can run several in tandem, but two is about all we can afford at the moment. The new one will be high spec, with a super fast SCSI drive, twin processors, with 4 Gig of RAM, must say that Chris and I didn't expect to outgrow the server in just over a year though.

***2cvbloke*** · 03-05-2006

Originally Posted by rolfw

Sorry, by old I meant the current one, as i am now concentrating on the new one.

Yes you can run several in tandem, but two is about all we can afford at the moment. The new one will be high spec, with a super fast SCSI drive, twin processors, with 4 Gig of RAM, must say that Chris and I didn't expect to outgrow the server in just over a year though.

Ah, ok....

Well, I'm sure sticking a couple of PC's in the mix could aid with database processing, it's just whether or not you can get them or not...

Do SCSI drves still exist??? I though SATA had overtaken them by now!!!

(By the way, you might want 2 (or more) RAID configured SCSI drives instead so you have a redundant drive for emergency backup (incase 1 drive fails) so you don't lose everything....)

**rolfw** · 03-05-2006

Yes SCSI drives are still the favourite for lightning fast server access apparently, they don't make them as big as SATA drives, but they don't need to be, they just need to be fast and I believe that the access bandwidth is bigger.

***2cvbloke*** · 03-05-2006

Originally Posted by rolfw

Yes SCSI drives are still the favourite for lightning fast server access apparently, they don't make them as big as SATA drives, but they don't need to be, they just need to be fast and I believe that the access bandwidth is bigger.

Ah, personally I'd just build myself a server, tis cheaper that way....

**rolfw** · 03-05-2006

Because the server host is located in the US and we are buying from the US, we can probably buy it cheaper than we can build it here.

PS. Servers are backed up daily under the host's house keeping regime.

***2cvbloke*** · 03-05-2006

Originally Posted by rolfw

Because the server host is located in the US and we are buying from the US, we can probably buy it cheaper than we can build it here.

PS. Servers are backed up daily under the host's house keeping regime.

So, you've never even seen your own server??? That's a bit of a worry, you never know what your hosts are storing on your server.....

That's Ok then...

**rolfw** · 03-05-2006

LOL, I sense a little paranoia here.

If you have access to and command of the server control panel, you are fully aware of what equipment you have and what sites are running on it. 99.9% of the people with dedicated servers have never seen their web server, as they are very seldom situated on their own trunk line, most being in remote locations with server hosts.

***2cvbloke*** · 03-05-2006

Originally Posted by rolfw

LOL, I sense a little paranoia here.

If you have access to and command of the server control panel, you are fully aware of what equipment you have and what sites are running on it. 99.9% of the people with dedicated servers have never seen their web server, as they are very seldom situated on their own trunk line, most being in remote locations with server hosts.

Yep......

My old server used to sit behind my monitor, but NTL caught on and blocked my server from serving my website.....

**rolfw** · 03-05-2006

I'd thought of running my own web server for another site, but in the end, even though I have 2meg downline, I only have 256k upline, so once we reached 20 members, it would be stuffed. Current traffic for this site as of 21:15 is 1,544 Users Online (417 members and 1,127 guests)

***2cvbloke*** · 03-05-2006

Originally Posted by rolfw

I'd thought of running my own web server for another site, but in the end, even though I have 2meg downline, I only have 256k upline, so once we reached 20 members, it would be stuffed. Current traffic for this site as of 21:15 is 1,544 Users Online (417 members and 1,127 guests)

I always thought that the average upstream was usually 1/4 of the downstream....

(so 2MB D/S would have a 512kMBU/S)

**rolfw** · 03-05-2006

No, take a look at most ADSL packages, upstream is 256k and RADSL even lower as upstream bandwidth is not required for the avearge user, not withstanding that, it is still way way too low anyway to support a forum of this size, it would not handle a fraction of the users.

**gameboy** · 04-05-2006

Can I suggest we may have overlooked the fundamental problem here?

Don't we just need more Mamsters?

**Topper** · 04-05-2006

Originally Posted by gameboy

Can I suggest we may have overlooked the fundamental problem here?
Don't we just need more Mamsters?

But GB do you realise how many members have come on board since the last incarnation of the mamsters..... will they use the archives to find out all about our friends or will you be answering all the questions

**gameboy** · 04-05-2006

They seem to have worked - the forum's going like a train this morning.

Good work Mamsters.

Happily answer any Mamster questions - you can PM me...

P.S. (I think Rolfw and Chris may have helped)

***Sir Bronking*** · 04-05-2006

who's online: 209 members 0 guests

is that the reason?

**good2talk** · 04-05-2006

Originally Posted by Lancelot

Yep it's a bit thick out there...

L.

How come, there are toooooo many guests but few members?

***BarMoo*** · 05-05-2006

I am getting a TINY bit freek'd by this and other bored happenings, sorry, board happening of late.

Gameboy - WTF are Mamster's

And like an episode of Lost - where is Lancelot's post that good2talk quotes

- and how does Bronks know what board traffic existed 5hrs ago

(i.e., I thought the 'viewing this thread' number had been turned off).

Freeky Madness.

Find out next week, when and if rolf comes back from France, to find out .... in the next instalment of SatellitesGetMeOutOf HereParadiseIslandInvasionLostBigBrotherPrisonBrea k.

I'm going to bed. My Hot chocolate went cold by the time 'Preview Post' came back with a preview

Have Fun.

**PaulR** · 05-05-2006

Originally Posted by BarMoo

Gameboy - WTF are Mamster's

One of the Mods made a typo in a posting (step forward Analoguesat) and mistakenly typed and M instead of an H.

Of course this was like throwing a bucket of offal into a pack of sharks and he had the p*** taken out of him mercilessly by the other Mods for weeks afterwards.

Just goes to show that you should take care with your spelling - just like your teacher used to tell you.

**rolfw** · 05-05-2006

Originally Posted by bronking

who's online: 209 members 0 guests

is that the reason?

The guests don't show on the who's online page, only in the admin control panel at the moment. A rule of thumb is around 3 times as many guests as those who are logged in.

@ Mark. When seagulls follow a trawler, it is because they ... . . . . . . . . . . . . .

**Analoguesat** · 05-05-2006

Originally Posted by PaulR

One of the Mods made a typo in a posting (step forward Analoguesat) and mistakenly typed and M instead of an H.

Of course this was like throwing a bucket of offal into a pack of sharks and he had the p*** taken out of him mercilessly by the other Mods for weeks afterwards.

Just goes to show that you should take care with your spelling - just like your teacher used to tell you.

Yeah - a most unfortunate typo from 6 months ago - and it still comes up every so often

**Llew** · 05-05-2006

Originally Posted by PaulR

One of the Mods made a typo in a posting (step forward Analoguesat) and mistakenly typed and M instead of an H.

Of course this was like throwing a bucket of offal into a pack of sharks and he had the p*** taken out of him mercilessly by the other Mods for weeks afterwards.

Just goes to show that you should take care with your spelling - just like your teacher used to tell you.

"and mistakenly typed and M instead..."

Sorry Paul, couldn't resist it

Llew

***BarMoo*** · 05-05-2006

Originally Posted by rolfw

When seagulls follow a trawler, it is because they ... . . . . . . . . . . . . .

... always want to steal your sarnies.

... are time hungry sycophants who don't get cryptic drollery.

... know a bargain when they see one.

OK, STOP.