Our server will shortly get a memory boost. We are pushing the envelope with 1GB of RAM so using some of our newly acquired funds (thank you Armorama Guard members!) we should soon be picking up a bit more speed. An additional 512MB of RAM cost us a $185 one time charge. Well worth it I think but only time will tell.
I also made a small change today that I am hoping will help some of our users with access issues. Again, time will tell to see if this helps.
Thank you!
Jim
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Server upgrade to 1.5GB of RAM...DONE
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Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 05:22 PM UTC
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Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 06:59 PM UTC
Ever heard about the PowerMac G5? get their top-of-the-line model w/c has dual 2 GHz proccessors w/ 8 GB of RAM. Now that's overkill! Maube not if you use it as a server.
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Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 07:31 PM UTC
I'm sure the G5's would be excellent web servers. But most of the G4 web hosting would cost about twice what we are paying now so I can only imagine a G5 would be astronomical. That's kind of the thing about Apple. It should be better for what they cost. 
Jim
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Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 07:44 PM UTC
Gratt news Jim! Anyway I did not encounter any access/speed problems over the last month. Thanks for the time and effort you spend to boost the site performances.
Ciao
Fabio
Ciao
Fabio
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Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 08:18 PM UTC
Great Jim !!
I'm sorry I have to report that I did....
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Anyway I did not encounter any access/speed problems over the last month.
I'm sorry I have to report that I did....
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Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 10:22 PM UTC
How nice! I wish I could upgrade my computer also
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Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - 11:19 PM UTC
what a foundation of computing architecture!
Great news.
No speed problems here
Great news.
No speed problems here
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Posted: Friday, October 17, 2003 - 09:32 AM UTC
The memory upgrade just went in. We should see an improvement I hope.
Cheers,
Jim
Cheers,
Jim
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Posted: Friday, October 17, 2003 - 09:36 AM UTC
hehe...Damn! We are downright ZIPPY!
Cool.
Jim
Cool.
Jim
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Posted: Friday, October 17, 2003 - 02:14 PM UTC
Congrat's on the upgrade Jim!...............hmmmmmm, 'Zippy'?, wasn't he the bald cartoon guy with the big nose??
Tread.
Tread.
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hmmmmmm, 'Zippy'?, wasn't he the bald cartoon guy with the big nose??
Tread.
Do you mean Zippy the Pinhead?
Eeeek!!! I know where you know him from...
Good news on the RAM. Jim, what the system's max RAM capacity?
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Posted: Friday, October 17, 2003 - 04:52 PM UTC
Ken,
Probably something like 8GB max. Don't worry before we ever went that far I would go with a web cluster.
Cheers,
Jim
Probably something like 8GB max. Don't worry before we ever went that far I would go with a web cluster.
Cheers,
Jim
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Hi Jim
Nice one! I really pleased the extra revenue is allowing you to add upgrades and improvements behind the scenes. :-)
Everything seems speedy enough on my home setup, but when I tried to log on at work the other day on both a new PC and Mac, everything was so slow as to be unbearable. Both machines are faster than my PC at home, so is there a reason why they could be so slow on the Internet?
I know it's hardly your problem... but I'm keen to understand more about that side of things. :-)
All the best
Rowan
Nice one! I really pleased the extra revenue is allowing you to add upgrades and improvements behind the scenes. :-)
Everything seems speedy enough on my home setup, but when I tried to log on at work the other day on both a new PC and Mac, everything was so slow as to be unbearable. Both machines are faster than my PC at home, so is there a reason why they could be so slow on the Internet?
I know it's hardly your problem... but I'm keen to understand more about that side of things. :-)
All the best
Rowan
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