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Welcome to Our New Server
Posted by Henrik on 4 October 2003, 09:19 GMT

If you are reading this, then you are visiting us at our new server.

After two years of planning and behind-the-scenes work, we have finally retired our old trustworthy Pentium 200 MMX, 128 MB memory, running Linux 2.2. On our Hardware and Software page, you can read more about the new hardware in our main server and what software we use as of now.

Basically, we now have a dual processor machine, lots of memory, and hard disks in a RAID 5 configuration that gives four times as much disk space as before. We have also moved up to Linux 2.4 and Apache 2.0 (from 1.3).

But it is not all hardware and server software. More behind-the-scenes work has been done on our in house software solutions. We took the time to streamline and optimize, sometimes rewrote parts of our systems and services to better serve you in the years to come.

This upgrade will enable to us to extend, enhance, and add new features to the ticalc.org you know and love. Once again, welcome to our new server.

(The photo shows the new server in the back of Magnus' car on 28 October 2002 when he picked it up from Henrik.)

Update (Henrik): You should also note better response and download times from our web server. The first reason is Apache MPM worker that gives us a hybrid multi-threaded multi-process server instead of the old non-threaded, pre-forking server. The second reason is mod_deflate that compresses content before it is delivered to the client. Both these new features will most of the time decrease download time per page at least tenfold.

Update (Henrik): Buy & Sell service has been retired as there are better similar services out there.

Update (Henrik): Site Map is gone as we believe our site is easy enough to navigate anyway.

Update (Henrik): Hosted sites are able to update their sites again.

Update (Henrik): Our file archivers are processing the incoming queue once again. Please report any problems.

Update (Henrik): Hosted sites should ftp to their hostname in order to update their site, not ftp.ticalc.org, as it does not exist anymore.

 


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Re: Welcome to Our New Server
Gergely Patai  Account Info
(Web Page)

28 October 2002? You already had the new hardware a year ago?

     4 October 2003, 13:28 GMT

Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
henrik Account Info
(Web Page)

Yes.

     4 October 2003, 13:31 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
henrik Account Info
(Web Page)

Due to the workload Magnus and I have in our salary jobs, it has taken this time to plan, setup and rewrite everything. The new machine is very differently setup than the old one.

The new server has though been handling some stuff earlier than today, like staff mail which it has handled for months.

     4 October 2003, 13:43 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
Gergely Patai  Account Info
(Web Page)

Okay, I just wanted to make sure it wasn't a typo.

     4 October 2003, 20:14 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
Michael McElroy Account Info
(Web Page)

As opposed to what? 20 Oct. 2003, which hasn't come about yet, or 2 Oct. 2003, which would mean they built an entire working server and copied EVERYTHING in two days?

It's just logic, man...

     8 October 2003, 00:29 GMT


Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
Frank A. Nothaft  Account Info

[The text of this article has been removed by a news editor due to violation of the acceptable use policy.]

     4 October 2003, 13:38 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
KermMartian Account Info
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I noticed that now the news items have the time they were posted as well as the date! Good improvement! Or wait...that wasn't there before, was it?

     4 October 2003, 18:00 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
henrik Account Info
(Web Page)

It has always been there.

     4 October 2003, 18:07 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
KermMartian Account Info
(Web Page)

Hmm...ok, whatever. How did I not notice that?

     4 October 2003, 20:33 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
angelboy Account Info
(Web Page)

Are we ever going to see the time in our time zone?

     4 October 2003, 21:25 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
David Phillips  Account Info
(Web Page)

Come on, this isn't Slashdot.

     4 October 2003, 21:54 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
W Hibdon  Account Info

Well, it would not be hard, after all, the sign up form asks you what timezone you live in. All they'd have to do is actually use that infomation.

-W-

     4 October 2003, 22:49 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
slimey_limey  Account Info
(Web Page)

yah, 48+ static pages for every article isn't _that_ bad!

(48+ because of DST, and some countries are always +0:30, and some are always -0:30, and Arizona is always on DST, and I think that China is one time zone, etc....)

     15 October 2003, 16:47 GMT

Re: Welcome to Our New Server
burntfuse  Account Info

Cooooooolll!!!!! I thought ticalc.org was going to be completely down for the whole weekend :).

     4 October 2003, 14:25 GMT


Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
Kevin Kofler
(Web Page)

However, only the main site is back up as of now. As said in the news item, and as a test visit confirms, hosted sites (such as tigcc.ticalc.org and tict.ticalc.org) are still down.

     4 October 2003, 16:20 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
burntfuse  Account Info

Still, good enough.

     5 October 2003, 00:12 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
Kevin Kofler
(Web Page)

Hosted sites are back up now.

     5 October 2003, 01:16 GMT

Re: Welcome to Our New Server
Nick Disabato  Account Info
(Web Page)

I have a new staff photo. It reflects my new attitude in life: that is, "pissed off and demure."

See y'all in another four years! :D :D :D

     4 October 2003, 14:49 GMT

Re: Welcome to Our New Server
gamedwellerz  Account Info
(Web Page)

Woah! 2 years, you guys must be really busy.

     4 October 2003, 14:57 GMT

Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
Carl Something  Account Info
(Web Page)

1 year

     4 October 2003, 18:19 GMT

Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
AndySoft  Account Info
(Web Page)

Um, 2003 - 2002 = 1 year...

     4 October 2003, 18:23 GMT

Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
KermMartian Account Info
(Web Page)

Theoretically in order to program it's always good to be good at math... :-D

     4 October 2003, 20:34 GMT


Re: Re: Welcome to Our New Server
gamedwellerz  Account Info
(Web Page)

"After two years of planning and behind-the-scenes work..."

Thats a quote from the news article.

     4 October 2003, 21:51 GMT

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