Author Topic: Attention - webserver maintenance, Tuesday, April 8 (Read 6684 times)

GrimJack · « **on:** April 07, 2008, 10:47:47 am »

Folks, I'm going to have to take the server offline for a while to perform some upgrades.

The machine that runs this webserver is pretty old and decrepit by now. It's a 1.2 Ghz Athlon processor from when that was bleeding edge speed, and it's been slowly upgraded to 2G of RAM over the years. It doesn't get a whole lot of love, it's #4 of 5 machines that I maintain, and it's been doing a great job of ticking over without much help from me. Unfortunately, it has been wearing down slowly. It's recently eaten a power supply, worn out a power cord, and all three fan outlets on the motherboard have stopped working, one every 6 months or so. Looking at the motherboard, I notice that one of the capacitors is blown - must not be used for a critical function, because it's still working fine!

Nonetheless, I'd rather retire this thing while it's still working than let it buckle and take our information with it, so I recently picked up a new mainboard, CPU and a much larger hard drive.

Right now I'm planning on pulling this machine offline Tuesday evening, PDT, and hoping to have the new machine back up and running properly in a few hours. However, you know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men...

I should be online via all the various messengers if you need to get hold of me during this time.

ICQ:     9245167
MSN:     stewartd1@home.com
YIM:     GrimJack68

I'll update this thread if the timing changes before Tuesday evening.

orange · « **Reply #1 on:** April 07, 2008, 11:55:20 am »

keep up the good work - really appreciate it!!

kiwi · « **Reply #2 on:** April 07, 2008, 04:11:18 pm »

yeah thanks Dave!

shovelon · « **Reply #3 on:** April 07, 2008, 10:17:09 pm »

Sounds great to me Dave.

Thanks,
Terry

GrimJack · « **Reply #4 on:** April 08, 2008, 09:36:18 pm »

Well, let's see what we have. Back?

GrimJack · « **Reply #5 on:** April 08, 2008, 09:36:50 pm »

Yup, seems to be working! Post up if (ok, WHEN) you notice bits that are broken...

kiwi · « **Reply #6 on:** April 09, 2008, 02:57:23 am »

there are no links etc at the side of the page,and i cant uplpad an attachment or find the gallery.....apart from that its fine

Matno · « **Reply #7 on:** April 09, 2008, 07:38:14 am »

Quote from: GrimJack on April 07, 2008, 10:47:47 am

The machine that runs this webserver is pretty old and decrepit by now. It's a 1.2 Ghz Athlon processor from when that was bleeding edge speed

WHAT?!! That's exactly what I'M running (well, I only made it up to 1gb RM). No wonder my computer seems to be slowing down...

Actually, I'm now using my new laptop more than the desktop, but the Athlon I built up 7 years ago is still the main machine of the family... Dang, has it really been that long? That was actually a rebuild of an old 1997 Quantex Pentium II 300MHz speed demon. Still have the original power supply, tower, and Altec Lansing speakers (all going strong). But recently I got a 2.4 GHz Core 2 duo Mac Powerbook for... FREE! Couldn't pass up that deal, even if it is a Mac! It does have Boot Camp, but I'm finding I like the Mac OS interface. We'll see how long that lasts...

But I digress... On a more bike-related note, I just picked up a pair of Bebop Stainless pedals virtually brand new on Ebay for $36 USD. (It's the European version and is available online for 129 Euros). I've been waiting for that deal for about 4 years! Not sure that I'll even use them on my mountain bikes, since we tend to do a lot of rock bashing around here, but they are AWESOME pedals for a road bike or XC mountain bike, so I'm keeping them as spares. I already have a pair on my road bike that I got used which are at least 12 years old and still function flawlessly. Totally free floating (which takes some getting used to but is great once you do), super low stack height (11mm), and about as light as pedals get (195g for a pair). Plus they're bulletproof strong. (Unless you bash them on a rock! The spindle and bearings are brutes, but the cages that engage the cleats look a little frail. They are replaceable, but unfortunately, the company just went under). And clipping out is completely resistance free... Did I mention they were $36?!

GaryF52 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 09, 2008, 08:24:59 am »

I'm not seeing the menu under the logo in the upper left corner of the screen. No links to the gallery, how to's , etc.

Colin · « **Reply #9 on:** April 09, 2008, 10:06:12 am »

Quote from: GrimJack on April 08, 2008, 09:36:50 pm

Yup, seems to be working! Post up if (ok, WHEN) you notice bits that are broken...

Can't upload piccies to the gallery............

GrimJack · « **Reply #10 on:** April 09, 2008, 05:54:44 pm »

Ok, I'll get to work on those. I knew about the menu - haven't figured out how to use server side includes in apache yet - but the gallery is a surprise. I'll post up progress...

GrimJack · « **Reply #11 on:** April 09, 2008, 10:37:03 pm »

I think I have both of those fixed.

Let me know if you find anything else broken!

kiwi · « **Reply #12 on:** April 10, 2008, 03:07:17 am »

cant upload attachment..."cant find upload path"

GrimJack · « **Reply #13 on:** April 10, 2008, 09:58:32 am »

On the forum software, I assume... I'll look into that.

GrimJack · « **Reply #14 on:** April 10, 2008, 10:02:50 am »

Ok, I think that's fixed now too.

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