[JLester]

I've got the new server I ordered for the forums up right now for testing purposes. I copied all the member files and forum messages over from the current server just to have something to play with. Please give it a try (read, search, etc.) and let me know what you think of the speed. If all goes well, we've convert over to it in the next few weeks.

Note that any messages posted on the new one won't show up on the current one (and vice versa). Please don't post "real" questions on the new one yet.

New Forum Server

Jason

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Ford-Diesel.Com Webmaster
1997 F-250 PSD 5-speed Banks Stinger-Plus

 

[95th ANN H-D ULTRA]

Jason:Looks good.The only difference I saw on new server is time stamp.Central(which is my time)unless you didn't spring ahead!

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2000 PSD F-350 4X4 hubs locked, in my garage 2/15/00 now the work begins

 

[Jim Z]

Looks good here.

So what are the specs on the new server (for us hardware nuts)? Floppermines?

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'00 Ram 2500 4x4 Cummins 24V Std. cab, Black/Agate
Successor to 1984 F250 6.9 4x2 (still kickin' at 251k)

 

[bj]

The lightbulbs on the main forum page are entirely missing for me. The folder icons are there once I enter one of the forums. I'm using netscape 4.72.

Also, I'm using cookiepal and it is rejecting cookies from "forums.ford-diesel.com:8080", even though this is not on my reject list. I can try setting it to accept them if you want and see what that does. I imagine that once you switch over entirely, the cookies will be sourced from www.ford-diesel.com so there shouldn't be any impact then.


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99.5 F350 SC Lariat, LWB/SRW, 4x4, Man hubs, ABS, auto, CD
3 ga. A-pillar,Trailer/camper/off road, Ltd.slip, Built 4/99
'99 Sunnybrook 30RLFS(7100 dry), Inyati liner, Donated 1/00

 

[Johnboy2]

Seemed much faster for me. Keep up the good work.

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1997 F-250 Heavy Duty SC 4x4, psd, auto., 4.10 gears, 285-75 16's, propane injection, shimmed, resistered, cat dead, exhaust brake, K&N

 

[JLester]

The new server is a Dell Poweredge 1300 with dual Pentium3-550s, 384MB of RAM, dual 9GB SCSI-3 10,000 RPM hard drives, and Debian Linux.

The lightbulbs and such will seem strange until we completely switch over. They should work correctly after that. The server's name will remain as forums.ford-diesel.com:8080. It won't be www.ford-diesel.com since the current server will keep serving all the other regular pages.

Jason

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Ford-Diesel.Com Webmaster
1997 F-250 PSD 5-speed Banks Stinger-Plus

 

[mayhem]

Seems to work well Jason. But then I'm not a computer guru. Thanks for all the effort.

 

[Fred Hemer]

Hate to wine and snivel but It's really slow
at my end!After the memory was installed it seemed to be better but its back to being slow again!Click on the page and it stays at website found for ever!Then it finally goes thru!Its worse than sitting in a lineup to get gas!

Also takes forever to post!

 

[Fred Hemer]

Sorry Was talking about the old server!
The new one is like geased lightnin!

Posting is great too!
Let's use that puppy!
Whats the ETU of the new unit!
(Estimated Time of Use!)

I'm Kinda curious too as Jim, whats the horse power on the new unit!700 mhz? Jim will like this How much RAM

= Torque?


[This message has been edited by Fred Hemer (edited 04-16-2000).]

 

[JLester]

Fred,

Read about three messages up and you'll see what the new server has in it. Dual processors are faster and cheaper than just one fast processor when dealing with servers.

Jason

 

[ISLANDER ED]

The new server seems to be alot faster. I look forward to being able to access all this great info with less wait time.

 

[Fred Hemer]

Kool!
Sorry I got so excited using the new server I didn't read em all!
Whats the ETA?

[This message has been edited by Fred Hemer (edited 04-17-2000).]

 

[Shawn]

Couldn't you set up a redirect for anything in the /ubb directory to the new server?

We did this awhile back at work to forward everything we had a on a production server to a new server. We had a little notice on the screen to update book marks and force everyone to change by a certain date.

We did this on IIS but I am guessing Apache has a similar feature.

SP

 

[johnm]

Yahoo!! works great through my T1 at work and was very fast through my cable modem at home. great improvement.