Alertra monitoring on for the system

Undertoad · 09-08-2008, 05:23 PM

Thanks to our generous tip mug hitters, we are now monitored by Alertra. If cellar.org goes away for more than 5 minutes, I am automatically TXTd. If it's still away 5 minutes later, I get an email.

Since I use TXT for my work's paging system, I am always on top of TXT messages and now will know very quickly when the site is in trouble. If you find it down, chances are I already know and am working on it.

We are now in a new server fund timeframe, during which parts of the tip mug are saved in order to fund a completely new server. This also goes for tip-mug overages. I'm aiming for a Supermicro server with 4 hot-swap SATA drive bays, duel Xeon processors, and 16 MB of memory. This will make us more stable by going to a RAID 5 configuration for disk, and will power through any Digg'ing or Reddit'ing or Fark'ing we ever generate. We will have enough space to manage attached images - and even perhaps videos? - and enough database power to manage our years of messages without having to delete any of them.

HungLikeJesus · 09-08-2008, 05:35 PM

16 MB of memory?

Undertoad · 09-08-2008, 05:38 PM

GB. I keep making that mistake.

lookout123 · 09-08-2008, 05:42 PM

tell clodfobble to work faster. those kegels aren't going to do themselves.

footfootfoot · 09-08-2008, 09:25 PM

grinned out loud

xoxoxoBruce · 09-08-2008, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

a completely new server.

How much?

Undertoad · 09-08-2008, 11:13 PM

I think it's like 800 for the barebones server, 2x200 for the CPUs, 4x100 for the disks, 100 for the rack rails. It's possible to do cheaper but I think this configuration would serve us well.

lumberjim · 09-09-2008, 06:15 PM

i'll throw an extra splash in the mug this month toward that end.

SteveDallas · 09-09-2008, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

16 MB of memory?

Well, Linux is supposed to need less memory than Windows to run effectively.

Flint · 09-10-2008, 01:34 PM

I heard the lumbernets runs on DSL, from a floppy disc.

09-08-2008, 05:23 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Alertra monitoring on for the system Thanks to our generous tip mug hitters, we are now monitored by Alertra. If cellar.org goes away for more than 5 minutes, I am automatically TXTd. If it's still away 5 minutes later, I get an email. Since I use TXT for my work's paging system, I am always on top of TXT messages and now will know very quickly when the site is in trouble. If you find it down, chances are I already know and am working on it. We are now in a new server fund timeframe, during which parts of the tip mug are saved in order to fund a completely new server. This also goes for tip-mug overages. I'm aiming for a Supermicro server with 4 hot-swap SATA drive bays, duel Xeon processors, and 16 MB of memory. This will make us more stable by going to a RAID 5 configuration for disk, and will power through any Digg'ing or Reddit'ing or Fark'ing we ever generate. We will have enough space to manage attached images - and even perhaps videos? - and enough database power to manage our years of messages without having to delete any of them.

09-08-2008, 05:35 PM	#2
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	16 MB of memory? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

09-08-2008, 05:42 PM	#4
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09-08-2008, 09:25 PM	#5
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09-09-2008, 06:15 PM	#8
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09-08-2008, 05:38 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	GB. I keep making that mistake.

09-08-2008, 11:13 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I think it's like 800 for the barebones server, 2x200 for the CPUs, 4x100 for the disks, 100 for the rack rails. It's possible to do cheaper but I think this configuration would serve us well.

09-10-2008, 01:34 PM	#10
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