Server Migration
This Friday, July 24 2009, at approximately 5:00pm will take the server that hosts this site, and all other sites (*.thephenixblue.com, *.phenixblue.com, *.jmsearcy.com, *.vsumug.com, *.vsumug.org, *.vsusinfonia.org, *.firehouseink.com, *.ceramicsdiva.com, *.thewebroot.com) will go offline. During the offline period all sites will be migrated to new server hardware, as well as additional upgrades to Apache, PHP, and MySQL. The current server is identical in hardware, but resides on Mac OS X 10.5 client alongside other applications and services. The new server uses Mac OS X 10.5 Server, and is a dedicated box that will have no console interaction other than System Administration. During the migration I will also be pruning some older directories no longer used and striving for a cleaner and leaner setup! The entire migration will hopefully only take a few hours (transfer WWWROOT & MySQL DB’s, reassign permissions, account creation, create Virtual Hosts & Directories, and update DNS). The DNS changes may take up to 24 hours to propegate (normally only 1-4 hours). That’s the ideal work flow……pending any unforseen doom! I will keep everyone up to date via twitter (@jmsearcy). Thanks in advance for your patients patience!
New Server Specs:
- 20″ Aluminum iMac
- 2.0 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
- 4GB DDR2 (667Mhz) RAM
- 250GB SATA HD
- Gigabit Ethernet
- 128 Mb ATI Radeon 2400HD Graphics
- 8Mb/s High Speed Cable Internet
- Sitting on a desk next to the kitchen!
If you don’t like the fact that I use an iMac for a web server send me money for an xserve!
If you don’t like the fact that that I hosts sites off of an 8Mb/s connection, send monet for OC3!
If you don’t like the fact that my server is on a desk next to my kitchen, send money for a Data Center!
-Phenix
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Please…just send money no matter what!!!