The PhenixbluE » Web http://phenix.thephenixblue.com Bringing Nonsense to the Masses since 2003! Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:49:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Status Update! http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/2010/09/status-update/ http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/2010/09/status-update/#comments Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:30:33 +0000 Phenix http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/?p=592 Hello all, I know it’s been a while! I’m up on my feet here in Atlanta, and life is good! So much has been going on lately I almost don’t know where to start. Here’s a few big highlights:

  • Hosting news
    • Server was successfully migrated from Valdosta to Atlanta
    • After a Hard Drive failure the server was successfully restored to new hardware (no data loss occurred)
      • New Hardware:
        • The WebRoot sites are  running on a single Apple Xserve G4 with plans to extend to 2 nodes once I procure another license for OS X Server 10.5 and a decent NAS for shared storage (2nd Xserve already on hand!).
    • The WebRoot mail services have been migrated off of OS X Mail Server and onto an Ubuntu Server running Zimbra. I will hopefully make a 3 part series on the implementation and migration, but for now just know that it’s running a lot smoother and is more easily managed!
  • Site News
    • I am closer to being finished with the new custom theme ( a few set backs with some of my code and the release of WP 3.x)
    • I have decided to drop the WPMU setup in favor of a standard WP single player site.
    • I will permanently move the site to http://thephenixblue.com once the new theme is ready.
    • I am in the process of procuring additional writers so we have new posts all the time!
  • Other News
    • I have decommissioned a few sites I used to have (vsumug.com and vsumug.org) due to lack of interest.
    • I have a new site planned (domain purchased), and I am in search of someone to do the graphics work for it. More details will come soon.

That’s about it for now! I will try to be better about churning out new content.

-Phenix

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]]> http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/2010/09/status-update/feed/ 0 Server Migration http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/2009/07/server-migration/ http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/2009/07/server-migration/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:41:29 +0000 Phenix http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/?p=305 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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]]> http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/2009/07/server-migration/feed/ 3 Future Plans for Web Server http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/2009/03/future-plans-for-web-serve/ http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/2009/03/future-plans-for-web-serve/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:22:24 +0000 Phenix http://phenix.thephenixblue.com/?p=136 I have already tweeted a generic request for anyone with experience/expertise in the following areas:

  • Remote data Replication
  • Remote Load Balancing
  • Remote Failover

The ideal setup would be to have 1 web server (Server A) at ground zero that dynamically replicates it’s files to another web server (Server B) 20-100 miles away, while simultaneously sharing the load across the two, and also providing an automatic failover to the other in case one goes down. I have never before venrutred into the realm of any of these topics, so I barely have a surface knowldge if this scenario is even possible, let alone practical. Should I configure this setup differently? I have already reserahced and found (as well as been referenced to) rsync for data replication. I will also note that all of this will be on the Mac OS X 10.5 platform (slight possibility to move to 10.5 server) using a residential ISP connection. Thanks in advanced to anyone that can help out,

-Phenix

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