Heads up, folks!Scheduled downtime for systems upgrades this weekend -
fundraiser will start next week
Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest or Texas ping list!. . .don't be shy.
Posted on 9/30/2004, 6:39:52 PM by Jim Robinson
Edited on 9/30/2004, 6:46:41 PM by Jim Robinson. [history]
It's time to upgrade our system again. A couple months ago we added our fifth server to the system, but we're still in need of more horsepower. We're now receiving over 5.5 million hits per day from upwards of 200,000 unique visitors... and growing. We now have over 250 new registrants signing up per day and sometimes as many as 300 to 400 on a single day. Welcome newbies!
To handle the expected growth through the election cycle and beyond, we have acquired three additional new servers and John is going to install them over the coming weekend. He's also taking this opportunity to install the latest upgrades to our operating systems. We are hoping that any service outages during the installation and upgrade will be minimal, but there may be brief downtime periods. With our last upgrade, we now have a built-in level of component redundancy and hope that we can bring down parts of the system for upgrading without having to bring down the entire system. The three additional servers will add both processing power and storage capacity, plus increased systems redundancy.
We've also decided to delay the start of our 4th quarter fundraiser until after the upgrade is complete. The fundraiser will probably start on Monday.
Thank you all very much.
Looking forward to a great debate tonight and an exciting election cycle. Especially looking forward to a landslide for President Bush and an increase in the Republican majority so we have a clear mandate for busting the liberal/Democrat filibuster and for completing the war on terror.
Go Bush!! Go Pubbies!!
Thanks as always for all the hard work.
I say this because even a growing number of trolls is a negative indicator of how fast FR is growing.
You are getting prepared for the election night messages. Good job!
Go Bush!! Go Pubbies!!
BTTT!!
Heads up, folks!Scheduled downtime for systems upgrades this weekend -
fundraiser will start next week
Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest or Texas ping list!. . .don't be shy.
It's been wonderful to see the growth on this site over the years. 8 servers! Thanks for all you and John do.
For those new members who haven't been around for a downtime, there is a Yahoo group available to use while FR is down: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freerepublic2/
Probably cheaper to lease one, Jim.
Kudos to you and John!
BTW, how many Democrats does it take to unscrew a lightbulb?
(insert image of small waddling bird with tux on here)
**Twitch**
Think "Beowulf Cluster." We can chat on FR while an enterprising group of FReepers runs nuclear weapon design hydrocodes on the spare capacity.
Thanks for the best site on the web.
Wow! Its an honor to be a Freeper. I don't post much, but I sure love lurking. I'm getting a raise next month and you are going to get your part of it!
Thanks for reminding me that I need to make sure my Freepadone prescription is current...
Thank you !! :^DLooking forward to a great debate tonight and an exciting election cycle. Especially looking forward to a landslide for President Bush and an increase in the Republican majority so we have a mandate for busting the liberal/Democrat filibuster and for completing the war on terror.
Go Bush!! Go Pubbies!!Seconded !!
*ahem* WYSIWYG editor *ahem*
Dont mind me... ;)
Thanks!
Sounds great Jim.
As always, a big thank you.
You can depend upon my quarterly contribution.
Deacon Francis
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