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Tom

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System Upgrade
« Topic Start: January 23, 2013, 04:52:14 PM »
During preparations for M&F, I've found that my existing hosting servers are all very old and outdated and... expensive.

I will be upgrading all of it, meaning that I get more performance for less money, yeah. However, it also means I have to move everything to new servers. Everything. Total reinstall.

Like all such major moves, it will likely not go without pain. There will be changes of IP addresses, among other things. I've done this before, so I am positive I can minimize downtimes, but there will be some.

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Re: System Upgrade
« Reply #1: January 23, 2013, 04:53:23 PM »
Yeep. And Yay!

If there's anything we can do to help, let us know.
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Re: System Upgrade
« Reply #2: January 23, 2013, 05:25:43 PM »
Has it been that long? I remember a server change just a little while ago.  :o
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Re: System Upgrade
« Reply #3: January 23, 2013, 06:13:29 PM »
Quote from: Lefanis on January 23, 2013, 05:25:43 PM
Has it been that long? I remember a server change just a little while ago.  :o

Moore's law and Gilder's law always like to throw wrenches into things when it comes to running servers. ^_^
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Re: System Upgrade
« Reply #4: January 23, 2013, 07:03:27 PM »
Quote from: Lefanis on January 23, 2013, 05:25:43 PM
Has it been that long? I remember a server change just a little while ago.  :o

It must've been quite a while. The "new" BM server is running the 4.0 product of the hosting company. The current product is 6.0
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Re: System Upgrade
« Reply #5: January 23, 2013, 07:51:23 PM »
Quote from: Lefanis on January 23, 2013, 05:25:43 PM
Has it been that long? I remember a server change just a little while ago.  :o

It's been at least 3 years.
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Re: System Upgrade
« Reply #6: January 24, 2013, 12:53:00 AM »
Whaaaaaaaat, it's been that long? I feel old... -__
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Re: System Upgrade
« Reply #7: January 25, 2013, 05:44:26 PM »
http://aws.amazon.com/free/
Something to consider for BM
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Re: System Upgrade
« Reply #8: January 25, 2013, 06:12:27 PM »
Quote from: Azerax on January 25, 2013, 05:44:26 PM
http://aws.amazon.com/free/
Something to consider for BM

Not really. First, one year is nothing in BM time, second they don't offer SQL databases, only RDS. Third, I don't have a problem that the cloud would solve.
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Re: System Upgrade
« Reply #9: January 26, 2013, 07:03:50 PM »
Quote from: Tom on January 25, 2013, 06:12:27 PM
Not really. First, one year is nothing in BM time, second they don't offer SQL databases, only RDS. Third, I don't have a problem that the cloud would solve.

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Re: System Upgrade
« Reply #10: January 26, 2013, 07:14:27 PM »
Ah, interesting. I didn't know that. Still dead to me because I'm now using Postgres (it has the better GIS support).

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Re: System Upgrade
« Reply #11: January 28, 2013, 05:39:31 PM »
Status change:

Servers are now ready, I've started installing the system and libraries.

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Re: System Upgrade
« Reply #12: February 01, 2013, 10:10:11 PM »
Quote from: Tom on January 26, 2013, 07:14:27 PM
Ah, interesting. I didn't know that. Still dead to me because I'm now using Postgres (it has the better GIS support).

I'm going to date myself, but I've done a ton of postgres and mysql development about 15 years ago, and there really wasn't much difference.  The chance to host BM for free is attractive and is worth evaluating on a time vs reward basis.
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Re: System Upgrade
« Reply #13: February 02, 2013, 01:53:57 PM »
Quote from: Azerax on February 01, 2013, 10:10:11 PM
I'm going to date myself, but I've done a ton of postgres and mysql development about 15 years ago, and there really wasn't much difference.

One word: PostGIS

MySQL is out. I started with MySQL, in fact, because everything else I do runs on it, but PostGIS makes whatever MySQL can do in relation to spatial data look like a clay tablet compared to a Cray supercomputer.
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