At 8/16/05 06:06 PM, DeadAlready wrote: how many fileservers does ng have to store all the flashes?

Whoops, missed this question. There's (currently) one fileserver, one database server, 10 webservers and an assortment of other servers that do different things. There's currently 96Gb's worth of flash that's stored.

The new specs for the Server are awsome Tim

Awsome glad to know newgrounds will be better than before.

At 8/16/05 03:36 PM, Tim wrote:

Sir_Snark: I can't wait to see Tim get another post.

I aim to please.

I was mentioned by Tim. I feel...*sniff*...honoured.

Fyndir: Can I have the old server?

Tim: Hmm, how about no.

i can see why:

Old Server:
Penguin Computing Relion 240
2 x 2.8ghz Xeon's
6GB PC2100 DDR memory
64mb Raid Adapter
3 x 73gb 15k drives in Raid 5
Standard i386 compiled binaries

oooh nice post tim, <3
good to see server is good!

At 8/16/05 08:50 PM, liljim wrote: 5.0443 Terabytes. That's around average per day, at the moment.

Aprox 5 terabytes!? How much in all is it per month?

At 8/16/05 08:50 PM, liljim wrote:

This is just for swf files served for yesterday and doesn't include pages on the site, images, etc: 5.0443 Terabytes. That's around average per day, at the moment.

Holy Hell! How about a cost. What is it? about 5,000 dollars a month?

Oh and for those that don't know a Terrabyte is 1,024 GB.

Well I'll be on my way to work when all the fun is going on.
So it won't affect me. :)

At 8/16/05 06:47 PM, Andersson wrote: So even though six hard drives should be able to take a larger amount of requests, would it do so when it's connected in the way so it's recognized as one hard drive?

RAID can be done either through software or hardware. In software RAID, the operating system handles all of those calculations (which bit goes where, etc). While in the past, this could put quite a load on the system processor, with modern cpu's it's a relatively small hit. That being said, hardware RAID is a vastly improved model. In this case, a RAID hard handles all of the calculations and presents the operating system with a logical drive that is indistinguishable from a standalone disk.

To summarize, stuff like this is handled by highly optimized hardware or software and to the end user is just one of those things that "work."

does this mean Liljim will finally get the TEXT search workin??

Kool upgrade usually means good.

At 8/16/05 10:33 PM, UltraPulse wrote:

Holy Hell! How about a cost. What is it? about 5,000 dollars a month?

Last I remember Wade said something about being able to buy a brand new car each month with bandwidth expenses. But that was a while ago, so I'm sure it's higher by now...

hope the new server work better then the last one...

At 8/16/05 03:36 PM, Tim wrote: For now, here are a few responses to comments posted yesterday.

Wow he replies to them... AMAZING :)

But Rhode Island IS an island... well some of it is... it's part island and part main land, like an island main land, an is-land!!! lol

At 8/16/05 10:45 PM, Tim wrote: To summarize, stuff like this is handled by highly optimized hardware or software and to the end user is just one of those things that "work."

Hehehe, thanks for the answer. =)

So is everything ok then?

At 8/16/05 10:33 PM, UltraPulse wrote: Holy Hell! How about a cost. What is it? about 5,000 dollars a month?

The cost of a luxury car every month, Wade said last christmas, I do believe.

At 8/16/05 03:59 PM, FullyClothedMike wrote:

At 8/16/05 03:43 PM, UltraPulse wrote:

At 8/16/05 03:41 PM, FullyClothedMike wrote: Prime Minister system?

lol.

it's personal message.

I know, I was only being silly.

At 8/16/05 03:45 PM, -Icy- wrote: Its portal management.... idiot

No, it's not. Moron.

It was a joke >_>

At 8/16/05 03:50 PM, Afro_Ninja wrote: Cool, I didn't know 64-bit anything was out yet. Shows how much I know : /

64-Bit CPU's have been out for ages o.0
Too bad windows hasnt released a 64-Bit operating system too get the most out of them yet.

I don't even know what the difference between the servers yet the new one sounds kickass. Yes, Rhode Island is neither a road or island. This is a serious problem that needs to be immediately taken up with the Supreme Court.

At 8/17/05 03:06 PM, Kaabi wrote: I don't even know what the difference between the servers yet the new one sounds kickass. Yes, Rhode Island is neither a road or island. This is a serious problem that needs to be immediately taken up with the Supreme Court.

Come into my gingerbread house and i'll sell your games on e-bay for you.

At 8/16/05 03:45 PM, -Icy- wrote:

At 8/16/05 03:41 PM, FullyClothedMike wrote: Prime Minister system?

Its portal management.... idiot

HAHA. Its private message, idiots.

At 8/16/05 06:53 PM, MrNibbles wrote: Ah, I'm forclempt. (sp)

Yes! That's great nibs! Mike Myers!

Wow... I just got back from being away for a while and read through this thread-- how informative! Things seem to be doing stupendously, so thanks for all the work!

However, I do wonder why James said that user-search will be a step backwards... will it just clog up the site for people all searching for specific users? Or is there another reason?