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08-05-2006, 09:53 PM
|  | Administrator and Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On the Malvern Hills
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| | | Moving Server 08/05/06
At midnight tonight (Monday night, Tuesday morning) I'm going to close the site down while I move it over to a new server and set it back up again. It shouldn't take more than about an hour, but it all depends on whether or not the Gremlins will be sleeping when while I do it. 
Hopefully it all run smoothly and we'll be cooking on gas by tomorrow morning.
Stu |
08-05-2006, 10:11 PM
|  | Active Member | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Exmouth Devon
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| | | Re: Moving Server Tonight
Ok. wil be gone for a while then
Thanks for leting us know
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08-05-2006, 10:19 PM
|  | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: exmouth devon uk
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Oops I sent up some more images tonight will it affect those or will I have to send them again tomorrow 
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08-05-2006, 10:29 PM
| | Administrator and Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On the Malvern Hills
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| | | Re: Moving Server Tonight
They should all be OK, but I guess there's only way one to find out  These things rarely run smoothly, so fingers crossed |
08-05-2006, 10:35 PM
| | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: exmouth devon uk
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Originally Posted by StuartDH They should all be OK, but I guess there's only way one to find out These things rarely run smoothly, so fingers crossed | Well you have put up one and its my favourite as I hadnt got a good Peacock Butterfly before
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09-05-2006, 02:58 AM
| | Administrator and Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On the Malvern Hills
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| | | Re: Moving Server Tonight
I think I've just finished moving it all, and after a few problems it looks as though we're ticking along quite nicely. Let me know if you find anything that isn't working like it should be.
Thanks
Stu |
09-05-2006, 04:55 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cambridgeshire
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| | | Re: Moving Server Tonight
Given it a fair work-out and everything seems fine. Speed is amazing when altering titles of a number of images. Lets hope it doesn't slow down too much when there are more people on line.
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09-05-2006, 06:50 AM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: East Sussex
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| | | Re: Moving Server Tonight
Stuart and co...
Just a quick thanks for all the work you do on this site. It's definitely loading much better this morning. |
09-05-2006, 06:51 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Leicestershire
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| | | Re: Moving Server Tonight
the site does seem quicker, unless I'm just imagining it.
Thanks for all your efforts Stu - did you get any sleep last night?!
Matt |
09-05-2006, 07:02 AM
| | Administrator and Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On the Malvern Hills
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Originally Posted by matt_xyz the site does seem quicker, unless I'm just imagining it.
Thanks for all your efforts Stu - did you get any sleep last night?! | I got a few hours in the end, but I just couldn't wait to get up this morning to check that it's still running
The site certainly feels faster...I'm just hoping that it'll be a lot more reliable than the last one as well.
Stu |
09-05-2006, 08:04 AM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Exmouth Devon
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| | | Re: Moving Server Tonight
Yes, working really fast now. A job ell done
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09-05-2006, 08:22 AM
|  | Frozen | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: N.E. Lincolnshire
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| | | Re: Moving Server Tonight
You were certainly working the nightshift then! Everything feels faster to me, so hopefully it will remain so. Well done mate.
I'm presuming that you have a dedicated server for the site Stu. If so do you run/have the server yourself, or do you rent the space - so have to manage it remotely?
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09-05-2006, 08:33 AM
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| | | Re: Moving Server Tonight
Do you run dedicated or shared hoisting Stu?
Certainly seems a bit better this end 
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09-05-2006, 09:25 AM
| | Administrator and Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On the Malvern Hills
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| | | Re: Moving Server Tonight
We're running the site on a VPS - shared hosting, but only 1 of 8 accounts on the server, and each given an equal share of disk space, CPU and memory resources - which is the same type of setup as before, but this one has a bit more juice.
We were very close to going dedicated, but thought we'd give VPS one last shot (because it costs 1/5th of a dedicated) to see if it was just the previous setup that was causing the problem. It's very early days, but all the signs are that this VPS will work well. We using hardly any of our alloted resources and it's faster.
The risk with VPS is that we can still be affected if one of the other accounts gets into trouble and causes problems on the server (like a DDoS) - in which case we'll move up to a dedicated box instead. Until then, we should now have plenty of capacity to take on a lot more traffic and so we'll start really promoting the site over the next few weeks.
Cheers
Stu |
09-05-2006, 10:47 AM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Lincolnshire
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| | | Re: Moving Server Tonight
Certainly faster with me Stu. Thanks for doing a great job and providing so many of us with a wonderful site.
ollie |
09-05-2006, 11:51 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sheffield
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| | | Re: Moving Server 08/05/06
Yes it's fair flying at the present time Stuart. A big improvement.
John |
09-05-2006, 01:14 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Horsham W Sussex
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| | | Re: Moving Server 08/05/06
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Wow it is quicker and pages open up at first attempt, well done Stu...............Jon Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee |
09-05-2006, 02:04 PM
| | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: exmouth devon uk
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Wow this is so fast.Souped up WAB well done and thanks for your hard work
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09-05-2006, 06:01 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sunny Doncaster
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| | | Re: Moving Server 08/05/06
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Originally Posted by StuartDH Hopefully it all run smoothly and we'll be cooking on gas by tomorrow morning.
Stu | My Nan lives in Cornwall and does not have gas. Neither does half of Ireland I believe. I have suggested my Nan uses the BBQ. Do you think this will help? |
09-05-2006, 06:28 PM
| | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: exmouth devon uk
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Originally Posted by Boddie My Nan lives in Cornwall and does not have gas. Neither does half of Ireland I believe. I have suggested my Nan uses the BBQ. Do you think this will help? | In stitches here hubby is thinking of calling in the men in white coats
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