[22-Mar-2008] Database server upgrade

by **tunik** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:24 am

the compensation was a great gesture!!! one can really find no good reasons for not paying a few euros to cc!!

by **nagerous** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:27 am

Cheers, keep up the great work Lack!

by **Sir. Ricco** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:29 am

Sweet. Two more weeks of Premium.

by **pally pal** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:32 am

i love speed games!!!
thank you

by **SWeko** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:35 am

Thanks a bunch.
It's great to know that the service you love (and are paying for) is run by persons who care about their users.

by **firth4eva** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:42 am

I'd be pissed off if my premium expired 2 minutes before the 2 weeks free were given out.

by **Fircoal** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:51 am

Thanks Lack,

by **xMBKx** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:53 am

Premium extended with 2 Weeks???

How is it possible that Lack PM'ed me that my Membership is extended with 2 YEARS???

I think he likes me more :-)

))

J/k Lack, thanks a lot...!!!

by **john9blue** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:07 am

You rock, lack! Keep up the good work!

by **General K** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:08 am

well done, thanks.

:wink:

by **dutchnitro** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:24 am

MOBAJOBG wrote:Impressive hardware stats. Gee, I'm speechless!

yeah great stuff

euhm, what does that all mean ?

Anyway thank you and congratulations

by **steve monkey** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:19 pm

good job Lack

by **cairnswk** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:20 pm

Thanks lackattack. Nice to know all our hard work is well appreciated and that membership continues to flood in. As state early, impressive hardware stats. Thanks for the extra two weeks, but the inbox showed three emails but one disappeared somewhere....

by **DjBongHit** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:23 pm

Seriously man...
although I just renewed
(EVEN WHILE IT WAS SLOW BECAUSE I LOVE THE SITE SO MUCH! LOL)

That was really cool you extended our memberships...

It's cool because you really didn't have to.

ROCK ON!

by **bedub1** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:17 pm

lackattack wrote:Server Specs:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ES (64-bit)
* Dual Processor, Quad Core Intel Xeon
* 8 GB Memory (Fully Buffered)
* 2 x 73 GB (10k RPM) SCSI Drives, RAID 1
* 4 x 73 GB (10k RPM) SCSI Drives, RAID 10
* Redundant Power
* 100 Mbps

*Love the 64-bit OS.
*So is this an Ocho Core now? How fast are they?
*8gigs of ram is great
*love the mirrored OS hard drives
*I would have tried to do 15k RPM drives for the Raid 10....and Raid 10 is the BEST for databases. Good job putting the OS on a mirror and the database on the Raid 10.
*Redundant power is always a good thing.....
*oooo...it has a network card

I probably would have forgotten that.....

by **Unit_2** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:23 pm

Wow. CC is running ALOT better with the new sever, nice job Lackatack

Thanks for the extra two weeks

by **lackattack** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:58 pm

Thanks for the kind words guys

bedub1 wrote:*Love the 64-bit OS.
*So is this an Ocho Core now? How fast are they?
*8gigs of ram is great
*love the mirrored OS hard drives
*I would have tried to do 15k RPM drives for the Raid 10....and Raid 10 is the BEST for databases. Good job putting the OS on a mirror and the database on the Raid 10.
*Redundant power is always a good thing.....
*oooo...it has a network card I probably would have forgotten that.....

The CPUs are Xeon L5335 - are those considered fast?

Had to switch to 64 bit OS because MySQL won't make use of more than 4GB RAM on a 32 bit OS.

by **hulmey** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:53 pm

Yep Thanks lack and Conquer Club. I've been having huge problem's accessing CC espically on my wireless connection! But im one of those customer's that keeps his mouth shut.

Great gesture. Again thanks from me and all members of The Untouchables Clan

by **KoE_Sirius** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:06 pm

I don't really understand the stats,but thx for the 2 weeks membership

by **Twill** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:07 pm

Lets see, if I'm right, it means that CC's database (JUST the database - we wave 2 other webservers and a load balancer to handle the static stuff on top of that) has 8 cores running at 2.0Ghz with a 1333Mhz FSB using only a 50 Watt power envelope (that means it has oodles of number crunching ability, good virtualization prospects, and is power efficient for more environmentally friendly world conquest).

It's a beast of a machine and should give us some serious growth overhead and make the experience for those who are already here much much better.

Thanks for the upgrade Lack, good work as always!

Twill

by **friendly1** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:08 pm

lackattack wrote:Thanks for the kind words guys

bedub1 wrote:*Love the 64-bit OS.
*So is this an Ocho Core now? How fast are they?
*8gigs of ram is great
*love the mirrored OS hard drives
*I would have tried to do 15k RPM drives for the Raid 10....and Raid 10 is the BEST for databases. Good job putting the OS on a mirror and the database on the Raid 10.
*Redundant power is always a good thing.....
*oooo...it has a network card I probably would have forgotten that.....

The CPUs are Xeon L5335 - are those considered fast?

Had to switch to 64 bit OS because MySQL won't make use of more than 4GB RAM on a 32 bit OS.

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The CPU's arent the very fastest in existance, but they can hit ferrari level speeds when needed ;-)

Thank you for the upgrade and the extension!!

by **Utafar** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:45 pm

I didnt use the speed games last time you gave 2 out to free members, does that mean I have 4 now or have the first 2 expired?

by **jpliberty** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:11 pm

I'm still getting the "communication with server has timed out"notice and the game doesn't play faster, though there is no delay on login.

by **Twill** on Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:47 pm

jpliberty wrote:I'm still getting the "communication with server has timed out"notice and the game doesn't play faster, though there is no delay on login.

Next time that happens open up your command prompt (start>run>cmd) and type