Here we grow again... The host company, URLJet, has requested that I move the M/A server to a new location they have. While doing so we'll also be moving to more robust hardware too. This new location is still centrally located in Kansas City, in fact it's a better location as it is in the same building that houses the major East/West, North/South connections. Every big time player has a footprint here. Moving to this location cuts 4-6 hops out of the current connection. More speed!!! I've scheduled a 10PM Eastern slot on Saturday, Nov 5 for the move. It should only be a few hours at most.
Due the host having to deal with a DDOS attack on a Middle East based political site this move has been put on hold. Look for updates soon on when it will be rescheduled.
They managed to clear up issues on their end right quick. The move is complete. You should be seeing a faster more nimble M/A now too. For you geekier types... New Server Specs: 1x Xeon 4x 3.1ghz processors / 8 total cores with hyperthreading 6GB DDR3 ECC-Registered Memory 4x 1TB 10,000 RPM Drives RAID-10
Whew, glad you're back, I was getting desperate for some Mini news. But congrats on needing to upgrade!
Anyone else finding better response times now too? I've performed a slew of tests to verify what I've been seeing and it looks like page delivery times are are 35% quicker.
Faster than NAM....... Faster than a speeding bullet... Faster than Superman... Faster than Geoffrey Mutai.
Monday Morning 11/7, 5:30 am Central. Forum is slowest I have ever seen it. When I select an item from the 'new posts' list it takes 5 seconds or longer to switch to next page.