Premature optimization, they say, is the root of all evil. When server load started to increase unexpectedly a few months ago and response times began to be unreasonable, I responded by doing aggressive optimization. MySQL query caches, Apache MPM tuning, PHP accelerators from Memcache to eAccelerator to APC, and every little trick I could find [...]
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We’re back. The invincible Xcomputerman.NET has once again been snatched from the jaws of certain death. Here’s how it all went down… About a month ago, I received a text message from Ben at NerdSystems.com saying that he couldn’t access the server all day. Long story short — I went back and forth with tech [...]
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Worked hard on the Cache-22.org web site today. The new site has personal blogs for users, personal photo albums, event calendar, birthday reminders, classified ads, and a greatly improved message board with lots of new features. I’ll be testing the rest of the night to work out the last few kinks and make last minute [...]
I’ve finished transferring the files for Cache-22.org over, so the message board is alive once again. DNS records have been updated and should propagate within an hour at most. The new site is not ready yet, so whatever else you see on there right now is subject to change in the next few days. However, [...]
I’ve been working so hard today at getting my email system setup on the new server that I didn’t realize … Network access was restored today (I think Miguel may have helped me fix something … thanks Miguel!). Message board is up but only temporarily, it will soon be shut down when I begin the [...]
This is only a temporary blog. Will post info on here until everything’s all setup and ready to go. For those of you Cache-22.org members who have not read my status updates – We’re still suffering network problems with the UH network and there’s no estimated time of resolution. I’m waiting for the network to [...]