Comments on: We’re moving! http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/were-moving/ A blog by Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Mark works in Advertising while Nat works in TV. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:33:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mario Tanchez http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/were-moving/#comment-466470 Mario Tanchez Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:21:44 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6512#comment-466470 Hello everyone, I spoke to the original sales consultant here at Rackspace and he informed me that this was a Recycled server that was only offered for a very limited time. This was one of three identical servers that were available and sold within the same day. If you would like to touch base with me at the end of most month to see if we have these servers availible please reach out to me. Mario Tanchez 512-539-1087 mario.tanchez@rackspace.com Hello everyone,

I spoke to the original sales consultant here at Rackspace and he informed me that this was a Recycled server that was only offered for a very limited time. This was one of three identical servers that were available and sold within the same day.

If you would like to touch base with me at the end of most month to see if we have these servers availible please reach out to me.

Mario Tanchez
512-539-1087
mario.tanchez@rackspace.com

]]> By: Important: Moving Notice http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/were-moving/#comment-460516 Important: Moving Notice Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:02:55 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6512#comment-460516 [...] blog is currently being prepared to be moved over to the new server on Rackspace. The forum is going to be shut down until the move is completed and there will be no posts on this [...] [...] blog is currently being prepared to be moved over to the new server on Rackspace. The forum is going to be shut down until the move is completed and there will be no posts on this [...]

]]> By: will http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/were-moving/#comment-459642 will Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:22:21 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6512#comment-459642 rackspace rocks in term of support and quick response but pricing is expensive so many major news websites in kuwait is using it just traced a couple of them 3 ended up in rackspace mostly in uk not us rackspace rocks in term of support and quick response but pricing is expensive so many major news websites in kuwait is using it just traced a couple of them 3 ended up in rackspace mostly in uk not us

]]> By: Rob http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/were-moving/#comment-459335 Rob Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:11:50 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6512#comment-459335 I worked at Rackspace long ago, and though their customer service is very good, I think they're a bit pricey. I also worked at Liquid Web, and love that place. Not as "corporate", better prices and competitive hardware and solutions. Tell 'em "Zombo" sent ya! I worked at Rackspace long ago, and though their customer service is very good, I think they’re a bit pricey. I also worked at Liquid Web, and love that place. Not as “corporate”, better prices and competitive hardware and solutions. Tell ‘em “Zombo” sent ya!

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/were-moving/#comment-458682 Mark Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:40:46 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6512#comment-458682 http://www.unex-t.com/theserver.gif this is after the updates http://www.unex-t.com/theserver.gif
this is after the updates

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/were-moving/#comment-458681 Mark Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:36:41 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6512#comment-458681 Ok my account manager called me today, very cool guy. He gave me another drive so now I have 2 running in Raid 1 and they're also installing plesk for me. Ok my account manager called me today, very cool guy. He gave me another drive so now I have 2 running in Raid 1 and they’re also installing plesk for me.

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/were-moving/#comment-458638 Mark Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:37:49 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6512#comment-458638 http://www.unex-t.com/devices.gif http://www.unex-t.com/devices2.gif http://www.unex-t.com/devices.gif
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]]> By: MBH http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/were-moving/#comment-458637 MBH Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:31:28 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6512#comment-458637 Hey Burhan! Haven't seen your emails for a while :p You're right. I didn't separate between 32-bit & 64-bit. But from what I saw, on some computers with 32-bit Linux/Windows + PAE, sometimes you get to use the whole 4GB, sometimes you end up with 3GB only. I have no idea how it decided that :/ Folding@Home ftw! Hey Burhan! Haven’t seen your emails for a while :p

You’re right. I didn’t separate between 32-bit & 64-bit. But from what I saw, on some computers with 32-bit Linux/Windows + PAE, sometimes you get to use the whole 4GB, sometimes you end up with 3GB only. I have no idea how it decided that :/

Folding@Home ftw!

]]> By: Burhan http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/were-moving/#comment-458620 Burhan Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:26:17 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6512#comment-458620 Hey Mark -- you certainly got a good deal (considering your DC) but as others have mentioned, the specs are insane for what you'll be doing. May I suggest donating some spare cycles to SETI@Home or Protein@Home. We could all join in a group. If you are serious about splitting the cost, let me know :) MBH: "Never go 64-bit if you have 4GB RAM or less. It will reserve 1GB for physical addressing the rest." If you are talking about PAE, this is only used on 32-bit systems to enable mapping unused space, and even then -- if you are running a 32-bit version (of say Windows), then PAE will only enable access to 4GB of RAM; not more. You won't lose 1GB. Native 64-bit OS, don't need to use PAE (because they will not install on non-64bit archs). Hey Mark — you certainly got a good deal (considering your DC) but as others have mentioned, the specs are insane for what you’ll be doing. May I suggest donating some spare cycles to SETI@Home or Protein@Home. We could all join in a group.

If you are serious about splitting the cost, let me know :)

MBH:

“Never go 64-bit if you have 4GB RAM or less. It will reserve 1GB for physical addressing the rest.”

If you are talking about PAE, this is only used on 32-bit systems to enable mapping unused space, and even then — if you are running a 32-bit version (of say Windows), then PAE will only enable access to 4GB of RAM; not more. You won’t lose 1GB. Native 64-bit OS, don’t need to use PAE (because they will not install on non-64bit archs).

]]> By: MBH http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/were-moving/#comment-458571 MBH Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:44:10 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6512#comment-458571 Never go 64-bit if you have 4GB RAM or less. It will reserve 1GB for physical addressing the rest. 64-bit is only useful for more than 4GB. This applies to both Linux and Windows. Since Sun bought MySQL, they've been releasing it with bugs [version 5.1] (which is why the founder left). Unfortunately there are no stable ports to other databases (notably: PostgreSQL). Buying MySQL Enterprise *could* solve your *attack* (?) issues. Though in many cases, all it takes is a bit of fine-tuning some parameters to make it more robust and fit for your hardware specs. Dual Xeon @ 3.2GHz is AWESOME! Once you move to your new host, see if you're still having problems or crashes, and let us know. I can help you tinker with the box. Never go 64-bit if you have 4GB RAM or less. It will reserve 1GB for physical addressing the rest. 64-bit is only useful for more than 4GB. This applies to both Linux and Windows.

Since Sun bought MySQL, they’ve been releasing it with bugs [version 5.1] (which is why the founder left). Unfortunately there are no stable ports to other databases (notably: PostgreSQL).

Buying MySQL Enterprise *could* solve your *attack* (?) issues. Though in many cases, all it takes is a bit of fine-tuning some parameters to make it more robust and fit for your hardware specs.

Dual Xeon @ 3.2GHz is AWESOME!

Once you move to your new host, see if you’re still having problems or crashes, and let us know. I can help you tinker with the box.

]]> By: BiG AL http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/were-moving/#comment-458547 BiG AL Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:39:22 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6512#comment-458547 Well done! I wish you all the best! GdLuck! Well done!

I wish you all the best! GdLuck!

]]> By: Rayboy http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/were-moving/#comment-458535 Rayboy Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:38:13 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6512#comment-458535 i know rami. we have met many times over business when my company 'was' dealing with his ISP... Anyway i wont debate as the matter is closed since you already went ahead with rackspace. i know rami. we have met many times over business when my company ‘was’ dealing with his ISP… Anyway i wont debate as the matter is closed since you already went ahead with rackspace.

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/were-moving/#comment-458534 Mark Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:20:25 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6512#comment-458534 Not sure but my friend who is hosting me and someone I regard as super ultra geek (in a good way) said if I had more ram and a faster processor it would be a lot harder to bring the site down. He told me to get 4GB. If he told me to get 8 I would get 8. This is a guy who setup tivo to work in Kuwait with showtime! This is his blog http://rami.info/ Not sure but my friend who is hosting me and someone I regard as super ultra geek (in a good way) said if I had more ram and a faster processor it would be a lot harder to bring the site down. He told me to get 4GB. If he told me to get 8 I would get 8. This is a guy who setup tivo to work in Kuwait with showtime! This is his blog http://rami.info/

]]> By: Rayboy http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/were-moving/#comment-458533 Rayboy Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:16:59 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6512#comment-458533 ok Great... just a note on this point "1) Currently I have 1GB and the MySQL is the first thing to crash during an attack. More ram will make it harder to crash." Higher Ram wont make a difference for MySQL to crash. MySQL loads up in threads. If your site was having DOS attacks... its a whole different story ok Great…

just a note on this point

“1) Currently I have 1GB and the MySQL is the first thing to crash during an attack. More ram will make it harder to crash.”

Higher Ram wont make a difference for MySQL to crash. MySQL loads up in threads. If your site was having DOS attacks… its a whole different story

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/were-moving/#comment-458532 Mark Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:14:42 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6512#comment-458532 I already signed up with rackspace... I already signed up with rackspace…

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