Hi all - Just a brief note to tell you that we've successfully installed the new Cisco 4500M router, the new high-speed ethernet switch, and several hundred feet of new Cat 5 ethernet cable in RootsWeb's main network operations center. I stress-tested the equipment and managed to get the CPU utilization up to 7% in the router. I think 93% spare capacity will be enough for a little while. (: Folks should notice RootsWeb's servers being slightly more responsive now. The main benefit of these upgrades, though, is that we can keep expanding without running into hardware capacity limits anytime soon. Anyway, I'm finally going to bed. When I get up, I'll be setting up the new search engine servers for live beta testing. You can expect some oddities in how the search engine server seems to work during the next several days as we run tests and tune the new servers. Good night all! Cheers, B. -- Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 [email protected]