>X-From_: listowners-L-request@rootsweb.com Thu Jun 4 20:34 EDT 1998 >Return-Path: <listowners-L-request@rootsweb.com> >Resent-Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:32:15 -0700 (PDT) >Old-To: ARCHIVES-L@rootsweb.com, HELPDESK-L@rootsweb.com, listowners@rootsweb.com, > rootsweb-help@rootsweb.com, usgenweb-all-l@rootsweb.com, > worldgenweb-l@rootsweb.com >Old-cc: "Dr. Brian Leverich" <leverich@rootsweb.com> >Reply-to: "Dr. Brian Leverich" <leverich@rootsweb.com> >Subject: HARDWARE FIXED (Thursday ... ) >Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 17:31:59 -0700 >From: Brian Leverich <leverich@rootsweb.com> >Resent-Message-ID: <"HYf8LC.A.C2B.Myzd1"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> >To: listowners-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: listowners-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <listowners-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/6738 >X-Loop: listowners-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: listowners-L-request@rootsweb.com >Content-Length: 1722 > > > >> If we're lucky, we may be able to give the appearance of fully >> normal operations by the end of the day (Wednesday). > >Last night Karen and I finished replacing the failing drive in the >old server. It was fairly tricky surgery, because the old drive had >a mixture of OS, local executables, and user HTML pages on it and we >carefully separated those components onto separate disks. > >We were down for about 7 hours while we reconfigured the server. > >The good news is that the failing drive is now out of the machine, >and the disks are organized such that we can easily move them to a >newer and faster machine. > >The bad news is that the old server is still overloaded. We had >hoped the new drives (which are much faster than the old drive) >would have helped reduce the load on the server, but we still have >capacity problems. > >We will probably have to continue disabling server-side includes >during peak hours until we get the new server online. Sorry about >that. ): > > ### > >> The AOL/upstream problems affecting our listservers has delayed >> this. We will possibly cut over onto the new server on Friday, but >> we'll probably wait until after the weekend if the old server seems >> to be operating adequately. > >We now expect to be bringing the new server online early next week. >The transition to the new server will require some downtime, but >probably no more than one or two hours. > >The new server should provide us plenty of capacity and room for >growth. Am I ever looking forward to that! -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 leverich@rootsweb.com > > > Patti Caldwell Fasy - in sunny Naples,FL Listmistress <impattic@mediaone.net> CALDWELL................. SCOT>ENG>Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCo,PA>BeaverCo,>PA> Leechburg,ArmstrongCo,PA FABIAN..................... PRUSSIA,>MontgomeryCo,PA>NorthamptonCo,PA FLICK....................... PRUSSIA,>NorthhamptonCo,PA>BucksCo,PA>Clarion,PA> MadisonTwp,ArmstrongCo,PA>Freeport,ArmstrongCo,PA FOULK..................... GERMANY>MadisonTwp,ArmstrongCo,PA FRANKLIN................ MASS>EastBrady,ClarionCo,PA>RedBankTwp,ArmstrongCo,PA> Freeport,ArmstrongCo,PA KENNEDY................. SCOT>ENG>Philadelphia,PA>Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCo,PA Mc BETH.................. Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCo,PA Mc COLL................... SCOT>Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCo,PA ROSS........................ Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCo,PA SMITH...................... MadisonTwp,ArmstrongCo,PA WELZ....................... PA WILLIAMSON............ WALES>Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCo,PA WILSON.................... PA Always willing to share!!