>X-From_: listowners-L-request@rootsweb.com Sun Jun 7 20:47 EDT 1998 >Return-Path: <listowners-L-request@rootsweb.com> >Resent-Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 17:47:12 -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: A NEW SERVER IS BORN (Sunday) >Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 17:46:53 -0700 >From: Brian Leverich <leverich@rootsweb.com> >Resent-Message-ID: <"yvJDi.A.1JC.NSze1"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> >To: listowners-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: listowners-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <listowners-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/6783 >X-Loop: listowners-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: listowners-L-request@rootsweb.com >Content-Length: 2013 > > > >-- Your message was: (from "Brian Leverich") > >> We obviously still have stability problems on the old Web server. >> I'm in the process of replacing all the adapter boards, with >> especial prejudice concerning the SCSI disk controller. >> >> Regardless of whether I can get the old server to stay up, we'll >> have the new server online within the next couple of days. That >> should fix the problem in a permanent sense. -B > > ------------------ > > >The new server first booted on Friday night, and after working on it >all day Saturday we attempted to bring it online Saturday night when >the old server crashed. > >And we failed. > >Failed because it turned out we had to do an OS upgrade on the new >server to handle some of its hardware. > >So last night we did some additional tunes on the old server, and >we're still limping on it. Server-side includes are still disabled. > >Today I've done the OS upgrade on the new server, and everything >seems to be working great. Barring crashes of the old server, we >will do a planned upgrade to the new server tomorrow (Monday) >morning. > >After that you can expect some anomalies in our operations, because >major OS upgrades always introduce some interesting bugs. >Nonetheless, we expect to be returning to normal operations by >tomorrow evening. > >BTW, folks may find it easier to FTP to RootsWeb after the upgrade. >While I was configuring the OS kernel, I found a parameter setting >that might have been negatively affecting how some FTP clients >interact with RootsWeb. > >Anyway, sorry for the problems. The old server ran rock solid for >nine months and then, all of the sudden, it seems to have developed >a lot of personality. I expect some component besides the disk I >pulled is failing -- I'll fault isolate the problem after the >machine is offline. -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 > > >