-----Original Message----- From: Brian Leverich <leverich@rootsweb.com> To: listowners-announce@rootsweb.com <listowners-announce@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 6:53 AM Subject: UPGRADES SUCCESSFUL !!! > > >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 leverich@rootsweb.com >