I think you should talk them into a daul woodcrest 5160 w/4gb ram 73GB 15k RPM RAID 5, and a 100mbit port <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I recently got one for work and let me tell you the new woodcrest procesors are INSANE <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Oh, and I think a change to CentOS is in order to <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

-TOdd

This setup is indeed much better than the old hardware. Thanks for the info.

CentOS 4.x would be my choice for now, as it's my mainstay OS (where RHEL's cost isn't justified) on just about everything else I manage, save some Xen setups (including KnifeRights.org) that require something newer. If it wasn't for the small smattering of ASP used on other portions of the site, I'd have them ported over already as part of the new server. In fact, the first iteration of the "new" server was CentOS 4.4 until I discovered the reliance on ASP code w/o any real path to porting it to something LAMP friendly (or spending $$$ on ChiliSoft ASP).

Hope this helps, and sorry for geeking out the Survival forum <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

He already has 100mbit all the way out to the ISP's routers. The infrastructure itself is Gigabit, but the server doesn't support it. The bandwidth limit, however has generally been the server in the past.

As for the other hardware - I'm sure Doug would gladly accept donations for a brand new box, and I'd donate my time into setting it up (if only to keep my pager quieter at night or those weekends when I'd rather be flying). Even a 1U pizza box w/ a single Core2 Duo or AthlonX2/Opteron w 2-4GB of RAM and 2x500GB SATA RAID-1 drives would be better, and wouldn't cost more than $1000 or so if you know where to shop. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Thanks <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I was just curious. I guess I should have taken that to PM though to avoid looks of confusion from others :P

". . . or those weekends when I'd rather be flying"

If you're are out in SoCal sometime, let me know. I'm a CFI and can you put you in the front seat of one -- T-34, L-19 and Pitts S2A.

It would be nice to say thanks for your help. <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

It's a pretty good server if its just for us. Don't worry, we'll try to overload it. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Drool... I bet that Pitts is a lot of fun!

You're in luck - only Doug's sites run on it. The forums take a bulk of the traffic and CPU power.

The ETS site and forums have moved homes again - this time to a different network (but same ISP). Long, political story, but the short version is that the site couldn't stay on the old server or network much longer, so the bandwidth/server sponsor has provided a new home on a new box in a new rack.

Let me know if things aren't as they should be.

The blip was due to DNS propagation. Looks like most of you didn't suffer too long. ;-)

-Rick