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admin · 01-18-2008, 11:22 PM

As many of you have already read, we are in the middle of a major redesign and upgrade to Operation Sports. The plan is to launch the new site next month. The first step towards making this a reality happens late tonight, with a major server upgrade about to take place.

For those of you who are tech minded, here is what we are doing. Currently we run OS on two servers. One for web services and one for DB services. Both servers are quite powerful, with Dual Core processors in them. During peak times (e.g. when Madden comes out) they tend to slow down a bit. To avoid this, we are upgrading to three dedicated servers. Two of these servers will be dedicated to web processes and load balanced to ensure that resources are allocated appropriately during peak times. The other will be a dedicated DB server. Each of these servers has a QUAD CORE processor inside of them with 4GB of RAM, 8MB cache and 100Mbps transfer rates. For those of you who are not tech minded… they rock! These servers not only give us the power we need today to ensure your time spent of OS is done at lightning fast speeds, but also gives us the ability to upgrade seamlessly as we grow.

Tonight there will be some minor down-time (15-20 mins while we backup the DB) followed by an IP address change which will require everyone's ISP to propagate to the new server. For most of you this will be almost instantaneous (you'll wake up in the morning and be on the new servers). For some of you it might take up to 24 hours.

Sorry about any inconvenience this may cause, however in the long term we know you'll be happy with the results of this upgrade.

EDIT: Move has been completed.

Steve_OS · 01-18-2008, 11:27 PM

We are planning on doing this very late tonight, so we don't affect too many readers. Thanks for your patience.

EnigmaNemesis · 01-19-2008, 12:57 AM

Sweet, I cant wait till you guys get the redesign up. I remember the site before this one ... and cant wait to see the new one. The memories!

bronco92 · 01-19-2008, 05:28 AM

Upgrade is now complete. We are optimizing the servers currently. If you notice any issues please report them here.

bronco92 · 01-19-2008, 05:48 AM

Resolved the issue with postindex.MYI being broken. You can post again.

erdrive03 · 01-19-2008, 11:39 AM

Keep up the god work guys.

Boltman · 01-19-2008, 03:02 PM

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	Keep up the god work guys.

I agree, this is more than just good work. This is God like work!

RAZRr1275 · 01-19-2008, 07:12 PM

this actually is faster. Nice Work!!

01-18-2008, 11:22 PM	#1
admin Banned OVR: 0 Join Date: Dec 1969	Major Server Upgrade Late Tonight As many of you have already read, we are in the middle of a major redesign and upgrade to Operation Sports. The plan is to launch the new site next month. The first step towards making this a reality happens late tonight, with a major server upgrade about to take place. For those of you who are tech minded, here is what we are doing. Currently we run OS on two servers. One for web services and one for DB services. Both servers are quite powerful, with Dual Core processors in them. During peak times (e.g. when Madden comes out) they tend to slow down a bit. To avoid this, we are upgrading to three dedicated servers. Two of these servers will be dedicated to web processes and load balanced to ensure that resources are allocated appropriately during peak times. The other will be a dedicated DB server. Each of these servers has a QUAD CORE processor inside of them with 4GB of RAM, 8MB cache and 100Mbps transfer rates. For those of you who are not tech minded… they rock! These servers not only give us the power we need today to ensure your time spent of OS is done at lightning fast speeds, but also gives us the ability to upgrade seamlessly as we grow. Tonight there will be some minor down-time (15-20 mins while we backup the DB) followed by an IP address change which will require everyone's ISP to propagate to the new server. For most of you this will be almost instantaneous (you'll wake up in the morning and be on the new servers). For some of you it might take up to 24 hours. Sorry about any inconvenience this may cause, however in the long term we know you'll be happy with the results of this upgrade. EDIT: Move has been completed. Last edited by Steve_OS; 01-19-2008 at 09:34 AM.

01-18-2008, 11:27 PM	#2
Steve_OS Editor-in-Chief OVR: 77 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: OS Eastern Office Posts: 31,655 Blog Entries: 556	Re: Major Server Upgrade Late Tonight We are planning on doing this very late tonight, so we don't affect too many readers. Thanks for your patience. __________________ Steve Noah Editor-in-Chief http://www.operationsports.com Follow me on Twitter

01-19-2008, 12:57 AM	#3
EnigmaNemesis Animal Liberation OVR: 55 Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 12,223	Re: Major Server Upgrade Late Tonight Sweet, I cant wait till you guys get the redesign up. I remember the site before this one ... and cant wait to see the new one. The memories! __________________ Ⓥ Boston Red Sox \| Miami Dolphins

01-19-2008, 05:28 AM	#4
bronco92 Host OVR: 44 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 1,069 Blog Entries: 35	Re: Major Server Upgrade Late Tonight Upgrade is now complete. We are optimizing the servers currently. If you notice any issues please report them here.

01-19-2008, 05:48 AM	#5
bronco92 Host OVR: 44 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 1,069 Blog Entries: 35	Re: Major Server Upgrade Late Tonight Resolved the issue with postindex.MYI being broken. You can post again.

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01-19-2008, 11:39 AM	#6
erdrive03 Rookie OVR: 3 Join Date: May 2003	Re: Major Server Upgrade Late Tonight Keep up the god work guys.

01-19-2008, 07:12 PM	#8
RAZRr1275 All Star OVR: 67 Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 9,924 Blog Entries: 22	Re: Major Server Upgrade Late Tonight this actually is faster. Nice Work!! __________________ My latest project - Madden 12 http://www.operationsports.com/forum...post2043231648

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